diff --git a/utils/containers.py b/utils/containers.py
index 6dc255a558ab7d89e3d811a4e4fc810a789c830b..25d4c534fc1aec2f23a72361c8e38551f2f08351 100644
--- a/utils/containers.py
+++ b/utils/containers.py
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ class ClusterConductor:
         for container in containers:
             if container and container_regex.match(container):
                 self._dump_container_logs(dir, container)
+
     def get_view(self) -> str:
         return {"address": f"{self.ip}:{self.port}", "id": self.index}
+
     def _dump_container_logs(self, dir, name: str) -> None:
         log_file = os.path.join(dir, f"{name}.log")
         self.log(f"Dumping logs for container {name} to file {log_file}")
@@ -433,15 +435,18 @@ class ClusterConductor:
             # update node ip
 
             if container_ip != node.ip:
-                self.log(f"Warning: Node {i} IP addr changed from {node.ip} to {container_ip}")
+                self.log(
+                    f"Warning: Node {i} IP addr changed from {node.ip} to {container_ip}"
+                )
                 node.ip = container_ip
-                if hasattr(self, "_parent"):
-                    self._parent.clients[
-                        node.index
-                    ].base_url = self.node_external_endpoint(node.index)
-                view_changed = True
-        # if view_changed and hasattr(self, "_parent"):
-        #     self._parent.rebroadcast_view(self.get_shard_view())
+                if CONTAINER_ENGINE == "podman":
+                    if hasattr(self, "_parent"):
+                        self._parent.clients[
+                            node.index
+                        ].base_url = self.node_external_endpoint(node.index)
+                    view_changed = True
+        if CONTAINER_ENGINE == "podman" and view_changed and hasattr(self, "_parent"):
+            self._parent.rebroadcast_view(self.get_shard_view())
 
     def create_partition(self, node_ids: List[int], partition_id: str) -> None:
         net_name = f"kvs_{self.group_id}_net_{partition_id}"
@@ -500,15 +505,18 @@ class ClusterConductor:
 
             # update node ip
             if container_ip != node.ip:
-                self.log(f"Warning: Node {i} IP addr changed from {node.ip} to {container_ip}")
+                self.log(
+                    f"Warning: Node {i} IP addr changed from {node.ip} to {container_ip}"
+                )
                 node.ip = container_ip
-                if hasattr(self, "_parent"):
-                    self._parent.clients[
-                        node.index
-                    ].base_url = self.node_external_endpoint(node.index)
-                view_changed = True
-        # if view_changed and hasattr(self, "_parent"):
-        #     self._parent.rebroadcast_view(self.get_shard_view())
+                if CONTAINER_ENGINE == "podman":
+                    if hasattr(self, "_parent"):
+                        self._parent.clients[
+                            node.index
+                        ].base_url = self.node_external_endpoint(node.index)
+                    view_changed = True
+        if CONTAINER_ENGINE == "podman" and view_changed and hasattr(self, "_parent"):
+            self._parent.rebroadcast_view(self.get_shard_view())
 
     DeprecationWarning("View is in updated format")