diff --git a/utils/podman b/utils/podman
index 0e9eb45..7a5c3e5 100644
--- a/utils/podman
+++ b/utils/podman
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ function startpod() {
   cd "$(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1}"
 
   # check if network is needed
-  if [[ -n $(jq -r .network.name "$(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1}/config.json") ]]; then
-    local network="$(jq -r .network.name $(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1}/config.json)"
+  if [[ -n $(getLocalConfValue $(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1} network.name) ]]; then
+    local network="$(getLocalConfValue $(getValueByKey 'PODMAN_DIRECTORY')/${1} network.name)"
     if [[ -z $(podman network ls | grep "$network") ]]; then
       podman network create "$network"
     fi