diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e06370245..c5d2000a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ To use the current binary that is spawning the containers and acting as the pare
 you can use `os.Args[0]` and we have a command called `init` setup.
 
 ```go
-initArgs := []string{os.Args[0], "init"}
-
-root, err := libcontainer.New("/var/lib/container", initArgs)
+root, err := libcontainer.New("/var/lib/container", libcontainer.InitArgs(os.Args[0], "init"))
 if err != nil {
     log.Fatal(err)
 }
diff --git a/factory_linux.go b/factory_linux.go
index 12e072ae8..468398c01 100644
--- a/factory_linux.go
+++ b/factory_linux.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func New(root string, options ...func(*LinuxFactory) error) (Factory, error) {
 		Root:      root,
 		Validator: validate.New(),
 	}
+	InitArgs(os.Args[0], "init")(l)
 	Cgroupfs(l)
 	for _, opt := range options {
 		if err := opt(l); err != nil {
diff --git a/integration/exec_test.go b/integration/exec_test.go
index 3d425e4b4..cc3740d62 100644
--- a/integration/exec_test.go
+++ b/integration/exec_test.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func TestEnter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	config := newTemplateConfig(rootfs)
 
-	factory, err := libcontainer.New(root, libcontainer.InitArgs(os.Args[0], "init", "--"), libcontainer.Cgroupfs)
+	factory, err := libcontainer.New(root, libcontainer.Cgroupfs)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func TestFreeze(t *testing.T) {
 
 	config := newTemplateConfig(rootfs)
 
-	factory, err := libcontainer.New(root, libcontainer.InitArgs(os.Args[0], "init", "--"), libcontainer.Cgroupfs)
+	factory, err := libcontainer.New(root, libcontainer.Cgroupfs)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}