diff --git a/create_appliance_image.sh b/create_appliance_image.sh
index 88c908f..9155f2e 100755
--- a/create_appliance_image.sh
+++ b/create_appliance_image.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fi
 buildah config --label maintainer="James Fuller <jim.fuller@webcomposite.com>" $ctr
 buildah config --label name="${image_name}" $ctr
 buildah config --label version="${release_tag}" $ctr
-buildah config --label docker.cmd="podman run -it quay.io/curl/${IMAGE_NAME_DEFAULT}:${release_tag}" $ctr
+buildah config --label docker.cmd="podman run -it quay.io/curl/${image_name}:${release_tag}" $ctr
 
 # assumes base image has setup curl_user
 buildah config --user curl_user $ctr
diff --git a/create_base_image.sh b/create_base_image.sh
index 5975ee9..5436530 100755
--- a/create_base_image.sh
+++ b/create_base_image.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ctrmnt=$(buildah mount $ctr)
 buildah config --label maintainer="James Fuller <jim.fuller@webcomposite.com>" $ctr
 buildah config --label name="${image_name}" $ctr
 buildah config --label version="${release_tag}" $ctr
-buildah config --label docker.cmd="podman run -it quay.io/curl/${IMAGE_NAME_DEFAULT}:${release_tag}" $ctr
+buildah config --label docker.cmd="podman run -it quay.io/curl/${image_name}:${release_tag}" $ctr
 
 # determine dist package manager
 if [[ "$dist" =~ .*"alpine".* ]]; then