diff --git a/api/execution/container.pb.go b/api/execution/container.pb.go
index 8e83851..cee4679 100644
--- a/api/execution/container.pb.go
+++ b/api/execution/container.pb.go
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ func (x Status) String() string {
 }
 func (Status) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{0} }
 
+type StartContainerRequest struct {
+	ID string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=id,proto3" json:"id,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *StartContainerRequest) Reset()                    { *m = StartContainerRequest{} }
+func (*StartContainerRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*StartContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{0} }
+
 type StartProcessRequest struct {
 	ContainerId string   `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=container_id,json=containerId,proto3" json:"container_id,omitempty"`
 	Process     *Process `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=process" json:"process,omitempty"`
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ type StartProcessRequest struct {
 
 func (m *StartProcessRequest) Reset()                    { *m = StartProcessRequest{} }
 func (*StartProcessRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*StartProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{0} }
+func (*StartProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{1} }
 
 type StartProcessResponse struct {
 	Process *Process `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=process" json:"process,omitempty"`
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@ type StartProcessResponse struct {
 
 func (m *StartProcessResponse) Reset()                    { *m = StartProcessResponse{} }
 func (*StartProcessResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*StartProcessResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{1} }
+func (*StartProcessResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{2} }
 
 type Container struct {
 	ID         string   `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=id,proto3" json:"id,omitempty"`
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ type Container struct {
 
 func (m *Container) Reset()                    { *m = Container{} }
 func (*Container) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*Container) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{2} }
+func (*Container) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{3} }
 
 type Process struct {
 	ID         string   `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=id,proto3" json:"id,omitempty"`
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ type Process struct {
 
 func (m *Process) Reset()                    { *m = Process{} }
 func (*Process) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*Process) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{3} }
+func (*Process) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{4} }
 
 type User struct {
 	Uid            uint32   `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=uid,proto3" json:"uid,omitempty"`
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ type User struct {
 
 func (m *User) Reset()                    { *m = User{} }
 func (*User) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*User) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{4} }
+func (*User) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{5} }
 
 type GetContainerRequest struct {
 	ID string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=id,proto3" json:"id,omitempty"`
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@ type GetContainerRequest struct {
 
 func (m *GetContainerRequest) Reset()                    { *m = GetContainerRequest{} }
 func (*GetContainerRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*GetContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{5} }
+func (*GetContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{6} }
 
 type GetContainerResponse struct {
 	Container *Container `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=container" json:"container,omitempty"`
@@ -126,7 +134,7 @@ type GetContainerResponse struct {
 
 func (m *GetContainerResponse) Reset()                    { *m = GetContainerResponse{} }
 func (*GetContainerResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*GetContainerResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{6} }
+func (*GetContainerResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{7} }
 
 type UpdateContainerRequest struct {
 	Container  *Container `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=container" json:"container,omitempty"`
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ type UpdateContainerRequest struct {
 
 func (m *UpdateContainerRequest) Reset()                    { *m = UpdateContainerRequest{} }
 func (*UpdateContainerRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*UpdateContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{7} }
+func (*UpdateContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{8} }
 
 type PauseContainerRequest struct {
 	ID string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=id,proto3" json:"id,omitempty"`
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@ type PauseContainerRequest struct {
 
 func (m *PauseContainerRequest) Reset()                    { *m = PauseContainerRequest{} }
 func (*PauseContainerRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*PauseContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{8} }
+func (*PauseContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{9} }
 
 type ResumeContainerRequest struct {
 	ID string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=id,proto3" json:"id,omitempty"`
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ type ResumeContainerRequest struct {
 
 func (m *ResumeContainerRequest) Reset()                    { *m = ResumeContainerRequest{} }
 func (*ResumeContainerRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*ResumeContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{9} }
+func (*ResumeContainerRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{10} }
 
 type GetProcessRequest struct {
 	Container *Container `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=container" json:"container,omitempty"`
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ type GetProcessRequest struct {
 
 func (m *GetProcessRequest) Reset()                    { *m = GetProcessRequest{} }
 func (*GetProcessRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*GetProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{10} }
+func (*GetProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{11} }
 
 type GetProcessResponse struct {
 	Process *Process `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=process" json:"process,omitempty"`
@@ -168,7 +176,7 @@ type GetProcessResponse struct {
 
