diff --git a/src/services/execution/execute/execution.c b/src/services/execution/execute/execution.c
index d18bf300c6c4b30b310bd73627fc3119536b9daf..32125cf5c06122dba26c4a6bd822be4b79666eaf 100644
--- a/src/services/execution/execute/execution.c
+++ b/src/services/execution/execute/execution.c
@@ -843,6 +843,12 @@ static int do_start_container(container_t *cont, const char *console_fifos[], bo
         goto close_exit_fd;
     }
 
+    if (save_oci_config(id, cont->root_path, oci_spec) != 0) {
+        ERROR("Failed to save container settings");
+        ret = -1;
+        goto close_exit_fd;
+    }
+
     start_timeout = conf_get_start_timeout();
     if (cont->common_config->config != NULL) {
         tty = cont->common_config->config->tty;