diff --git a/cmds/contd/main.go b/cmds/contd/main.go
index 0449351ef..e4534a339 100644
--- a/cmds/contd/main.go
+++ b/cmds/contd/main.go
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
 	"github.com/threefoldtech/zbus"
@@ -38,6 +41,18 @@ func main() {
 		version.ShowAndExit(false)
 	}
 
+	// wait for shim-logs to be available before starting
+	log.Info().Msg("wait for shim-logs binary to be available")
+	bo := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
+	bo.MaxElapsedTime = 0 //forever
+	_ = backoff.RetryNotify(func() error {
+		_, err := exec.LookPath("shim-logs")
+		return err
+		// return fmt.Errorf("wait forever")
+	}, bo, func(err error, d time.Duration) {
+		log.Warn().Err(err).Msgf("shim-logs binary not found, retying in %s", d.String())
+	})
+
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(moduleRoot, 0750); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Msgf("fail to create module root: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bef2da2ee..cfc2cbdb3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v2.19.11+incompatible
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 	github.com/termie/go-shutil v0.0.0-20140729215957-bcacb06fecae
-	github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200506105748-dd92c058d776
+	github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.3.1-0.20200520102753-5af0aaa729ab
 	github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v0.1.3
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.3
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 885f2388b..7762464c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -557,12 +557,8 @@ github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20180916011248-d98352740cb2/go.mod h1:hkRG
 github.com/termie/go-shutil v0.0.0-20140729215957-bcacb06fecae h1:vgGSvdW5Lqg+I1aZOlG32uyE6xHpLdKhZzcTEktz5wM=
 github.com/termie/go-shutil v0.0.0-20140729215957-bcacb06fecae/go.mod h1:quDq6Se6jlGwiIKia/itDZxqC5rj6/8OdFyMMAwTxCs=
 github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.5/go.mod h1:TugylEDgMNKk4ZIzee9PpVmIcLNLaRLdiXuhHTt/AR0=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200505125555-7d20b5212c0e h1:HqNiMBz0RpYg8RBDQl67soy2WPjAWHCBPzb7jl1Dtxc=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200505125555-7d20b5212c0e/go.mod h1:ozAe2OYR4ALp2PtyKT1A6UiTI+0ZcFU2UfUaRd1P5eE=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200505141628-4d7a0c749784 h1:CCyZTGGV7BVVIGDduxLtebFsVHxJt6i2Z7rq6ostfmU=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200505141628-4d7a0c749784/go.mod h1:ozAe2OYR4ALp2PtyKT1A6UiTI+0ZcFU2UfUaRd1P5eE=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200506105748-dd92c058d776 h1:wRAZ10WYNNADcuEfQ1YlL+UepxkPIyUhtSjFrj8Vugs=
-github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.2.7-0.20200506105748-dd92c058d776/go.mod h1:ozAe2OYR4ALp2PtyKT1A6UiTI+0ZcFU2UfUaRd1P5eE=
+github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.3.1-0.20200520102753-5af0aaa729ab h1:ScS48/VSgl3Eu25XGtex4z7ylGxc1KhHVyIRNc1LbmQ=
+github.com/threefoldtech/tfexplorer v0.3.1-0.20200520102753-5af0aaa729ab/go.mod h1:ozAe2OYR4ALp2PtyKT1A6UiTI+0ZcFU2UfUaRd1P5eE=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v0.1.3 h1:18DnIzximRbATle5ZdZz0i84n/bCYB8k/gkhr2dXayc=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zbus v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ZtiRpcqzEBJetVQDsEbw0p48h/AF3O1kf0tvd30I0BU=
 github.com/threefoldtech/zos v0.2.4-rc2/go.mod h1:7A2oflcmSVsHFC4slOcydWgJyFBMFMH9wsaTRv+CnTA=
diff --git a/pkg/flist.go b/pkg/flist.go
index 5140afd93..faa5823ff 100644
--- a/pkg/flist.go
+++ b/pkg/flist.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var (
 	DefaultMountOptions = MountOptions{
 		ReadOnly: false,
 		Limit:    256, //Mib
+		Type:     SSDDevice,
 	}
 
 	//ReadOnlyMountOptions shortcut for readonly mount options
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ type MountOptions struct {
 	ReadOnly bool
 	// Limit size of read-write layer in Mib
 	Limit uint64
+	// Type of disk to use
+	Type DeviceType
 }
 
