diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a55aadb19..adc0e6ef9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/romanz/electrs"
 keywords = ["bitcoin", "electrum", "server", "index", "database"]
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/electrs/"
 readme = "README.md"
+default-run = "electrs"
 
 [dependencies]
 arrayref = "0.3"