diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 786979a..a35f59d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ mv tmp/bin/brownie ~/.local/bin
 
 ## Usage
 
+### Notes
+
+#### cgroups
+
+Need to do some jiggery-pokery for cgroups?
+
+```
+$ sudo mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
+$ sudo mount -t cgroup -o none,name=systemd cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
+```
+
 ### Docker
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
@@ -189,6 +200,7 @@ Tests are run on every build in [this Github Action](https://github.com/nixpig/b
 - [x] linux_mount_label
 - [x] linux_ns_itype
 - [x] linux_ns_nopath
+- [x] linux_ns_path
 - [x] linux_readonly_paths
 - [x] linux_rootfs_propagation
 - [x] linux_sysctl
@@ -212,7 +224,6 @@ Tests are run on every build in [this Github Action](https://github.com/nixpig/b
 ### ⚠️ To do
 
 - [ ] delete_only_create_resources
-- [ ] linux_ns_path
 - [ ] linux_ns_path_type
 - [ ] linux_process_apparmor_profile
 - [ ] linux_seccomp
diff --git a/container/container_init.go b/container/container_init.go
index fe2cd19..01b8d34 100644
--- a/container/container_init.go
+++ b/container/container_init.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func (c *Container) Init(reexec string, arg string, log *zerolog.Logger) error {
 	)
 
 	cloneFlags := uintptr(0)
+	unshareFlags := uintptr(0)
 
 	var uidMappings []syscall.SysProcIDMap
 	var gidMappings []syscall.SysProcIDMap
@@ -105,34 +106,39 @@ func (c *Container) Init(reexec string, arg string, log *zerolog.Logger) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("convert namespace to flag: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		// if it's path-based, we need to do it in the reexec
 		if ns.Path == "" {
 			cloneFlags |= flag
 		} else {
-			fd, err := syscall.Open(ns.Path, syscall.O_RDONLY, 0666)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Error().Err(err).Str("path", ns.Path).Str("type", string(ns.Type)).Msg("failed to open namespace path")
-				return fmt.Errorf("open ns path: %w", err)
-			}
-			defer syscall.Close(fd)
 
-			log.Info().Str("path", ns.Path).Int("fd", int(fd)).Msg("writing ns path")
-			_, _, errno := syscall.RawSyscall(unix.SYS_SETNS, uintptr(fd), 0, 0)
-			if errno != 0 {
-				log.Error().Str("path", ns.Path).Int("errno", int(errno)).Msg("FAIELD THE RAWSYSCALL")
+			// TODO: align so the same mechanism is used for all namespaces?
+			if ns.Type == specs.MountNamespace {
+				reexecCmd.Env = append(reexecCmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("gons_mnt=%s", ns.Path))
+			} else {
+				fd, err := syscall.Open(ns.Path, syscall.O_RDONLY, 0666)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error().Err(err).Str("path", ns.Path).Str("type", string(ns.Type)).Msg("failed to open namespace path")
+					return fmt.Errorf("open ns path: %w", err)
+				}
+				defer syscall.Close(fd)
+
+				log.Info().Str("path", ns.Path).Int("fd", int(fd)).Msg("writing ns path")
+				_, _, errno := syscall.RawSyscall(unix.SYS_SETNS, uintptr(fd), 0, 0)
+				if errno != 0 {
+					log.Error().Str("path", ns.Path).Int("errno", int(errno)).Msg("FAIELD THE RAWSYSCALL")
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	reexecCmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
 		Cloneflags:   cloneFlags,
-		Unshareflags: uintptr(0),
+		Unshareflags: unshareFlags,
 		UidMappings:  uidMappings,
 		GidMappings:  gidMappings,
 	}
 
 	if c.Spec.Process != nil && c.Spec.Process.Env != nil {
-		reexecCmd.Env = c.Spec.Process.Env
+		reexecCmd.Env = append(reexecCmd.Env, c.Spec.Process.Env...)
 	}
 
 	if c.Spec.Process != nil && c.Spec.Process.Rlimits != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 64ee8b2..63cfad3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/nixpig/brownie
 go 1.23.0
 
