diff --git a/build_linux.sh b/build_linux.sh
index 0c69808..5bd715a 100755
--- a/build_linux.sh
+++ b/build_linux.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ DOCKERFILE="Dockerfile-linux"
 
 cleanup () {
   echo "cleaning up docker containers/images"
-  docker rm -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
-  docker rmi -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
+  "$DOCKER" rm -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
+  "$DOCKER" rmi -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
 }
 
 cleanup
-docker build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
+"$DOCKER" build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
     --build-arg "tor_version=$TOR_VERSION" \
     --build-arg "zlib_version=$ZLIB_VERSION" \
     --build-arg "libevent_version=$LIBEVENT_VERSION" \
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ docker build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
     --build-arg "openssl_hash=$OPENSSL_HASH" \
     --build-arg "tor_hash=$TOR_HASH" \
     ${1+"$@"} .
-docker run --init --rm --name "$IMAGE_NAME" -d "$IMAGE_NAME"
-docker cp "$IMAGE_NAME:/tor-$TOR_VERSION/install/bin/tor" "tor-$TOR_VERSION-linux-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION"
+"$DOCKER" run --init --rm --name "$IMAGE_NAME" -d "$IMAGE_NAME"
+"$DOCKER" cp "$IMAGE_NAME:/tor-$TOR_VERSION/install/bin/tor" "tor-$TOR_VERSION-linux-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION"
 
 if ! ldd "tor-$TOR_VERSION-linux-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION" 2>&1 \
        | grep -F -q 'not a dynamic executable'; then
diff --git a/build_linux_arm64.sh b/build_linux_arm64.sh
index 9092fc2..6749532 100755
--- a/build_linux_arm64.sh
+++ b/build_linux_arm64.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ DOCKERFILE="Dockerfile-linux-arm64"
 
 cleanup () {
   echo "cleaning up docker containers/images"
-  docker rm -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
-  docker rmi -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
+  "$DOCKER" rm -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
+  "$DOCKER" rmi -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
 }
 
 cleanup
-docker build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
+"$DOCKER" build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
     --build-arg "tor_version=$TOR_VERSION" \
     --build-arg "zlib_version=$ZLIB_VERSION" \
     --build-arg "libevent_version=$LIBEVENT_VERSION" \
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ docker build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
     --build-arg "openssl_hash=$OPENSSL_HASH" \
     --build-arg "tor_hash=$TOR_HASH" \
     ${1+"$@"} .
-docker run --init --rm --name "$IMAGE_NAME" -d "$IMAGE_NAME"
-docker cp "$IMAGE_NAME:/tor-$TOR_VERSION/install/bin/tor" "tor-$TOR_VERSION-linux-arm64-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION"
+"$DOCKER" run --init --rm --name "$IMAGE_NAME" -d "$IMAGE_NAME"
+"$DOCKER" cp "$IMAGE_NAME:/tor-$TOR_VERSION/install/bin/tor" "tor-$TOR_VERSION-linux-arm64-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION"
 
 if ! ldd "tor-$TOR_VERSION-linux-arm64-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION" 2>&1 \
        | grep -F -q 'not a dynamic executable'; then
diff --git a/build_mingw.sh b/build_mingw.sh
index cf2feaf..04d451a 100755
--- a/build_mingw.sh
+++ b/build_mingw.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ DOCKERFILE="Dockerfile-mingw"
 
 cleanup () {
   echo "cleaning up docker containers/images"
-  docker rm -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
-  docker rmi -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
+  "$DOCKER" rm -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
+  "$DOCKER" rmi -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
 }
 
 cleanup
-docker build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
+"$DOCKER" build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
     --build-arg "tor_version=$TOR_VERSION" \
     --build-arg "zlib_version=$ZLIB_VERSION" \
     --build-arg "libevent_version=$LIBEVENT_VERSION" \
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ docker build --no-cache -t "$IMAGE_NAME" -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
     --build-arg "openssl_hash=$OPENSSL_HASH" \
     --build-arg "tor_hash=$TOR_HASH" \
     ${1+"$@"} .
-docker run --init --rm --name "$IMAGE_NAME" -d "$IMAGE_NAME"
-docker cp "$IMAGE_NAME:/tor-$TOR_VERSION/install/bin/tor.exe" "tor-$TOR_VERSION-win32-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION.exe"
+"$DOCKER" run --init --rm --name "$IMAGE_NAME" -d "$IMAGE_NAME"
+"$DOCKER" cp "$IMAGE_NAME:/tor-$TOR_VERSION/install/bin/tor.exe" "tor-$TOR_VERSION-win32-brave-$BRAVE_TOR_VERSION.exe"
diff --git a/env.sh b/env.sh
index 0014bb2..0429bb2 100755
--- a/env.sh
+++ b/env.sh
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ export ZLIB_HASH="9a93b2b7dfdac77ceba5a558a580e74667dd6fede4585b91eefb60f03b72df
 export LIBEVENT_HASH=92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb
 export OPENSSL_HASH=cf3098950cb4d853ad95c0841f1f9c6d3dc102dccfcacd521d93925208b76ac8
 export TOR_HASH="e628b4fab70edb4727715b23cf2931375a9f7685ac08f2c59ea498a178463a86"
+
+export DOCKER="$(command -v docker || command -v podman)"
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