diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa4f2379..47a190db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,22 +43,22 @@ user named `daemon` defined within that file-system.
 ```json
 {
     "version": "0.1",
-    "os": "linux",
-    "arch": "amd64",
-    "processes": [
-        {
-            "tty": true,
-            "user": "daemon",
-            "args": [
-                "sh"
-            ],
-            "env": [
-                "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
-                "TERM=xterm"
-            ],
-            "cwd": ""
-        }
-    ],
+    "platform": {
+        "os": "linux",
+        "arch": "amd64"
+    },
+    "process": {
+        "tty": true,
+        "user": "daemon",
+        "args": [
+            "sh"
+        ],
+        "env": [
+            "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
+            "TERM=xterm"
+        ],
+        "cwd": ""
+    },
     "root": {
         "path": "rootfs",
         "readonly": true
diff --git a/restore.go b/restore.go
index ff3acd0a..511588b7 100644
--- a/restore.go
+++ b/restore.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func restoreContainer(context *cli.Context, spec *Spec, config *configs.Config,
 		Stdout: os.Stdout,
 		Stderr: os.Stderr,
 	}
-	tty, err := newTty(spec.Processes[0].TTY, process, rootuid)
+	tty, err := newTty(spec.Process.Terminal, process, rootuid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 14ffc606..7645d4c3 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func execContainer(context *cli.Context, spec *Spec) (int, error) {
-	if len(spec.Processes) != 1 {
-		return -1, fmt.Errorf("runc only supports one(1) process for the container")
-	}
 	config, err := createLibcontainerConfig(spec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
@@ -38,8 +35,8 @@ func execContainer(context *cli.Context, spec *Spec) (int, error) {
 	// ensure that the container is always removed if we were the process
 	// that created it.
 	defer destroy(container)
-	process := newProcess(spec.Processes[0])
-	tty, err := newTty(spec.Processes[0].TTY, process, rootuid)
+	process := newProcess(spec.Process)
+	tty, err := newTty(spec.Process.Terminal, process, rootuid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
diff --git a/spec.go b/spec.go
index c84ef84b..7cf9de2c 100644
--- a/spec.go
+++ b/spec.go
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ type Mount struct {
 }
 
 type Process struct {
-	TTY  bool     `json:"tty"`
-	User string   `json:"user"`
-	Args []string `json:"args"`
-	Env  []string `json:"env"`
-	Cwd  string   `json:"cwd"`
+	Terminal bool     `json:"tty"`
+	User     string   `json:"user"`
+	Args     []string `json:"args"`
+	Env      []string `json:"env"`
+	Cwd      string   `json:"cwd"`
 }
 
 type Root struct {
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ type Platform struct {
 }
 
 type PortableSpec struct {
-	Version   string     `json:"version"`
-	Platform  Platform   `json:"platform"`
-	Processes []*Process `json:"processes"`
-	Root      Root       `json:"root"`
-	Hostname  string     `json:"hostname"`
-	Mounts    []Mount    `json:"mounts"`
+	Version  string   `json:"version"`
+	Platform Platform `json:"platform"`
+	Process  Process  `json:"process"`
+	Root     Root     `json:"root"`
+	Hostname string   `json:"hostname"`
+	Mounts   []Mount  `json:"mounts"`
 }
 
 var specCommand = cli.Command{
@@ -63,17 +63,15 @@ var specCommand = cli.Command{
 				Path:     "rootfs",
 				Readonly: true,
 			},
-			Processes: []*Process{
-				{
-					TTY:  true,
-					User: "daemon",
-					Args: []string{
-						"sh",
-					},
-					Env: []string{
-						"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
-						"TERM=xterm",
-					},
+			Process: Process{
+				Terminal: true,
+				User:     "daemon",
+				Args: []string{
+					"sh",
+				},
+				Env: []string{
+					"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
+					"TERM=xterm",
 				},
 			},
 			Hostname: "shell",
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 0ce699b2..43da7fa5 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func getDefaultImagePath(context *cli.Context) string {
 
 // newProcess returns a new libcontainer Process with the arguments from the
 // spec and stdio from the current process.
-func newProcess(p *Process) *libcontainer.Process {
+func newProcess(p Process) *libcontainer.Process {
 	return &libcontainer.Process{
 		Args:   p.Args,
 		Env:    p.Env,