 require (
+	github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.4
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
@@ -14,19 +15,18 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/sys/userns v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/thediveo/gons v0.9.9 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1ad6e16..0174077 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.1.0 h1:v8rEWFl6EoqHB+swVNjVoCJE8o3jX7e8nqBGPLaDFBM=
-github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6ppBcbh/NOOUU+dMKrykgaBnK9lCIBxHqJDGwsa1mIw=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.4 h1:2fs7l3P0Qxb1nKWuJNFiwhp2CqiKzho71DQkDrHJIo4=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:SA5DLYnXO8pTGYiAHXz94qvLQTKfVM5GEVisn4jpins=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
@@ -7,22 +5,17 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSV
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 h1:3uh0PgVws3nIA0Q+MwDC8yjEPf9zjRfZZWXZYDct3Tw=
-github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 h1:69rxXcBk27SvSaaxTtLh/8llcHD8vYHT7WSdRZ/jvr4=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
-github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4 h1:9349emZab16e7zQvpmsbtjc18ykshndd8y2PG3sgJbA=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 h1:4KLkAxT3aOY8Li4FRJe/KvhoNFFxo0m6fNuFUO8QJUk=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
-github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
-github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
-github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
@@ -47,41 +40,16 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsT
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635 h1:kdXcSzyDtseVEc4yCz2qF8ZrQvIDBJLl4S1c3GCXmoI=
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635/go.mod h1:hkRG7XYTFWNJGYcbNJQlaLq0fg1yr4J4t/NcTQtrfww=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
+github.com/thediveo/gons v0.9.9 h1:y76H/gtmKclSCbNLd3SlH8Qy1u1P2c/CLw4i35Kdi9s=
+github.com/thediveo/gons v0.9.9/go.mod h1:Rh4YVjFOEJNctU0hIZvuDK9K5AdwvxyjqrT4Cf8ihNU=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 h1:vvrHzRwRfVKSiLrG+d4FMl/Qi4ukBCE6kZlTUkDYRT0=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0/go.mod h1:6SkKJ3Xj0I0BrPOZoBy3bdMptDDU9oJrpohJ3eWZ1fY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 h1:r+8e+loiHxRqhXVl6ML1nO3l1+oFoWbnlu2Ehimmi34=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 h1:wBqf8DvsY9Y/2P8gAfPDEYNuS30J4lPHJxXSb/nJZ+s=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 h1:go1bK/D/BFZV2I8cIQd1NKEZ+0owSTG1fDTci4IqFcE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
diff --git a/internal/ipc/ipc.go b/internal/ipc/ipc.go
index 0ccb1ba..ed4bd33 100644
--- a/internal/ipc/ipc.go
+++ b/internal/ipc/ipc.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package ipc
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
-	"runtime"
 )
 
 type closer func() error
@@ -57,9 +56,6 @@ func NewReceiver(sockAddr string) (chan []byte, closer, error) {
 }
 
 func WaitForMsg(ch chan []byte, msg string, cb func() error) error {
-	runtime.LockOSThread()
-	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
-
 	for {
 		recv := <-ch
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5062c77..97b1fd3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nixpig/brownie/internal/cli"
 	"github.com/nixpig/brownie/internal/logging"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/thediveo/gons"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -15,6 +16,12 @@ const (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	// check namespace status
+	if err := gons.Status(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("join namespace(s): ", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	// create logger
 	logPath := filepath.Join(brownieRootDir, "logs", "brownie.log")
 	log, err := logging.CreateLogger(logPath, zerolog.InfoLevel)
diff --git a/oci.sh b/oci.sh
index 14b6324..34bf2f2 100755
--- a/oci.sh
+++ b/oci.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tests=(
   "linux_mount_label"
   "linux_ns_itype"
   "linux_ns_nopath"
-# "linux_ns_path"
+  "linux_ns_path"
 # "linux_ns_path_type"
 # "linux_process_apparmor_profile" # ???
   "linux_readonly_paths"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tests=(
 # "linux_seccomp"
   "linux_sysctl"
   "linux_uid_mappings"
-# "misc_props" # flaky due to test suite trying to delete container before process has exiting and status updated to stopped
+# "misc_props" # flaky due to test suite trying to delete container before process has exited and status updated to stopped
   "mounts"
 # "pidfile" # runc and youki both hang on this
   "poststart"