diff --git a/django/README.md b/django/README.md
index 8266421f9..5d1743d1c 100644
--- a/django/README.md
+++ b/django/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Of course, if you don't want to take advantage of magical and convenient
 `ONBUILD` triggers, you can always just use `docker run` directly to avoid
 having to add a `Dockerfile` to your project.
 
-    docker run --name some-django-app -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/app -p 8080:8080 -d django bash -c "pip install -r requirements.txt && python manage.py runserver"
+    docker run --name some-django-app -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app -p 8080:8080 -d django bash -c "pip install -r requirements.txt && python manage.py runserver"
 
 # License
 
diff --git a/django/content.md b/django/content.md
index bc6ca6726..4b6fd68b3 100644
--- a/django/content.md
+++ b/django/content.md
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ Of course, if you don't want to take advantage of magical and convenient
 `ONBUILD` triggers, you can always just use `docker run` directly to avoid
 having to add a `Dockerfile` to your project.
 
-    docker run --name some-django-app -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/app -p 8080:8080 -d django bash -c "pip install -r requirements.txt && python manage.py runserver"
+    docker run --name some-django-app -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app -p 8080:8080 -d django bash -c "pip install -r requirements.txt && python manage.py runserver"