diff --git a/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DeploymentExecutor.java b/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DeploymentExecutor.java
index 882f5645..f1233f89 100644
--- a/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DeploymentExecutor.java
+++ b/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DeploymentExecutor.java
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ public class DeploymentExecutor {
                 String containerId = orchestrator.startContainer(request);
                 newContainerIds.add(containerId);
 
+                // Connect to environment network after container is started
+                if (networkManager != null && envNet != null) {
+                    networkManager.connectContainer(containerId, envNet);
+                }
+
                 replicaStates.add(Map.of(
                         "index", i,
                         "containerId", containerId,
diff --git a/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DockerRuntimeOrchestrator.java b/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DockerRuntimeOrchestrator.java
index 0c28642a..c0830953 100644
--- a/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DockerRuntimeOrchestrator.java
+++ b/cameleer3-server-app/src/main/java/com/cameleer3/server/app/runtime/DockerRuntimeOrchestrator.java
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@ public class DockerRuntimeOrchestrator implements RuntimeOrchestrator {
         var container = createCmd.exec();
         dockerClient.startContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
 
-        if (request.additionalNetworks() != null) {
-            for (String net : request.additionalNetworks()) {
-                dockerClient.connectToNetworkCmd()
-                        .withContainerId(container.getId())
-                        .withNetworkId(net)
-                        .exec();
-            }
-        }
-
         log.info("Started container {} ({})", request.containerName(), container.getId());
         return container.getId();
     }