diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a36808..f5172e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ privileged container.
 
 #### Setting up buildah and podman
 
-If you run ansible-bender as root, you don't need to do anything. Just install
-the packages and you are good to go.
+If you run ansible-bender as root, you don't need to set up anything. Just
+install the packages and you are good to go. This is the preferred way —
+buildah and podman are much more efficient when using the in-kernel overlay
+filesystem and you will encounter [less issues than with the rootless
+mode](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/rootless.md).
 
 On the other hand, if you want to utilize [the rootless
 mode](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/docs/podman-create.1.md#rootless-containers),
diff --git a/ansible_bender/builders/buildah_builder.py b/ansible_bender/builders/buildah_builder.py
index e6973f6..39bafab 100644
--- a/ansible_bender/builders/buildah_builder.py
+++ b/ansible_bender/builders/buildah_builder.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ def pull_buildah_image(container_image):
 
 
 def does_image_exist(container_image):
-    cmd = ["podman", "image", "exists", container_image]
+    # cmd = ["podman", "image", "exists", container_image]
+    # https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/2924
+    # https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-bender/issues/114
+    cmd = ["buildah", "inspect", "-t", "image", container_image]
     run_cmd(cmd, print_output=True)