diff --git a/internal/services/container.go b/internal/services/container.go
index 332bbcd9..f2347bef 100644
--- a/internal/services/container.go
+++ b/internal/services/container.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Container struct {
 
 func NewContainer(sock ...string) Container {
 	if len(sock) == 0 {
-		sock[0] = "/run/podman/podman.sock"
+		sock = append(sock, "/run/podman/podman.sock")
 	}
 	cli, _ := client.NewClientWithOpts(client.WithHost("unix://"+sock[0]), client.WithAPIVersionNegotiation())
 	return Container{