diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index eaec235..80bb9ff 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	go pkg.SpawnLoxiLB()
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
 
 	if loxilbIngressIP == "127.0.0.1" {
 		myIP, _ := pkg.GetLocalNonLoopBackIP()
diff --git a/pkg/loxilb.go b/pkg/loxilb.go
index f9fe557..f233147 100644
--- a/pkg/loxilb.go
+++ b/pkg/loxilb.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 package pkg
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ const (
 
 func SpawnLoxiLB() {
 	for {
-
-		command := fmt.Sprintf("%s --proxyonlymode", LoxiLBImg)
-		cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", command)
+		cmd := exec.Command(LoxiLBImg, "--proxyonlymode")
 		klog.Infof("Spawning loxilb: %s", cmd)
 		err := cmd.Run()
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Infof("Spawning loxilb failed: %s", err)
+			os.Exit(2)
 		}
 		time.Sleep(3000 * time.Millisecond)
 	}