diff --git a/container/container.go b/container/container.go
index 35cc8df..1d981c8 100644
--- a/container/container.go
+++ b/container/container.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 
 var Runtime = "docker"
 
+var Timeout = time.Hour
+
 type Image struct {
 	Name   string
 	Distro distro.Distro
@@ -78,8 +80,6 @@ type Volume struct {
 type Container struct {
 	name string
 
-	timeout time.Duration
-
 	Volumes []Volume
 
 	// Additional arguments
@@ -88,13 +88,12 @@ type Container struct {
 	Log zerolog.Logger
 }
 
-func New(name string, timeout time.Duration) (c Container, err error) {
+func New(name string) (c Container, err error) {
 	c.Log = log.With().
 		Str("container", name).
 		Logger()
 
 	c.name = name
-	c.timeout = timeout
 
 	c.Volumes = append(c.Volumes, Volume{
 		Src:  config.Dir("volumes", name, "lib", "modules"),
@@ -114,11 +113,10 @@ func New(name string, timeout time.Duration) (c Container, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func NewFromKernelInfo(ki config.KernelInfo, timeout time.Duration) (
+func NewFromKernelInfo(ki config.KernelInfo) (
 	c Container, err error) {
 
 	c.name = ki.ContainerName
-	c.timeout = timeout
 
 	c.Log = log.With().
 		Str("container", c.name).
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ func (c Container) Run(workdir string, command string) (output string, err error
 	}
 	cmd.Stderr = cmd.Stdout
 
-	timer := time.AfterFunc(c.timeout, func() {
+	timer := time.AfterFunc(Timeout, func() {
 		flog.Info().Msg("killing container by timeout")
 
 		flog.Debug().Msg("SIGINT")
diff --git a/distro/centos/centos.go b/distro/centos/centos.go
index 851192d..a98f556 100644
--- a/distro/centos/centos.go
+++ b/distro/centos/centos.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package centos
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func (centos CentOS) Equal(d distro.Distro) bool {
 }
 
 func (centos CentOS) Packages() (pkgs []string, err error) {
-	c, err := container.New(centos.container, time.Hour)
+	c, err := container.New(centos.container)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/distro/oraclelinux/oraclelinux.go b/distro/oraclelinux/oraclelinux.go
index 25588b9..6e8e38c 100644
--- a/distro/oraclelinux/oraclelinux.go
+++ b/distro/oraclelinux/oraclelinux.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package oraclelinux
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func (ol OracleLinux) Equal(d distro.Distro) bool {
 }
 
 func (ol OracleLinux) Packages() (pkgs []string, err error) {
-	c, err := container.New(ol.container, time.Hour)
+	c, err := container.New(ol.container)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/distro/ubuntu/ubuntu.go b/distro/ubuntu/ubuntu.go
index 9f55789..9eb62ca 100644
--- a/distro/ubuntu/ubuntu.go
+++ b/distro/ubuntu/ubuntu.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package ubuntu
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"code.dumpstack.io/tools/out-of-tree/config"
 	"code.dumpstack.io/tools/out-of-tree/container"
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ func (u Ubuntu) Equal(d distro.Distro) bool {
 }
 
 func (u Ubuntu) Packages() (pkgs []string, err error) {
-	c, err := container.New(u.container, time.Hour)
+	c, err := container.New(u.container)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/kernel.go b/kernel/kernel.go
index 2e742a1..78a5f00 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.go
+++ b/kernel/kernel.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func GenerateBaseDockerImage(registry string, commands []config.DockerCommand,
 		return
 	}
 
-	c, err := container.New(sk.DockerName(), time.Hour)
+	c, err := container.New(sk.DockerName())
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func installKernel(sk config.Target, pkgname string, force, headers bool) (err e
 		Str("pkg", pkgname).
 		Logger()
 
-	c, err := container.New(sk.DockerName(), time.Hour) // TODO conf
+	c, err := container.New(sk.DockerName()) // TODO conf
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func listContainersKernels(dii container.Image, newkcfg *config.KernelConfig,
 		return
 	}
 
-	c, err := container.New(dii.Name, time.Hour)
+	c, err := container.New(dii.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pew.go b/pew.go
index 26a9430..506084e 100644
--- a/pew.go
+++ b/pew.go
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ func build(flog zerolog.Logger, tmp string, ka config.Artifact,
 
 	if ki.ContainerName != "" {
 		var c container.Container
-		c, err = container.NewFromKernelInfo(ki, dockerTimeout)
+		container.Timeout = dockerTimeout
+		c, err = container.NewFromKernelInfo(ki)
 		c.Log = flog
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("container creation failure")