diff --git a/cmd/util/volumes.go b/cmd/util/volumes.go
index 302b1fe6..874c4d5f 100644
--- a/cmd/util/volumes.go
+++ b/cmd/util/volumes.go
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ func ValidateVolumeMount(runtime runtimes.Runtime, volumeMount string) (string,
 
 	// validate 'SRC[:DEST]' substring
 	split := strings.Split(volumeMount, ":")
-	if len(split) < 1 || len(split) > 2 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid volume mount '%s': only one ':' allowed", volumeMount)
+	if len(split) < 1 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("No volume/path specified")
+	}
+	if len(split) > 3 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid volume mount '%s': maximal 2 ':' allowed", volumeMount)
 	}
 
 	// we only have SRC specified -> DEST = SRC
@@ -58,12 +61,11 @@ func ValidateVolumeMount(runtime runtimes.Runtime, volumeMount string) (string,
 		// a) named volume
 		isNamedVolume := true
 		if err := verifyNamedVolume(runtime, src); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("Source '%s' is not a named volume, assuming it's a path...\n%+v", src, err)
 			isNamedVolume = false
 		}
 		if !isNamedVolume {
 			if _, err := os.Stat(src); err != nil {
-				return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to stat file/dir that you're trying to mount: '%s' in '%s'", src, volumeMount)
+				log.Warnf("Failed to stat file/directory/named volume that you're trying to mount: '%s' in '%s' -> Please make sure it exists", src, volumeMount)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ func ValidateVolumeMount(runtime runtimes.Runtime, volumeMount string) (string,
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Volume mount destination doesn't appear to be an absolute path: '%s' in '%s'", dest, volumeMount)
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", src, dest), nil
+	return volumeMount, nil
 }
 
 // verifyNamedVolume checks whether a named volume exists in the runtime
diff --git a/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go b/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go
index 0020b14b..af169337 100644
--- a/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go
+++ b/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ func TranslateNodeToContainer(node *k3d.Node) (*NodeInDocker, error) {
 
 	/* initialize everything that we need */
 	containerConfig := docker.Config{}
-	hostConfig := docker.HostConfig{}
+	hostConfig := docker.HostConfig{
+		Init: &[]bool{true}[0],
+	}
 	networkingConfig := network.NetworkingConfig{}
 
 	/* Name & Image */
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ func TranslateNodeToContainer(node *k3d.Node) (*NodeInDocker, error) {
 	hostConfig.Privileged = true
 
 	/* Volumes */
-	// TODO: image volume
+	log.Debugf("Volumes: %+v", node.Volumes)
 	hostConfig.Binds = node.Volumes
 	// containerConfig.Volumes = map[string]struct{}{} // TODO: do we need this? We only used binds before