diff --git a/container/run.sh b/container/run.sh
index 63ca5c6..7f0e27c 100755
--- a/container/run.sh
+++ b/container/run.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eux
 
+# just podman things
+export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=
+
 NAME=xash-builder
 
 HLRTEST_REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/.. && pwd)"