diff --git a/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml
index 6b0cf7e1f..9fc92ff6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml
@@ -23,15 +23,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Make installer executable
-        run: chmod +x install.sh
       - name: Run installer end-to-end
         run: ./install.sh
       - name: Wait for health endpoint
         run: |
           timeout 120 bash -c \
             'until curl -fsS http://localhost:8321/v1/health; do sleep 1; done'
-      - name: Cleanup
-        run: |
-          docker rm -f ollama-server llama-stack || true
-          docker network rm llama-stack-net || true
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index f96884f18..477e6989f 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -12,24 +12,28 @@ OLLAMA_PORT=11434
 MODEL_ALIAS="llama3.2:3b"
 SERVER_IMAGE="llamastack/distribution-ollama:0.2.2"
 WAIT_TIMEOUT=300
-NETWORK="llama-stack-net"
 
 log(){ printf "\e[1;32m%s\e[0m\n" "$*"; }
 die(){ printf "\e[1;31m❌ %s\e[0m\n" "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
 
-if   command -v docker &> /dev/null; then ENGINE="docker"
-elif command -v podman &> /dev/null; then ENGINE="podman"
-else die "Docker or Podman is required. Install Docker: https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/ or Podman: https://podman.io/getting-started/installation"
-fi
-
-if ! $ENGINE network ls --filter name=^${NETWORK}$ --format '{{.Name}}' | grep -q "^${NETWORK}$"; then
-  log "Creating Docker network: ${NETWORK}"
-  $ENGINE network create "${NETWORK}"
+if command -v docker &> /dev/null; then
+  ENGINE="docker"
+  HOST_DNS="host.docker.internal"
+elif command -v podman &> /dev/null; then
+  ENGINE="podman"
+  HOST_DNS="host.containers.internal"
+else
+  die "Docker or Podman is required. Install Docker: https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/ or Podman: https://podman.io/getting-started/installation"
 fi
 
 # Clean up any leftovers from earlier runs
 for name in ollama-server llama-stack; do
-  $ENGINE ps -aq --filter "name=^${name}$" | xargs -r $ENGINE rm -f
+  # detect existing containers
+  ids=$($ENGINE ps -aq --filter "name=^${name}$")
+  if [ -n "$ids" ]; then
+    log "⚠️   Found existing container(s) for '${name}', removing..."
+    $ENGINE rm -f $ids
+  fi
 done
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -37,7 +41,6 @@ done
 ###############################################################################
 log "🦙  Starting Ollama…"
 $ENGINE run -d --name ollama-server \
-  --network "${NETWORK}" \
   -p "${OLLAMA_PORT}:11434" \
   -v ollama-models:/root/.ollama \
   ollama/ollama >/dev/null
@@ -47,25 +50,20 @@ timeout "$WAIT_TIMEOUT" bash -c \
   "until curl -fsS http://localhost:${OLLAMA_PORT}/ 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'Ollama'; do sleep 1; done" \
   || die "Ollama did not become ready in ${WAIT_TIMEOUT}s"
 
-if ! $ENGINE exec ollama-server ollama list | grep -q "$MODEL_ALIAS"; then
-  log "📦  Pulling model $MODEL_ALIAS…"
-  $ENGINE exec ollama-server ollama pull "$MODEL_ALIAS"
-fi
-
-log "🚀  Launching model runtime…"
-$ENGINE exec -d ollama-server ollama run "$MODEL_ALIAS" --keepalive 60m
+log "📦  Ensuring model is pulled: ${MODEL_ALIAS}..."
+$ENGINE exec ollama-server ollama pull "${MODEL_ALIAS}"
 
 ###############################################################################
 # 2. Llama‑Stack
 ###############################################################################
 log "🦙📦  Starting Llama‑Stack…"
 $ENGINE run -d --name llama-stack \
-  --network "${NETWORK}" \
   -p "${PORT}:${PORT}" \
+  --add-host="${HOST_DNS}:host-gateway" \
   "${SERVER_IMAGE}" \
   --port "${PORT}" \
   --env INFERENCE_MODEL="${MODEL_ALIAS}" \
-  --env OLLAMA_URL="http://ollama-server:${OLLAMA_PORT}" >/dev/null
+  --env OLLAMA_URL="http://${HOST_DNS}:${OLLAMA_PORT}" >/dev/null
 
 log "⏳  Waiting for Llama‑Stack API…"
 timeout "$WAIT_TIMEOUT" bash -c \
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ timeout "$WAIT_TIMEOUT" bash -c \
 log ""
 log "🎉  Llama‑Stack is ready!"
 log "👉  API endpoint: http://localhost:${PORT}"
-
-# Note: if you’re calling from another container on the “${NETWORK}” network,
-#       you can use the internal DNS name http://llama-stack:${PORT}
- log ""
+log "📖 Documentation: https://llama-stack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/references/index.html"
+log "💻 To access the llama‑stack CLI, exec into the container:"
+log "   $ENGINE exec -ti llama-stack bash"
+log ""