diff --git a/cmd/podman/commands.go b/cmd/podman/commands.go
index 2f9a9cfe28..b2630652a0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/commands.go
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ func getImageSubCommands() []*cobra.Command {
 // Commands that the local client implements
 func getContainerSubCommands() []*cobra.Command {
 
-	var _listSubCommand = _psCommand
-	_listSubCommand.Use = "list"
-
 	return []*cobra.Command{
 		_attachCommand,
 		_checkpointCommand,
@@ -68,7 +65,6 @@ func getContainerSubCommands() []*cobra.Command {
 		_execCommand,
 		_exportCommand,
 		_killCommand,
-		&_listSubCommand,
 		_logsCommand,
 		_mountCommand,
 		_pauseCommand,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/container.go b/cmd/podman/container.go
index 338bb005cf..65ec22317b 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/container.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/container.go
@@ -1,27 +1,49 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/cliconfig"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var containerDescription = "Manage containers"
-var containerCommand = cliconfig.PodmanCommand{
-	Command: &cobra.Command{
-		Use:              "container",
-		Short:            "Manage Containers",
-		Long:             containerDescription,
-		TraverseChildren: true,
-	},
-}
+var (
+	containerDescription = "Manage containers"
+	containerCommand     = cliconfig.PodmanCommand{
+		Command: &cobra.Command{
+			Use:              "container",
+			Short:            "Manage Containers",
+			Long:             containerDescription,
+			TraverseChildren: true,
+		},
+	}
 
-// Commands that are universally implemented.
-var containerCommands = []*cobra.Command{
-	_containerExistsCommand,
-	_inspectCommand,
-}
+	listSubCommand  cliconfig.PsValues
+	_listSubCommand = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     strings.Replace(_psCommand.Use, "ps", "list", 1),
+		Short:   _psCommand.Short,
+		Long:    _psCommand.Long,
+		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			listSubCommand.InputArgs = args
+			listSubCommand.GlobalFlags = MainGlobalOpts
+			return psCmd(&listSubCommand)
+		},
+		Example: strings.Replace(_psCommand.Example, "podman ps", "podman container list", -1),
+	}
+
+	// Commands that are universally implemented.
+	containerCommands = []*cobra.Command{
+		_containerExistsCommand,
+		_inspectCommand,
+		_listSubCommand,
+	}
+)
 
 func init() {
+	listSubCommand.Command = _listSubCommand
+	psInit(&listSubCommand)
+
 	containerCommand.AddCommand(containerCommands...)
 	containerCommand.AddCommand(getContainerSubCommands()...)
 	containerCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
diff --git a/cmd/podman/image.go b/cmd/podman/image.go
index 0777425ebd..57be7fe144 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/image.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/image.go
@@ -16,14 +16,39 @@ var (
 			Long:  imageDescription,
 		},
 	}
-	_imagesSubCommand = _imagesCommand
-	_rmSubCommand     = _rmiCommand
+	imagesSubCommand  cliconfig.ImagesValues
+	_imagesSubCommand = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     strings.Replace(_imagesCommand.Use, "images", "list", 1),
+		Short:   _imagesCommand.Short,
+		Long:    _imagesCommand.Long,
+		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			imagesSubCommand.InputArgs = args
+			imagesSubCommand.GlobalFlags = MainGlobalOpts
+			return imagesCmd(&imagesSubCommand)
+		},
+		Example: strings.Replace(_imagesCommand.Example, "podman images", "podman image list", -1),
+	}
+
+	rmSubCommand  cliconfig.RmiValues
+	_rmSubCommand = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   strings.Replace(_rmiCommand.Use, "rmi", "rm", 1),
+		Short: _rmiCommand.Short,
+		Long:  _rmiCommand.Long,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			rmSubCommand.InputArgs = args
+			rmSubCommand.GlobalFlags = MainGlobalOpts
+			return rmiCmd(&rmSubCommand)
+		},
+		Example: strings.Replace(_rmiCommand.Example, "podman rmi", "podman image rm", -1),
+	}
 )
 
 //imageSubCommands are implemented both in local and remote clients
 var imageSubCommands = []*cobra.Command{
 	_buildCommand,
 	_historyCommand,
+	_imagesSubCommand,
 	_imageExistsCommand,
 	_importCommand,
 	_inspectCommand,
@@ -31,23 +56,20 @@ var imageSubCommands = []*cobra.Command{
 	_pruneImagesCommand,
 	_pullCommand,
 	_pushCommand,
+	_rmSubCommand,
 	_saveCommand,
 	_tagCommand,
 }
 
 func init() {
+	rmSubCommand.Command = _rmSubCommand
+	rmiInit(&rmSubCommand)
+
+	imagesSubCommand.Command = _imagesSubCommand
+	imagesInit(&imagesSubCommand)
+
 	imageCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
 	imageCommand.AddCommand(imageSubCommands...)
 	imageCommand.AddCommand(getImageSubCommands()...)
 
