diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 834e77707775e124b75b136a7869d6ae435c0fc8..7e046c710b26b487578556e4f77bba3708d48258 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ profiles {
 }
 
 process {
+  withName:trackStart {
+    container = 'gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0'
+  }
   withName:getBag {
     container = 'gudmaprbk/deriva1.4:1.0.0'
   }
diff --git a/rna-seq.nf b/rna-seq.nf
index 932302f1b97adf827f72366729464c91e23709ea..fe3707128ab5ab090bade5506e88d438dd294bf6 100644
--- a/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/rna-seq.nf
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ script_deleteEntry_uploadProcessedFile = Channel.fromPath("${baseDir}/workflow/s
  * trackStart: track start of pipeline
  */
 process trackStart {
-  container 'gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0'
   script:
     """
     hostname