diff --git a/examples/lighttpd.sh b/examples/lighttpd.sh
index 7975ff99c8..e1517c2174 100755
--- a/examples/lighttpd.sh
+++ b/examples/lighttpd.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ buildah run $ctr1 -- dnf install -y lighttpd
 buildah config --annotation "com.example.build.host=$(uname -n)" $ctr1
 
 ## Run our server and expose the port
-buildah config $ctr1 --cmd "/usr/sbin/lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf"
-buildah config $ctr1 --port 80
+buildah config --cmd "/usr/sbin/lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf" $ctr1
+buildah config --port 80 $ctr1
 
 ## Commit this container to an image name
 buildah commit $ctr1 ${2:-$USER/lighttpd}