@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ func (d *Driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, hooks execd

 	if err != nil {

 		return execdriver.ExitStatus{ExitCode: -1}, err

 	}

+

+	if err := cont.Start(p); err != nil {

+		return execdriver.ExitStatus{ExitCode: -1}, err

+	}

 	d.Lock()

 	d.activeContainers[c.ID] = cont

 	d.Unlock()

@@ -167,10 +171,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, hooks execd

 		d.cleanContainer(c.ID)

 	}()

-	if err := cont.Start(p); err != nil {

-		return execdriver.ExitStatus{ExitCode: -1}, err

-	}

-

 	//close the write end of any opened pipes now that they are dup'ed into the container

 	for _, writer := range writers {

 		writer.Close()

@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill(c *execdriver.Command, sig int) error {

 	if err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

+	if state.InitProcessPid == -1 {

+		return fmt.Errorf("avoid sending signal %d to container %s with pid -1", sig, c.ID)

+	}

 	return syscall.Kill(state.InitProcessPid, syscall.Signal(sig))

 }