diff --git a/functions/cmd_to_container.sh b/functions/cmd_to_container.sh
index 277da7bb..a4748c07 100644
--- a/functions/cmd_to_container.sh
+++ b/functions/cmd_to_container.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ search=$(k3s crictl ps -a -s running | sed -E 's/[[:space:]]([0-9]*|About)[a-z0-
 mapfile -t pod_id < <(echo "$search" | grep -E "[[:space:]]$app_name([[:space:]]|-([-[:alnum:]])*[[:space:]])" | awk '{print $(NF)}')
 for pod in "${pod_id[@]}"
 do
-    printf '%s\0' "${containers[@]}" | grep -Fxqz -- "$(echo "$search" | grep "$pod" | awk '{print $4}')" && continue 
-    containers+=("$(echo "$search" | grep "$pod" | awk '{print $4}')") 
+    containers_temp+=("$(echo "$search" | grep "$pod" | awk '{print $4}')") 
 done
+containers=(); while IFS= read -r -d '' x; do containers+=("$x"); done < <(printf "%s\0" "${containers_temp[@]}" | sort -uz)
 case "${#containers[@]}" in
     0)
         echo -e "No containers available\nAre you sure the application in running?"