diff --git a/client/core/controllers/serverController.cpp b/client/core/controllers/serverController.cpp
index 05283195..b29e1aa5 100644
--- a/client/core/controllers/serverController.cpp
+++ b/client/core/controllers/serverController.cpp
@@ -409,8 +409,10 @@ ErrorCode ServerController::installDockerWorker(const ServerCredentials &credent
     qDebug().noquote() << "ServerController::installDockerWorker" << stdOut;
     if (stdOut.contains("lock"))
         return ErrorCode::ServerPacketManagerError;
-    if (stdOut.contains("command not found"))
+    if (stdOut.contains("sudo:") && stdOut.contains("not found"))
         return ErrorCode::ServerDockerFailedError;
+    if (stdOut.contains("Failed docker status"))
+        return ErrorCode::ServerDockerStatusNotActive;
 
     return error;
 }
diff --git a/client/core/defs.h b/client/core/defs.h
index e073d030..7e90d15b 100644
--- a/client/core/defs.h
+++ b/client/core/defs.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace amnezia
         ServerUserDirectoryNotAccessible = 208,
         ServerUserNotAllowedInSudoers = 209,
         ServerUserPasswordRequired = 210,
+        ServerDockerStatusNotActive = 211,
 
         // Ssh connection errors
         SshRequestDeniedError = 300,
diff --git a/client/core/errorstrings.cpp b/client/core/errorstrings.cpp
index a3d54601..33dc3908 100644
--- a/client/core/errorstrings.cpp
+++ b/client/core/errorstrings.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ QString errorString(ErrorCode code) {
     case(ErrorCode::ServerUserDirectoryNotAccessible): errorMessage = QObject::tr("The server user's home directory is not accessible"); break;
     case(ErrorCode::ServerUserNotAllowedInSudoers): errorMessage = QObject::tr("Action not allowed in sudoers"); break;
     case(ErrorCode::ServerUserPasswordRequired): errorMessage = QObject::tr("The user's password is required"); break;
+    case(ErrorCode::ServerDockerStatusNotActive): errorMessage = QObject::tr("Docker service status is not active"); break;
 
     // Libssh errors
     case(ErrorCode::SshRequestDeniedError): errorMessage = QObject::tr("SSH request was denied"); break;
diff --git a/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh b/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh
index b90cb729..50125125 100644
--- a/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh
+++ b/client/server_scripts/install_docker.sh
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ echo $LANG | grep -qE '^(en_US.UTF-8|C.UTF-8|C)$' || export LC_ALL=C;\
 if ! command -v sudo > /dev/null 2>&1; then $pm $check_pkgs; $pm $silent_inst sudo; fi;\
 if ! command -v fuser > /dev/null 2>&1; then sudo $pm $check_pkgs; sudo $pm $silent_inst psmisc; fi;\
 if ! command -v lsof > /dev/null 2>&1; then sudo $pm $check_pkgs; sudo $pm $silent_inst lsof; fi;\
-if ! command -v docker > /dev/null 2>&1; then sudo $pm $check_pkgs;\
-  if [ -n "$(sudo $pm $wh_pkg $docker_pkg 2>/dev/null | grep moby-engine)" ]; then echo "Docker is not supported"; echo "command not found"; exit 1;\
-  else sudo $pm $silent_inst $docker_pkg || docker 2>&1 > /dev/null || exit 1;\
+if ! command -v docker > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
+  sudo $pm $check_pkgs;\
+  if [ -n "$(sudo $pm $wh_pkg $docker_pkg 2>/dev/null | grep moby-engine)" ]; \
+  then echo "Docker is not supported"; exit 1;\
+  else sudo $pm $silent_inst $docker_pkg;\
+  fi;\
+  if [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>/dev/null | grep podman)" ]; then docker_pkg="podman-docker"; check_srv="podman.socket podman";\
+    if [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>&1 | grep /etc/containers/nodocker)" ]; then sudo touch /etc/containers/nodocker; fi;\
   fi;\
-  if [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>/dev/null | grep podman)" ]; then check_srv="podman.socket podman"; sudo touch /etc/containers/nodocker; fi;\
   sleep 5; sudo systemctl enable --now $check_srv 2>/dev/null; sleep 5;\
 fi;\
-if [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>&1 | grep moby-engine)" ]; then echo "Docker is not supported"; echo "command not found"; exit 1;\
+if [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>&1 | grep moby-engine)" ]; then echo "Docker is not supported"; exit 1;\
 elif [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>&1 | grep podman)" ]; then check_srv="podman.socket podman"; docker_pkg="podman-docker";\
   if [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>&1 | grep /etc/containers/nodocker)" ]; then sudo touch /etc/containers/nodocker; fi;\
 fi;\
@@ -26,6 +30,8 @@ fi;\
 if [ "$(systemctl is-active $check_srv | head -n1)" != "active" ]; then \
   sudo $pm $check_pkgs; sudo $pm $silent_inst $docker_pkg;\
   sleep 5; sudo systemctl start $check_srv; sleep 5;\
-  if [ "$(systemctl is-active $check_srv | head -n1)" != "active" ]; then echo "Failed to status docker"; echo "command not found"; exit 1; fi;\
+  if [ "$(systemctl is-active $check_srv | head -n1)" != "active" ]; then echo "Failed docker status"; fi;\
 fi;\
 sudo docker --version
+
+# To allow autoinstallation of podman-docker, remove ' || [ -n "$(sudo $pm $wh_pkg $docker_pkg 2>/dev/null | grep podman-docker)" ]' and ' || [ -n "$(sudo docker --version 2>&1 | grep podman)" ]'