-	// Setup of "images" to appear as "list"
-	_imagesSubCommand.Use = strings.Replace(_imagesSubCommand.Use, "images", "list", 1)
-	_imagesSubCommand.Aliases = []string{"ls"}
-	_imagesSubCommand.Example = strings.Replace(_imagesSubCommand.Example, "podman images", "podman image list", -1)
-	imageCommand.AddCommand(&_imagesSubCommand)
-
-	// It makes no sense to keep 'podman images rmi'; just use 'rm'
-	_rmSubCommand.Use = strings.Replace(_rmSubCommand.Use, "rmi", "rm", 1)
-	_rmSubCommand.Example = strings.Replace(_rmSubCommand.Example, "podman rmi", "podman image rm", -1)
-	imageCommand.AddCommand(&_rmSubCommand)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images.go b/cmd/podman/images.go
index e6f4d9a60f..26e51bef76 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images.go
@@ -102,24 +102,28 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-func init() {
-	imagesCommand.Command = &_imagesCommand
-	imagesCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
+func imagesInit(command *cliconfig.ImagesValues) {
+	command.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
 
-	flags := imagesCommand.Flags()
-	flags.BoolVarP(&imagesCommand.All, "all", "a", false, "Show all images (default hides intermediate images)")
-	flags.BoolVar(&imagesCommand.Digests, "digests", false, "Show digests")
-	flags.StringSliceVarP(&imagesCommand.Filter, "filter", "f", []string{}, "Filter output based on conditions provided (default [])")
-	flags.StringVar(&imagesCommand.Format, "format", "", "Change the output format to JSON or a Go template")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&imagesCommand.Noheading, "noheading", "n", false, "Do not print column headings")
+	flags := command.Flags()
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.All, "all", "a", false, "Show all images (default hides intermediate images)")
+	flags.BoolVar(&command.Digests, "digests", false, "Show digests")
+	flags.StringSliceVarP(&command.Filter, "filter", "f", []string{}, "Filter output based on conditions provided (default [])")
+	flags.StringVar(&command.Format, "format", "", "Change the output format to JSON or a Go template")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.Noheading, "noheading", "n", false, "Do not print column headings")
 	// TODO Need to learn how to deal with second name being a string instead of a char.
 	// This needs to be "no-trunc, notruncate"
-	flags.BoolVar(&imagesCommand.NoTrunc, "no-trunc", false, "Do not truncate output")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&imagesCommand.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Display only image IDs")
-	flags.StringVar(&imagesCommand.Sort, "sort", "created", "Sort by created, id, repository, size, or tag")
+	flags.BoolVar(&command.NoTrunc, "no-trunc", false, "Do not truncate output")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Display only image IDs")
+	flags.StringVar(&command.Sort, "sort", "created", "Sort by created, id, repository, size, or tag")
 
