diff --git a/drivers/docker/handle.go b/drivers/docker/handle.go
index 4f144a14d..968fe393a 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/handle.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/handle.go
@@ -105,17 +105,11 @@ func (h *taskHandle) Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd string, args []string) (*driv
 		Detach: false,
 		Tty:    false,
 	}
-	if err := h.dockerClient.ContainerExecStart(ctx, exec.ID, startOpts); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 
 	// hijack exec output streams
-	hijacked, err := h.dockerClient.ContainerExecAttach(ctx, exec.ID, containerapi.ExecStartOptions{
-		Detach: false,
-		Tty:    false,
-	})
+	hijacked, err := h.dockerClient.ContainerExecAttach(ctx, exec.ID, startOpts)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to attach to exec: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to attach to exec object: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = stdcopy.StdCopy(stdout, stderr, hijacked.Reader)
@@ -128,7 +122,7 @@ func (h *taskHandle) Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd string, args []string) (*driv
 	execResult.Stderr = stderr.Bytes()
 	res, err := h.dockerClient.ContainerExecInspect(ctx, exec.ID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return execResult, err
+		return execResult, fmt.Errorf("failed to inspect exit code of exec object: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	execResult.ExitResult.ExitCode = res.ExitCode
diff --git a/e2e/consul/input/on_update_check_restart.nomad b/e2e/consul/input/on_update_check_restart.nomad
index a8eadfb92..3aa22e328 100644
--- a/e2e/consul/input/on_update_check_restart.nomad
+++ b/e2e/consul/input/on_update_check_restart.nomad
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ job "test" {
         on_update = "ignore_warnings"
 
         args = [
-          "-c",
           "/local/ready.sh"
         ]
 
@@ -95,4 +94,3 @@ EOT
     }
   }
 }
-