 func (m *GetProcessResponse) Reset()                    { *m = GetProcessResponse{} }
 func (*GetProcessResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*GetProcessResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{11} }
+func (*GetProcessResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{12} }
 
 type SignalProcessRequest struct {
 	Container *Container `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=container" json:"container,omitempty"`
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ type SignalProcessRequest struct {
 
 func (m *SignalProcessRequest) Reset()                    { *m = SignalProcessRequest{} }
 func (*SignalProcessRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*SignalProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{12} }
+func (*SignalProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{13} }
 
 type DeleteProcessRequest struct {
 	Container *Container `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=container" json:"container,omitempty"`
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ type DeleteProcessRequest struct {
 
 func (m *DeleteProcessRequest) Reset()                    { *m = DeleteProcessRequest{} }
 func (*DeleteProcessRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*DeleteProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{13} }
+func (*DeleteProcessRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{14} }
 
 type ListProcessesRequest struct {
 	Container *Container `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=container" json:"container,omitempty"`
@@ -195,7 +203,7 @@ type ListProcessesRequest struct {
 
 func (m *ListProcessesRequest) Reset()                    { *m = ListProcessesRequest{} }
 func (*ListProcessesRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*ListProcessesRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{14} }
+func (*ListProcessesRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{15} }
 
 type ListProcessesResponse struct {
 	Processes []*Process `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=processes" json:"processes,omitempty"`
@@ -203,9 +211,10 @@ type ListProcessesResponse struct {
 
 func (m *ListProcessesResponse) Reset()                    { *m = ListProcessesResponse{} }
 func (*ListProcessesResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*ListProcessesResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{15} }
+func (*ListProcessesResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorContainer, []int{16} }
 
 func init() {
+	proto.RegisterType((*StartContainerRequest)(nil), "containerd.v1.StartContainerRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*StartProcessRequest)(nil), "containerd.v1.StartProcessRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*StartProcessResponse)(nil), "containerd.v1.StartProcessResponse")
 	proto.RegisterType((*Container)(nil), "containerd.v1.Container")
@@ -224,6 +233,16 @@ func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*ListProcessesResponse)(nil), "containerd.v1.ListProcessesResponse")
 	proto.RegisterEnum("containerd.v1.Status", Status_name, Status_value)
 }
+func (this *StartContainerRequest) GoString() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := make([]string, 0, 5)
+	s = append(s, "&execution.StartContainerRequest{")
+	s = append(s, "ID: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.ID)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "}")
+	return strings.Join(s, "")
+}
 func (this *StartProcessRequest) GoString() string {
 	if this == nil {
 		return "nil"
@@ -476,6 +495,7 @@ type ContainerServiceClient interface {
 	Update(ctx context.Context, in *UpdateContainerRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
 	Pause(ctx context.Context, in *PauseContainerRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
 	Resume(ctx context.Context, in *ResumeContainerRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
+	Start(ctx context.Context, in *StartContainerRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
 	StartProcess(ctx context.Context, in *StartProcessRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*StartProcessResponse, error)
 	GetProcess(ctx context.Context, in *GetProcessRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*GetProcessResponse, error)
 	SignalProcess(ctx context.Context, in *SignalProcessRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
@@ -527,6 +547,15 @@ func (c *containerServiceClient) Resume(ctx context.Context, in *ResumeContainer
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (c *containerServiceClient) Start(ctx context.Context, in *StartContainerRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error) {
+	out := new(google_protobuf.Empty)
+	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/containerd.v1.ContainerService/Start", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 func (c *containerServiceClient) StartProcess(ctx context.Context, in *StartProcessRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*StartProcessResponse, error) {
 	out := new(StartProcessResponse)
 	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/containerd.v1.ContainerService/StartProcess", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
@@ -579,6 +608,7 @@ type ContainerServiceServer interface {
 	Update(context.Context, *UpdateContainerRequest) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
 	Pause(context.Context, *PauseContainerRequest) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
 	Resume(context.Context, *ResumeContainerRequest) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
+	Start(context.Context, *StartContainerRequest) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
 	StartProcess(context.Context, *StartProcessRequest) (*StartProcessResponse, error)
 	GetProcess(context.Context, *GetProcessRequest) (*GetProcessResponse, error)
 	SignalProcess(context.Context, *SignalProcessRequest) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
@@ -662,6 +692,24 @@ func _ContainerService_Resume_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec
 	return interceptor(ctx, in, info, handler)
 }
 
