diff --git a/scompose/config/schema.py b/scompose/config/schema.py
index 560641a..4f11462 100644
--- a/scompose/config/schema.py
+++ b/scompose/config/schema.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def validate_config(filepath):
     "properties": {
         "allocate_ip": {"type": "boolean"},
         "enable": {"type": "boolean"},
+        "type": {"type": "string"},
         # --network-args
         "args": string_list,
     },
diff --git a/scompose/project/instance.py b/scompose/project/instance.py
index f79d3bb..70acd53 100644
--- a/scompose/project/instance.py
+++ b/scompose/project/instance.py
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ def set_network(self, params):
         # if not specified, set the default value for the property
         for key in ["enable", "allocate_ip"]:
             self.network[key] = self.network.get(key, True)
+        
+        fakeroot = "--fakeroot" in self.start_opts or "-f" in self.start_opts
+        default_network_value = "fakeroot" if fakeroot else "bridge"
+
+        self.network["type"] = self.network.get("type", default_network_value if self.network["enable"] is True else "none")
 
     def set_ports(self, params):
         """
@@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ def network_args(self):
         """
         return self.params.get("network", {}).get("args", [])
 
-    def _get_network_commands(self, ip_address=None):
+    def _get_network_commands(self, ip_address=None, network_type=None):
         """
         Take a list of ports, return the list of --network-args to
         ensure they are bound correctly.
@@ -236,7 +241,11 @@ def _get_network_commands(self, ip_address=None):
         for arg in network_args:
             ports += ["--network-args", arg]
 
-        if not network_args and (not self.sudo and not fakeroot):
+        if network_type is not None:
+            # network_type is "bridge" by default when network.enable is True
+            ports += ["--network", network_type]
+
+        if network_type is None:# and (not self.sudo and not fakeroot):
             ports += ["--network", "none"]
 
         for pair in self.ports:
@@ -604,7 +613,12 @@ def create(self, ip_address=None, sudo=False, writable_tmpfs=False):
 
             # Network configuration + Ports
             if self.network["enable"]:
-                options += self._get_network_commands(ip_address)
+                # if network.enable is true a --network must be always added
+                # using bridge or fakeroot as default
+                fakeroot = "--fakeroot" in self.start_opts or "-f" in self.start_opts
+                network_type = self.network["type"] or ("fakeroot" if fakeroot else "bridge")
+                bot.debug("network_type is: " + network_type)
+                options += self._get_network_commands(ip_address, network_type)
 
             # Start options
             options += self.start_opts
diff --git a/scompose/project/project.py b/scompose/project/project.py
index 2070480..6af1601 100644
--- a/scompose/project/project.py
+++ b/scompose/project/project.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 """
 
+import traceback
 from scompose.templates import get_template
 from scompose.logger import bot
 from scompose.utils import read_file, write_file
@@ -241,6 +242,21 @@ def _sort_instances(self, instances):
 
     # Networking
 
+    def subnet_from_cni_config(self, config_name="bridge"):
+        if config_name == "bridge" and os.path.exists("/usr/local/etc/singularity/network/00_bridge.conflist"):
+            bridge_file = open("/usr/local/etc/singularity/network/00_bridge.conflist")
+            bridge_config = json.load(bridge_file)
+            return bridge_config["plugins"][0]["ipam"]["subnet"] or "10.22.0.0/16"
+        else:
+            if not os.path.exists("/usr/local/etc/singularity/network"):
+                return "10.22.0.0/16"
+
+            for config_file in os.listdir("/usr/local/etc/singularity/network"):
+                config = json.load(open("/usr/local/etc/singularity/network/" + config_file))
+                if config["name"] == config_name: 
+                    return config["plugins"][0]["ipam"].get("subnet") or config["plugins"][0]["ipam"].get("addresses")[0]["address"] or "10.22.0.0/16"
+        return "10.22.0.0/16"
+
     def get_ip_lookup(self, names, bridge="10.22.0.0/16"):
         """
         Generate a pre-determined address for each container.
@@ -514,13 +530,6 @@ def _create(
         created = set()
         circular_dep = False
 
-        # Generate ip addresses for each
-        lookup = self.get_ip_lookup(names, bridge)
-
-        if not no_resolv:
-            # Generate shared hosts file
-            hosts_file = self.create_hosts(lookup)
-
         for instance in self.iter_instances(names):
             depends_on = instance.params.get("depends_on", [])
             for dep in depends_on:
@@ -532,6 +541,8 @@ def _create(
                 resolv = self.generate_resolv_conf()
                 instance.volumes.append("%s:/etc/resolv.conf" % resolv)
 
+                lookup = self.get_ip_lookup(names, self.subnet_from_cni_config(instance.network.get("type", "bridge")))
+                hosts_file = self.create_hosts(lookup)
                 # Create a hosts file for the instance based, add as volume
                 instance.volumes.append("%s:/etc/hosts" % hosts_file)