diff --git a/internal/app/spcontainer.go b/internal/app/spcontainer.go
index b637831..9d8227e 100644
--- a/internal/app/spcontainer.go
+++ b/internal/app/spcontainer.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (s *spParamsOp) toContainer(state *outcomeStateParams) error {
 
 	// the container is canceled when shim is requested to exit or receives an interrupt or termination signal;
 	// this behaviour is implemented in the shim
-	state.params.ForwardCancel = state.Container.WaitDelay >= 0
+	state.params.ForwardCancel = state.Shim.WaitDelay >= 0
 
 	if state.Container.Multiarch {
 		state.params.SeccompFlags |= seccomp.AllowMultiarch