diff --git a/podmanctl b/podmanctl
index bd69d07..d3b6cba 100755
--- a/podmanctl
+++ b/podmanctl
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ for SERVER in $*; do
       SPEC_LABELS="--label io.containers.autoupdate=registry"
       SPEC_VOLUME="--volume ${SERVER}"
       SPEC_NETWORK="--network ${NETWORK}"
-      SPEC_NETWORK_HOST="--network_mode: host"
+      SPEC_NETWORK_HOST="--network host"
       SPEC_NETWORK_PREFIX="${SPEC_NETWORK}:ip=${SUBNET_PREFIX}"
       SPEC_PROXY_NET="--network proxy-net"
       SPEC_PROXY_NET_PREFIX="${SPEC_PROXY_NET}:ip=${PROXY_SUBNET_PREFIX}"