diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index d55c7dcf14a8e03cd9df6c0fcfe883f737c96be8..a1bf413a596f5e41c9b3e0cb73774cdb52c4a426 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	if err := oci.CreateNetwork(d.MachineName, defaultIPRange); err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("unable to create docker network; node ip may not be stable: %v", err)
 	} else {
-		params.Network = defaultNetwork
+		params.Network = defaultIPRange
 		params.IP = "192.168.39.2"
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
index f9562d7396e317ed36fc74dfc95064848d5f8e8c..603c1d5e07cf3ff4e0ffc6cce6e3a3511411230f 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func CreateNetwork(name, ipRange string) error {
 	}
 
 	subnet := fmt.Sprintf("--subnet=%s", ipRange)
-	_, err = runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "create", "--driver=bridge", subnet, name))
+	_, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "create", "--driver=bridge", subnet, name))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating network")
 	}
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ func CreateNetwork(name, ipRange string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// RemoveNetwork removes a network
-func RemoveNetwork(name string) error {
-	if !networkExists {
+// removeNetwork removes a network
+func removeNetwork(name string) error {
+	if !networkExists(name) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	_, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "remove", name))
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ func RemoveNetwork(name string) error {
 func networkExists(name string) bool {
 	rr, err := runCmd(exec.Command(Docker, "network", "ls", "--format", "{{.Name}}"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "listing networks")
+		glog.Warningf("error listing networks: %v", err)
+		return false
 	}
 	networks := strings.Split(rr.Output(), "\n")
 	for _, n := range networks {
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
index ccef7aaff0fea1f13d16f918d9f9d68a89dfb13d..e86d07f1a14a39c1a3cd3cd5c2896a5517d726d2 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func DeleteContainer(ociBin string, name string) error {
 		glog.Infof("couldn't shut down %s (might be okay): %v ", name, err)
 	}
 
-	if err := RemoveNetwork(name); err != nil {
+	if err := removeNetwork(name); err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("error deleting network: %v", err)
 	}