diff --git a/canto_running_log.sh b/canto_running_log.sh
index b6869a56be55eddb560878dbe685606d95e39f0b..5516a6f63bb33f100f3c189b003d499bc8813a3e 100755
--- a/canto_running_log.sh
+++ b/canto_running_log.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LOGS="logs"
 LOGFILE="${CANTOSPACE}/${LOGS}/canto_server_running.log"
 
 #this line retrieves the canto container id
-DOCKERNAME=$(docker ps -a --filter status=running | awk '$2 ~ /pombase\/canto-base/ { print $1 }')
+DOCKERNAME=$(docker ps -a --filter status=running --filter name=^/canto$)
 
 	if [[ ! -z "${DOCKERNAME}" ]]; then
 	echo "Canto running on container ${DOCKERNAME} - see canto_server_running.log for the log messages"