diff --git a/pkg/config/config_linux.go b/pkg/config/config_linux.go
index 8fdc0c473..06c277061 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_linux.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -10,9 +11,23 @@ func isWSL() bool {
 	return err == nil && strings.Contains(string(data), "microsoft")
 }
 
+func isContainer() bool {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/1/cgroup")
+
+	if strings.Contains(string(data), "docker") ||
+		strings.Contains(string(data), "/lxc/") ||
+		[]string{string(data)}[0] != "systemd" &&
+			[]string{string(data)}[0] != "init" ||
+		os.Getenv("container") != "" {
+		return err == nil && true
+	}
+
+	return err == nil && false
+}
+
 // GetPlatformDefaultConfig gets the defaults for the platform
 func GetPlatformDefaultConfig() OSConfig {
-	if isWSL() {
+	if isWSL() && !isContainer() {
 		return OSConfig{
 			EditCommand:         ``,
 			EditCommandTemplate: "",