diff --git a/example/resource_virtual_environment_container.tf b/example/resource_virtual_environment_container.tf
index b321693ee..cc1818134 100644
--- a/example/resource_virtual_environment_container.tf
+++ b/example/resource_virtual_environment_container.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_container" "example_template" {
   description = "Managed by Terraform"
 
+  start_on_boot = "true"
+
   disk {
     datastore_id = element(data.proxmox_virtual_environment_datastores.example.datastore_ids, index(data.proxmox_virtual_environment_datastores.example.datastore_ids, "local-lvm"))
     size         = 10