diff --git a/kas-container b/kas-container
index 7ccc3ab..4d442f0 100755
--- a/kas-container
+++ b/kas-container
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ set_container_image_var() {
 	KAS_IMAGE_VERSION="${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION:-${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION_DEFAULT}}"
 	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME:-${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME_DEFAULT}}"
 	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH:-${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH_DEFAULT}}"
-	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH}/${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME}:${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION}"
+	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_DEFAULT="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH}/${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME}:${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION}"
+	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE:-${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_DEFAULT}}"
 }
 
 KAS_WORK_DIR=$(readlink -f "${KAS_WORK_DIR:-$(pwd)}")