diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
index 15a5bcb25..0c38ef5c0 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Config/Config.cpp
@@ -371,6 +371,22 @@ namespace JSON {
     return {};
   }
 
+
+  std::string FindContainer() {
+    // We only support pressure-vessel at the moment
+    const static std::string ContainerManager = "/run/host/container-manager";
+    if (std::filesystem::exists(ContainerManager)) {
+      std::vector<char> Manager{};
+      if (FEXCore::FileLoading::LoadFile(Manager, ContainerManager)) {
+        // Trim the whitespace, may contain a newline
+        std::string ManagerStr = Manager.data();
+        ManagerStr = FEXCore::StringUtils::Trim(ManagerStr);
+        return ManagerStr;
+      }
+    }
+    return {};
+  }
+
   std::string FindContainerPrefix() {
     // We only support pressure-vessel at the moment
     const static std::string ContainerManager = "/run/host/container-manager";
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h b/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h
index 33da62246..17d175f9c 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h
+++ b/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Config/Config.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ namespace Type {
 
   FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY void Load();
   FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY void ReloadMetaLayer();
+  FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY std::string FindContainer();
   FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY std::string FindContainerPrefix();
 
   FEX_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY void AddLayer(std::unique_ptr<FEXCore::Config::Layer> _Layer);
diff --git a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
index 7f8dbe538..a990f1187 100644
--- a/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
+++ b/Source/Common/FEXServerClient.cpp
@@ -135,10 +135,14 @@ namespace FEXServerClient {
       return false;
     }
 
-    std::string RootFSPath = FEXServerClient::RequestRootFSPath(ServerFD);
+    // If we were started in a container then we want to use the rootfs that they provided.
+    // In the pressure-vessel case this is a combination of our rootfs and the steam soldier runtime.
+    if (FEXCore::Config::FindContainer() != "pressure-vessel") {
+      std::string RootFSPath = FEXServerClient::RequestRootFSPath(ServerFD);
 
-    // If everything has passed then we can now update the rootfs path
-    FEXCore::Config::EraseSet(FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_ROOTFS, RootFSPath);
+      //// If everything has passed then we can now update the rootfs path
+      FEXCore::Config::EraseSet(FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_ROOTFS, RootFSPath);
+    }
 
     return true;
   }