diff --git a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/run.sh b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/run.sh
index 7a1270272d429aff67341608d1508244eea7a2f3..76474a0ad0b37cbfce88b910d9370c749c2388da 100755
--- a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/run.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/run.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh 
 
-echo "ObjectStore BackendPath $objectstore" > /etc/cta/cta-frontend.conf
-echo "Catalogue NumberOfConnections 1" >>/etc/cta/cta-frontend.conf
-
-echo ${catdb} >/etc/cta/cta_catalogue_db.conf
-
-useradd cta
-# disable kerberos5 check for the admin privileges
-  sed -i -e "s/krb5/unix/" /usr/lib64/libXrdCtaOfs.so
-runuser --shell='/bin/bash' --session-command='cd ~cta; xrootd -n cta -c /etc/xrootd/xrootd-cta.cfg -I v4' cta&
-/bin/bash
+echo "Default run command: sleeping forever"
+# sleep forever but exit immediately when pod is deleted
+exec /bin/bash -c "trap : TERM INT; sleep infinity & wait"