diff --git a/src/build/build.v b/src/build/build.v
index 41f68e2..b470853 100644
--- a/src/build/build.v
+++ b/src/build/build.v
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const build_image_repo = 'vieter-build'
 // makepkg with. The base image should be some Linux distribution that uses
 // Pacman as its package manager.
 pub fn create_build_image(base_image string) ?string {
+	mut dd := docker.new_conn() ?
+
 	commands := [
 		// Update repos & install required packages
 		'pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm base-devel git'
@@ -48,12 +50,13 @@ pub fn create_build_image(base_image string) ?string {
 	// We pull the provided image
 	docker.pull_image(image_name, image_tag)?
 
-	id := docker.create_container(c)?
-	docker.start_container(id)?
+	id := dd.create_container(c)?.id
+	/* id := docker.create_container(c)? */
+	dd.start_container(id)?
 
 	// This loop waits until the container has stopped, so we can remove it after
 	for {
-		data := docker.inspect_container(id)?
+		data := dd.inspect_container(id)?
 
 		if !data.state.running {
 			break
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn create_build_image(base_image string) ?string {
 	// conflicts.
 	tag := time.sys_mono_now().str()
 	image := docker.create_image_from_container(id, 'vieter-build', tag)?
-	docker.remove_container(id)?
+	dd.remove_container(id)?
 
 	return image.id
 }
diff --git a/src/docker/containers.v b/src/docker/containers.v
index 3b674e6..98116cc 100644
--- a/src/docker/containers.v
+++ b/src/docker/containers.v
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ struct Container {
 
 pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) containers() ?[]Container {
 	d.send_request('GET', urllib.parse('/v1.41/containers/json')?)?
-	res_header := d.read_response_head()?
-	content_length := res_header.header.get(http.CommonHeader.content_length)?.int()
-	res := d.read_response_body(content_length)?
+	_, res := d.read_response()?
 
 	data := json.decode([]Container, res)?
 
 	return data
 }
 
+[params]
 pub struct NewContainer {
 	image      string   [json: Image]
 	entrypoint []string [json: Entrypoint]
@@ -31,7 +30,25 @@ pub struct NewContainer {
 }
 
 struct CreatedContainer {
+pub:
 	id string [json: Id]
+	warnings []string [json: Warnings]
+}
+
+pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) create_container(c NewContainer) ?CreatedContainer {
+	d.send_request_with_json('POST', urllib.parse('/v1.41/containers/create')?, c)?
+	_, res := d.read_response()?
+
+	data := json.decode(CreatedContainer, res)?
+
+	return data
+}
+
+pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) start_container(id string) ?bool {
+	d.send_request('POST', urllib.parse('/v1.41/containers/$id/start')?)?
+	head := d.read_response_head() ?
+
+	return head.status_code == 204
 }
 
 // create_container creates a container defined by the given configuration. If
@@ -72,6 +89,25 @@ pub mut:
 	end_time   time.Time [skip]
 }
 
+pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) inspect_container(id string) ?ContainerInspect {
+	d.send_request('GET', urllib.parse('/v1.41/containers/$id/json')?)?
+	head, body := d.read_response()?
+
+	if head.status_code != 200 {
+		return error('Failed to inspect container.')
+	}
+
+	mut data := json.decode(ContainerInspect, body)?
+
+	data.state.start_time = time.parse_rfc3339(data.state.start_time_str)?
+
+	if data.state.status == 'exited' {
+		data.state.end_time = time.parse_rfc3339(data.state.end_time_str)?
+	}
+
+	return data
+}
+
 // inspect_container returns the result of inspecting a container with a given
 // ID.
 pub fn inspect_container(id string) ?ContainerInspect {
@@ -92,6 +128,11 @@ pub fn inspect_container(id string) ?ContainerInspect {
 	return data
 }
 
+pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) remove_container(id string) ? {
+	d.send_request('DELETE', urllib.parse('/v1.41/containers/$id')?)?
+	head := d.read_response_head() ?
+}
+
 // remove_container removes a container with a given ID.
 pub fn remove_container(id string) ?bool {
 	res := request('DELETE', urllib.parse('/v1.41/containers/$id')?)?
diff --git a/src/docker/socket.v b/src/docker/socket.v
index 7815435..41f9f6d 100644
--- a/src/docker/socket.v
+++ b/src/docker/socket.v
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) send_request_with_body(method string, url urllib.URL
 	d.socket.write_string(req)?
 }
 
-pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) request_with_json<T>(method string, url urllib.URL, data &T) ? {
+pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) send_request_with_json<T>(method string, url urllib.URL, data &T) ? {
 	body := json.encode(data)
 
-	return request_with_body(method, url, 'application/json', body)
+	return d.send_request_with_body(method, url, 'application/json', body)
 }
 
 // read_response_head consumes the socket's contents until it encounters
@@ -100,3 +100,11 @@ pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) read_response_body(length int) ?string {
 
 	return builder.str()
 }
+
+pub fn (mut d DockerDaemon) read_response() ?(http.Response, string) {
+	head := d.read_response_head()?
+	content_length := head.header.get(http.CommonHeader.content_length)?.int()
+	res := d.read_response_body(content_length)?
+
+	return head, res
+}
diff --git a/src/main.v b/src/main.v
index db6d5ef..6b1e7bc 100644
--- a/src/main.v
+++ b/src/main.v
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import build
 import console.git
 import console.logs
 import cron
+import docker
 
 fn main() {
 	mut app := cli.Command{