diff --git a/podmanctl b/podmanctl
index d3b6cba..cfc8a4c 100755
--- a/podmanctl
+++ b/podmanctl
@@ -142,14 +142,15 @@ remove-services () {
 }
 
 # sub ----------------------------------------------------- install services
+#   4.4.0 onwards:
+#      --stop-timeout=70 \
+#      --restart-sec=10 \
 install-services () {
   (cd "${SYSTEMD}" && \
     podman generate systemd \
       --name \
       --new \
-      --stop-timeout=70 \
       --pod-prefix=podman \
-      --restart-sec=10 \
       --container-prefix=podman \
       --files ${PODNAME} \
   ) && systemctl daemon-reload \
@@ -334,32 +335,35 @@ for SERVER in $*; do
     
     (create|run)
       # --------------------------------------------------------- create|run
-      SPEC_IP="--ip ${SUBNET_PREFIX}"
-      SPEC_POD="--pod ${PODNAME}"
-      SPEC_DNS="--dns ${SUBNET_PREFIX}.254"
-      SPEC_ENV="--env SUBNET=${SUBNET} ${ARGS_ENV}"
-      SPEC_ENVFILE="--env-file ${ENVRDIR}"
       SPEC_NAME="--name ${SERVER}"
-      SPEC_INFRA_NAME="--infra-name ${SERVER}-infra"
+      SPEC_ENVFILE="--env-file ${ENVRDIR}"
       SPEC_REPO="${REPADDR}/${SERVER}"
       SPEC_CERTS="--volume ${CERTDIR}"
-      SPEC_BMOUNT="--volume ${BMNTDIR}"
-      SPEC_SUBNET="--subnet ${SUBNET}"
-      SPEC_LABELS="--label io.containers.autoupdate=registry"
       SPEC_VOLUME="--volume ${SERVER}"
+      SPEC_BMOUNT="--volume ${BMNTDIR}"
+
+
+      SPEC_IP="--ip ${SUBNET_PREFIX}"
+      SPEC_DNS="--dns ${SUBNET_PREFIX}.254"
+      SPEC_SUBNET="--subnet ${SUBNET}"
       SPEC_NETWORK="--network ${NETWORK}"
       SPEC_NETWORK_HOST="--network host"
       SPEC_NETWORK_PREFIX="${SPEC_NETWORK}:ip=${SUBNET_PREFIX}"
+      SPEC_ALIAS="--network-alias "
+      SPEC_PUBLISH="--publish"
       SPEC_PROXY_NET="--network proxy-net"
       SPEC_PROXY_NET_PREFIX="${SPEC_PROXY_NET}:ip=${PROXY_SUBNET_PREFIX}"
-      SPEC_PUBLISH="--publish"
-      SPEC_ALIAS="--network-alias "
+
+      SPEC_POD="--pod ${PODNAME}"
+      SPEC_ENV="--env SUBNET=${SUBNET} ${ARGS_ENV}"
       SPEC_BUILD="podman build ${PULL}"
+      SPEC_LABELS="--label io.containers.autoupdate=registry"
       SPEC_CREATE="podman create ${SPEC_POD} ${SPEC_LABELS} ${SPEC_ENV}"
   
       SPEC_HOSTS=
 
       # --------------------------------------------------------- recreate pod
+      SPEC_INFRA_NAME="--infra-name ${SERVER}-infra"
       stop-pod
       podman pod create \
         ${SPEC_NAME}-pod \