diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 46aab28..09e3f1e 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ var pxe string = "quay.io/helpernode/pxe"
 
 
 // A map value containing some key-value pairs.
-var images=  map[string]string{
+var images =  map[string]string{
 	"dns": "quay.io/helpernode/dns",
 	"dhcp": "quay.io/helpernode/dhcp",
 	"http": "quay.io/helpernode/http",
 	"loadbalancer": "quay.io/helpernode/loadbalancer",
-	"pxe": "quay.io/helpernode/pxe"}
+	"pxe": "quay.io/helpernode/pxe",
+	}
 
 // initCmd represents the init command
 var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -93,4 +94,3 @@ func pullImages(){
 		utils.PullImage(v, "latest")
 	}
 }
- 
diff --git a/cmd/start.go b/cmd/start.go
index 8909a4f..96a7073 100644
--- a/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/start.go
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/robertsandoval/ocp4-helpernode/utils"
+	"os"
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"io/ioutil"
 )
 
 // startCmd represents the start command
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ This application is a tool to generate the needed files
 to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		fmt.Println("start called")
+		runContianers()
 	},
 }
 
@@ -49,3 +54,22 @@ func init() {
 	// is called directly, e.g.:
 	// startCmd.Flags().BoolP("toggle", "t", false, "Help message for toggle")
 }
+
+func runContianers() {
+	// Check to see if file exists
+	if _, err := os.Stat(cfgFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		fmt.Println("File " + cfgFile + " does not exist")
+	} else {
+		// Open file on disk
+		f, _ := os.Open(cfgFile)
+		// Read file into a byte slice
+		reader := bufio.NewReader(f)
+		content, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+		//Encode to base64
+		encoded := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(content)
+		// run the containers using the encoding
+		for k, v := range images {
+			utils.StartImage(v, "latest", encoded, k)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/container.go b/utils/container.go
index 55948f1..9619e3a 100644
--- a/utils/container.go
+++ b/utils/container.go
@@ -17,8 +17,20 @@ func PullImage(image string, version string){
 	//TODO Need to write the output for the image pull
 	cmd, err := exec.Command(containerRuntime, "pull", image + ":" + version).Output()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("here")
 		fmt.Println(cmd)
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+//going to covert this to use the podman module in the future
+func StartImage(image string, version string, encodedyaml string, containername string){
+
+	fmt.Println("Running: " + image)
+	//TODO Need to write the output for the image run
+	cmd, err := exec.Command(containerRuntime, "run", "-d", "--env=HELPERPOD_CONFIG_YAML=" + encodedyaml, "--net=host", "--name=helpernode-" + containername, image + ":" + version).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		fmt.Println(cmd)
+	}
+
+}