diff --git a/memory-exhaustion/memory-exhaustion b/memory-exhaustion/memory-exhaustion
index e681c40..8d59f1b 100755
--- a/memory-exhaustion/memory-exhaustion
+++ b/memory-exhaustion/memory-exhaustion
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ start_initial_container() {
     PODMAN_CMD="sudo podman run -d --privileged \
     --name \"$MEMORY_EXHAUSTION_BASE_CONTAINER_NAME\" \
     --replace \
-    --network=host \
     -v /mnt/container_mem_test:/mnt/test_volume \
     $VOLUME_OPTS \
     -e MEMORY_EXHAUSTION_BASE_CONTAINER_NAME=\"$MEMORY_EXHAUSTION_BASE_CONTAINER_NAME\" \