diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start
index a198377a1..690950373 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-start
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ fi
 case $1 in
    "all") salt-call state.highstate queue=True;;
    "steno") if docker ps | grep -q so-$1; then printf "\n$1 is already running!\n\n"; else docker rm so-$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; salt-call state.apply pcap queue=True; fi ;; 
-   *) if docker ps | grep -q so-$1; then printf "\n$1 is already running\n\n"; else docker rm so-$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; salt-call state.apply $1 queue=True; fi ;; 
+   *) if docker ps | grep -E -q '^so-$1$'; then printf "\n$1 is already running\n\n"; else docker rm so-$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; salt-call state.apply $1 queue=True; fi ;; 
 esac