 //Flister is the interface for the flist module
diff --git a/pkg/flist/flist.go b/pkg/flist/flist.go
index d785b91a6..21ca5e78c 100644
--- a/pkg/flist/flist.go
+++ b/pkg/flist/flist.go
@@ -177,10 +177,18 @@ func (f *flistModule) mount(name, url, storage string, opts pkg.MountOptions) (s
 
 	var args []string
 	if !opts.ReadOnly {
-		path, err := f.storage.CreateFilesystem(name, opts.Limit*mib, pkg.SSDDevice)
+		sublog.Info().Msgf("check if subvolume %s already exists", name)
+		// check if the filesystem doesn't already exists
+		path, err := f.storage.Path(name)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create read-write subvolume for 0-fs")
+			sublog.Info().Msgf("create new subvolume %s", name)
+			// and only create a new one if it doesn't exist
+			path, err = f.storage.CreateFilesystem(name, opts.Limit*mib, opts.Type)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create read-write subvolume for 0-fs")
+			}
 		}
+
 		args = append(args, "-backend", path)
 	} else {
 		args = append(args, "-ro")
diff --git a/pkg/provision/primitives/container.go b/pkg/provision/primitives/container.go
index 703339f1a..52a917f62 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/primitives/container.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/primitives/container.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ type ContainerCapacity struct {
 	CPU uint `json:"cpu"`
 	// Memory in MiB
 	Memory uint64 `json:"memory"`
+	//DiskType is the type of disk to use for root fs
+	DiskType pkg.DeviceType `json:"disk_type"`
+	// DiskSize of the root fs in MiB
+	DiskSize uint64 `json:"disk_size"`
 }
 
 func (p *Provisioner) containerProvision(ctx context.Context, reservation *provision.Reservation) (interface{}, error) {
@@ -109,8 +113,18 @@ func (p *Provisioner) containerProvisionImpl(ctx context.Context, reservation *p
 	}
 
 	log.Debug().Str("flist", config.FList).Msg("mounting flist")
+
+	rootfsMntOpt := pkg.MountOptions{
+		Limit:    config.Capacity.DiskSize,
+		ReadOnly: false,
+		Type:     config.Capacity.DiskType,
+	}
+	if rootfsMntOpt.Limit == 0 || rootfsMntOpt.Type == "" {
+		rootfsMntOpt = pkg.DefaultMountOptions
+	}
+
 	var mnt string
-	mnt, err = flistClient.Mount(config.FList, config.FlistStorage, pkg.DefaultMountOptions)
+	mnt, err = flistClient.NamedMount(reservation.ID, config.FList, config.FlistStorage, rootfsMntOpt)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ContainerResult{}, err
 	}
@@ -218,7 +232,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) containerProvisionImpl(ctx context.Context, reservation *p
 			Entrypoint:      config.Entrypoint,
 			Interactive:     config.Interactive,
 			CPU:             config.Capacity.CPU,
-			Memory:          config.Capacity.Memory * 1024 * 1024,
+			Memory:          config.Capacity.Memory * mib,
 			Logs:            config.Logs,
 			StatsAggregator: config.StatsAggregator,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go b/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
index b88c93831..800424925 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/primitives/converter.go
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ func ContainerToProvisionType(c workloads.Container, reservationID string) (Cont
 		Logs:            make([]logger.Logs, len(c.Logs)),
 		StatsAggregator: make([]stats.Aggregator, len(c.StatsAggregator)),
 		Capacity: ContainerCapacity{
-			CPU:    uint(c.Capacity.Cpu),
-			Memory: uint64(c.Capacity.Memory),
+			CPU:      uint(c.Capacity.Cpu),
+			Memory:   uint64(c.Capacity.Memory),
+			DiskType: pkg.DeviceType(c.Capacity.DiskType),
+			DiskSize: uint64(c.Capacity.DiskSize),
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/provision/primitives/kubernetes.go b/pkg/provision/primitives/kubernetes.go
index a9940b12f..f0dce8a01 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/primitives/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/primitives/kubernetes.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) kubernetesProvisionImpl(ctx context.Context, reservation *
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, errors.Wrap(err, "could not mount k3os flist")
 	}
-	// In case of future errrors in the provisioning make sure we clean up
+	// In case of future errors in the provisioning make sure we clean up
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			_ = flist.Umount(imagePath)