 }
 
+func init() {
+	imagesCommand.Command = &_imagesCommand
+	imagesInit(&imagesCommand)
+}
+
 func imagesCmd(c *cliconfig.ImagesValues) error {
 	var (
 		filterFuncs []imagefilters.ResultFilter
diff --git a/cmd/podman/ps.go b/cmd/podman/ps.go
index acb5fd7dac..0dedd850d0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/ps.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/ps.go
@@ -173,27 +173,31 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-func init() {
-	psCommand.Command = &_psCommand
-	psCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
-	flags := psCommand.Flags()
-	flags.BoolVarP(&psCommand.All, "all", "a", false, "Show all the containers, default is only running containers")
-	flags.StringSliceVarP(&psCommand.Filter, "filter", "f", []string{}, "Filter output based on conditions given")
-	flags.StringVar(&psCommand.Format, "format", "", "Pretty-print containers to JSON or using a Go template")
-	flags.IntVarP(&psCommand.Last, "last", "n", -1, "Print the n last created containers (all states)")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&psCommand.Latest, "latest", "l", false, "Show the latest container created (all states)")
-	flags.BoolVar(&psCommand.Namespace, "namespace", false, "Display namespace information")
-	flags.BoolVar(&psCommand.Namespace, "ns", false, "Display namespace information")
-	flags.BoolVar(&psCommand.NoTrunct, "no-trunc", false, "Display the extended information")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&psCommand.Pod, "pod", "p", false, "Print the ID and name of the pod the containers are associated with")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&psCommand.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Print the numeric IDs of the containers only")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&psCommand.Size, "size", "s", false, "Display the total file sizes")
-	flags.StringVar(&psCommand.Sort, "sort", "created", "Sort output by command, created, id, image, names, runningfor, size, or status")
-	flags.BoolVar(&psCommand.Sync, "sync", false, "Sync container state with OCI runtime")
+func psInit(command *cliconfig.PsValues) {
+	command.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
+	flags := command.Flags()
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.All, "all", "a", false, "Show all the containers, default is only running containers")
+	flags.StringSliceVarP(&command.Filter, "filter", "f", []string{}, "Filter output based on conditions given")
+	flags.StringVar(&command.Format, "format", "", "Pretty-print containers to JSON or using a Go template")
+	flags.IntVarP(&command.Last, "last", "n", -1, "Print the n last created containers (all states)")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.Latest, "latest", "l", false, "Show the latest container created (all states)")
+	flags.BoolVar(&command.Namespace, "namespace", false, "Display namespace information")
+	flags.BoolVar(&command.Namespace, "ns", false, "Display namespace information")
+	flags.BoolVar(&command.NoTrunct, "no-trunc", false, "Display the extended information")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.Pod, "pod", "p", false, "Print the ID and name of the pod the containers are associated with")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Print the numeric IDs of the containers only")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.Size, "size", "s", false, "Display the total file sizes")
+	flags.StringVar(&command.Sort, "sort", "created", "Sort output by command, created, id, image, names, runningfor, size, or status")
+	flags.BoolVar(&command.Sync, "sync", false, "Sync container state with OCI runtime")
 
 	markFlagHiddenForRemoteClient("latest", flags)
 }
 
+func init() {
+	psCommand.Command = &_psCommand
+	psInit(&psCommand)
+}
+
 func psCmd(c *cliconfig.PsValues) error {
 	if c.Bool("trace") {
 		span, _ := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(Ctx, "psCmd")
diff --git a/cmd/podman/rmi.go b/cmd/podman/rmi.go
index 5b8bf1ea3d..511668df79 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/rmi.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/rmi.go
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+func rmiInit(command *cliconfig.RmiValues) {
+	command.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
+	flags := command.Flags()
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.All, "all", "a", false, "Remove all images")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&command.Force, "force", "f", false, "Force Removal of the image")
+}
+
 func init() {
 	rmiCommand.Command = &_rmiCommand
-	rmiCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
-	flags := rmiCommand.Flags()
-	flags.BoolVarP(&rmiCommand.All, "all", "a", false, "Remove all images")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&rmiCommand.Force, "force", "f", false, "Force Removal of the image")
+	rmiInit(&rmiCommand)
 }
 
 func rmiCmd(c *cliconfig.RmiValues) error {
diff --git a/test/e2e/prune_test.go b/test/e2e/prune_test.go
index a9d2ea079c..74cdc126f7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/prune_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/prune_test.go
@@ -88,17 +88,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rm", func() {
 		Expect(len(images.OutputToStringArray())).To(Equal(0))
 	})
 
-	It("podman container image prune unused images", func() {
-		prune := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "image", "prune", "-a"})
-		prune.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-		Expect(prune.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-
-		images := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"image", "list", "-a"})
-		images.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-		// all images are unused, so they all should be deleted!
-		Expect(len(images.OutputToStringArray())).To(Equal(0))
-	})
-
 	It("podman system image prune unused images", func() {
 		SkipIfRemote()
 		podmanTest.BuildImage(pruneImage, "alpine_bash:latest", "true")
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_test.go b/test/e2e/run_test.go
index 3e449a4598..4ba32a94a0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run", func() {
 
 	It("podman container run a container based on on a short name with localhost", func() {
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(nginx)
-		tag := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "tag", nginx, "localhost/libpod/alpine_nginx:latest"})
+		tag := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"image", "tag", nginx, "localhost/libpod/alpine_nginx:latest"})
 		tag.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 
 		rmi := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"image", "rm", nginx})