diff --git a/podmanctl b/podmanctl
index 1f11404..976f5f1 100755
--- a/podmanctl
+++ b/podmanctl
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ stop-pod () {
       systemctl stop podman-${PODNAME}.service || return 1
     fi
   else
-    if podman pod exists "${PODNAME}"; then
-      podman pod stop -t 70 "${PODNAME}" || return 2
+    if "${RUNTIME}" pod exists "${PODNAME}"; then
+      "${RUNTIME}" pod stop -t 70 "${PODNAME}" || return 2
     fi
   fi
 }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ remove-services () {
 # sub ----------------------------------------------------- install services
 install-services () {
   (cd "${SYSTEMD}" && \
-    podman generate systemd \
+    "${RUNTIME}" generate systemd \
       --name \
       --new \
       --stop-timeout=70 \
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ for PROJECT in $*; do
   printf ":: ${COMMAND} ${PROJECT}\n"
 
   # --------------------------------------------------------- network
-  podman network exists ${NETWORK} \
+  "${RUNTIME}" network exists ${NETWORK} \
     || podman network create ${NETWORK}
   SUBNET="$(podman network inspect ${NETWORK} \
     |grep -w "\"subnet\":" |sed 's/[\":,a-z,A-Z ]//g')"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ for PROJECT in $*; do
   #printf "${SUBNET_PREFIX}" > "${PROJECT}-subnet"
   
   # --------------------------------------------------------- proxy network
-  podman network exists proxy-net \
+  "${RUNTIME}" network exists proxy-net \
     || podman network create proxy-net
   PROXY_SUBNET="$(podman network inspect proxy-net \
     |grep -w "\"subnet\":" |sed 's/[\":,a-z,A-Z ]//g')"
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ for PROJECT in $*; do
   
       # --------------------------------------------------------- pod
       stop-pod
-      podman pod create \
+      "${RUNTIME}" pod create \
         ${SPEC_NAME}-pod \
         ${SPEC_INFRA_NAME} \
         --replace