3 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index c7548e0e5..f4cdb749f 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package libpod
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
@@ -1865,16 +1866,26 @@ func (c *Container) writeStringToStaticDir(filename, contents string) (string, e
 	return destFileName, nil
 }
 
-// appendStringToRundir appends the provided string to the runtimedir file
-func (c *Container) appendStringToRundir(destFile, output string) (string, error) {
+// appendStringToRunDir appends the provided string to the runtimedir file
+func (c *Container) appendStringToRunDir(destFile, output string) (string, error) {
 	destFileName := filepath.Join(c.state.RunDir, destFile)
 
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(destFileName, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(destFileName, os.O_APPEND|os.O_RDWR, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
+	compareStr := strings.TrimRight(output, "\n")
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanLines)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		if strings.Compare(scanner.Text(), compareStr) == 0 {
+			return filepath.Join(c.state.RunDir, destFile), nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	if _, err := f.WriteString(output); err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to write %s", destFileName)
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index 575047f95..ce2b52234 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ func (c *Container) generateHosts(path string) (string, error) {
 // FIXME.  Path should be used by this function,but I am not sure what is correct; remove //lint
 // once this is fixed
 func (c *Container) appendHosts(path string, netCtr *Container) (string, error) { //nolint
-	return c.appendStringToRundir("hosts", netCtr.getHosts())
+	return c.appendStringToRunDir("hosts", netCtr.getHosts())
 }
 
 // getHosts finds the pertinent information for a container's host file in its config and state
diff --git a/libpod/runtime_img.go b/libpod/runtime_img.go
index 965333f77..2c5442bd2 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_img.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_img.go
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) LoadImage(ctx context.Context, inputFile string, writer io.Wri
 	if newImages, err := r.LoadAllImageFromArchive(ctx, writer, inputFile, signaturePolicy); err == nil {
 		return newImages, nil
 	}
+
 	return r.LoadImageFromSingleImageArchive(ctx, writer, inputFile, signaturePolicy)
 }
 
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) LoadAllImageFromArchive(ctx context.Context, writer io.Writer,
 
 // LoadImageFromSingleImageArchive load image from the archive of single image that inputFile points to.
 func (r *Runtime) LoadImageFromSingleImageArchive(ctx context.Context, writer io.Writer, inputFile, signaturePolicy string) (string, error) {
-	var err error
+	var saveErr error
 	for _, referenceFn := range []func() (types.ImageReference, error){
 		func() (types.ImageReference, error) {
 			return dockerarchive.ParseReference(inputFile)
@@ -312,10 +313,12 @@ func (r *Runtime) LoadImageFromSingleImageArchive(ctx context.Context, writer io
 		if err == nil && src != nil {
 			if newImages, err := r.ImageRuntime().LoadFromArchiveReference(ctx, src, signaturePolicy, writer); err == nil {
 				return getImageNames(newImages), nil
+			} else {
+				saveErr = err
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error pulling image")
+	return "", errors.Wrapf(saveErr, "error pulling image")
 }
 
 func getImageNames(images []*image.Image) string {