diff --git a/lib/baremetal b/lib/baremetal
index e3b2b9a..4ef161a 100644
--- a/lib/baremetal
+++ b/lib/baremetal
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
         image create \
         $BM_DEPLOY_KERNEL \
         --public --disk-format=aki \
+        --container-format=aki \
         < $TOP_DIR/files/$BM_DEPLOY_KERNEL  | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
     BM_DEPLOY_RAMDISK_ID=$(openstack \
         --os-token $token \
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@
         image create \
         $BM_DEPLOY_RAMDISK \
         --public --disk-format=ari \
+        --container-format=ari \
         < $TOP_DIR/files/$BM_DEPLOY_RAMDISK  | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
 }
 
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@
         image create \
         $image_name-kernel \
         --public --disk-format=aki \
+        --container-format=aki \
         < $TOP_DIR/files/$OUT_KERNEL | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
     RAMDISK_ID=$(openstack \
         --os-token $token \
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@
         image create \
         $image_name-initrd \
         --public --disk-format=ari \
+        --container-format=ari \
         < $TOP_DIR/files/$OUT_RAMDISK | grep ' id ' | get_field 2)
 }