diff --git a/utils/podman b/utils/podman
index d9ac13b..5f47b31 100644
--- a/utils/podman
+++ b/utils/podman
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ function startpod() {
 
   # check if network is needed
   if [[ -n $(jq -r .network.name "$(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1}/config.json") ]]; then
-    podman network create $(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1}/config.json
+    local network="$(jq -r .network.name $(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1}/config.json)"
+    podman network create "$network"
   fi
 
   podman-compose up -d