diff --git a/lib/kamal/commands/app/assets.rb b/lib/kamal/commands/app/assets.rb
index c1e65d188..21ae4d5f8 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/commands/app/assets.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/commands/app/assets.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ def extract_assets
 
     combine \
       make_directory(role.asset_extracted_directory),
-      [ *docker(:stop, "-t 1", asset_container, "2> /dev/null"), "|| true" ],
-      docker(:run, "--name", asset_container, "--detach", "--rm", "--entrypoint", "sleep", config.absolute_image, "1000000"),
-      docker(:cp, "-L", "#{asset_container}:#{role.asset_path}/.", role.asset_extracted_directory),
-      docker(:stop, "-t 1", asset_container),
+      [ *docker(:container, :rm, asset_container, "2> /dev/null"), "|| true" ],
+      docker(:container, :create, "--name", asset_container, config.absolute_image),
+      docker(:container, :cp, "-L", "#{asset_container}:#{role.asset_path}/.", role.asset_extracted_directory),
+      docker(:container, :rm, asset_container),
       by: "&&"
   end
 
diff --git a/test/cli/app_test.rb b/test/cli/app_test.rb
index 2e532730a..e6505a457 100644
--- a/test/cli/app_test.rb
+++ b/test/cli/app_test.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class CliAppTest < CliTestCase
     run_command("boot", config: :with_assets).tap do |output|
       assert_match "docker tag dhh/app:latest dhh/app:latest", output
       assert_match "/usr/bin/env mkdir -p .kamal/apps/app/assets/volumes/web-latest ; cp -rnT .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-latest .kamal/apps/app/assets/volumes/web-latest ; cp -rnT .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-latest .kamal/apps/app/assets/volumes/web-123 || true ; cp -rnT .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-123 .kamal/apps/app/assets/volumes/web-latest || true", output
-      assert_match "/usr/bin/env mkdir -p .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-latest && docker stop -t 1 app-web-assets 2> /dev/null || true && docker run --name app-web-assets --detach --rm --entrypoint sleep dhh/app:latest 1000000 && docker cp -L app-web-assets:/public/assets/. .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-latest && docker stop -t 1 app-web-assets", output
+      assert_match "/usr/bin/env mkdir -p .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-latest && docker container rm app-web-assets 2> /dev/null || true && docker container create --name app-web-assets dhh/app:latest && docker container cp -L app-web-assets:/public/assets/. .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-latest && docker container rm app-web-assets", output
       assert_match /docker run --detach --restart unless-stopped --name app-web-latest --network kamal --hostname 1.1.1.1-[0-9a-f]{12} /, output
       assert_match "docker container ls --all --filter name=^app-web-123$ --quiet | xargs docker stop", output
       assert_match "/usr/bin/env find .kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted -maxdepth 1 -name 'web-*' ! -name web-latest -exec rm -rf \"{}\" + ; find .kamal/apps/app/assets/volumes -maxdepth 1 -name 'web-*' ! -name web-latest -exec rm -rf \"{}\" +", output
diff --git a/test/commands/app_test.rb b/test/commands/app_test.rb
index d53b31e16..75241597f 100644
--- a/test/commands/app_test.rb
+++ b/test/commands/app_test.rb
@@ -469,10 +469,10 @@ class CommandsAppTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   test "extract assets" do
     assert_equal [
       :mkdir, "-p", ".kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-999", "&&",
-      :docker, :stop, "-t 1", "app-web-assets", "2> /dev/null", "|| true", "&&",
-      :docker, :run, "--name", "app-web-assets", "--detach", "--rm", "--entrypoint", "sleep", "dhh/app:999", "1000000", "&&",
-      :docker, :cp, "-L", "app-web-assets:/public/assets/.", ".kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-999", "&&",
-      :docker, :stop, "-t 1", "app-web-assets"
+      :docker, :container, :rm, "app-web-assets", "2> /dev/null", "|| true", "&&",
+      :docker, :container, :create, "--name", "app-web-assets", "dhh/app:999", "&&",
+      :docker, :container, :cp, "-L", "app-web-assets:/public/assets/.", ".kamal/apps/app/assets/extracted/web-999", "&&",
+      :docker, :container, :rm, "app-web-assets"
     ], new_command(asset_path: "/public/assets").extract_assets
   end