+func _ContainerService_Start_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interface{}) error, interceptor grpc.UnaryServerInterceptor) (interface{}, error) {
+	in := new(StartContainerRequest)
+	if err := dec(in); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if interceptor == nil {
+		return srv.(ContainerServiceServer).Start(ctx, in)
+	}
+	info := &grpc.UnaryServerInfo{
+		Server:     srv,
+		FullMethod: "/containerd.v1.ContainerService/Start",
+	}
+	handler := func(ctx context.Context, req interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return srv.(ContainerServiceServer).Start(ctx, req.(*StartContainerRequest))
+	}
+	return interceptor(ctx, in, info, handler)
+}
+
 func _ContainerService_StartProcess_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interface{}) error, interceptor grpc.UnaryServerInterceptor) (interface{}, error) {
 	in := new(StartProcessRequest)
 	if err := dec(in); err != nil {
@@ -772,6 +820,10 @@ var _ContainerService_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 			MethodName: "Resume",
 			Handler:    _ContainerService_Resume_Handler,
 		},
+		{
+			MethodName: "Start",
+			Handler:    _ContainerService_Start_Handler,
+		},
 		{
 			MethodName: "StartProcess",
 			Handler:    _ContainerService_StartProcess_Handler,
@@ -797,6 +849,30 @@ var _ContainerService_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 	Metadata: "container.proto",
 }
 
+func (m *StartContainerRequest) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalTo(dAtA)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *StartContainerRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	var i int
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.ID) > 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0xa
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintContainer(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.ID)))
+		i += copy(dAtA[i:], m.ID)
+	}
+	return i, nil
+}
+
 func (m *StartProcessRequest) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
 	size := m.Size()
 	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
@@ -1423,6 +1499,16 @@ func encodeVarintContainer(dAtA []byte, offset int, v uint64) int {
 	dAtA[offset] = uint8(v)
 	return offset + 1
 }
+func (m *StartContainerRequest) Size() (n int) {
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	l = len(m.ID)
+	if l > 0 {
+		n += 1 + l + sovContainer(uint64(l))
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 func (m *StartProcessRequest) Size() (n int) {
 	var l int
 	_ = l
@@ -1684,6 +1770,16 @@ func sovContainer(x uint64) (n int) {
 func sozContainer(x uint64) (n int) {
 	return sovContainer(uint64((x << 1) ^ uint64((int64(x) >> 63))))
 }
+func (this *StartContainerRequest) String() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := strings.Join([]string{`&StartContainerRequest{`,
+		`ID:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.ID) + `,`,
+		`}`,
+	}, "")
+	return s
+}
 func (this *StartProcessRequest) String() string {
 	if this == nil {
 		return "nil"
@@ -1874,6 +1970,85 @@ func valueToStringContainer(v interface{}) string {
 	pv := reflect.Indirect(rv).Interface()
 	return fmt.Sprintf("*%v", pv)
 }
+func (m *StartContainerRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowContainer
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: StartContainerRequest: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: StartContainerRequest: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field ID", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowContainer
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthContainer
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.ID = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipContainer(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if skippy < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthContainer
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 func (m *StartProcessRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	l := len(dAtA)
 	iNdEx := 0
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diff --git a/api/execution/container.proto b/api/execution/container.proto
index b3e9811..1b482c1 100644
--- a/api/execution/container.proto
+++ b/api/execution/container.proto
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ service ContainerService {
 	rpc Update(UpdateContainerRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
 	rpc Pause(PauseContainerRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
 	rpc Resume(ResumeContainerRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
+    rpc Start(StartContainerRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
 
 	rpc StartProcess(StartProcessRequest) returns (StartProcessResponse);
 	rpc GetProcess(GetProcessRequest) returns (GetProcessResponse);
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ service ContainerService {
 	rpc ListProcesses(ListProcessesRequest) returns (ListProcessesResponse);
 }
 
+message StartContainerRequest {
+	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+}
+
 message StartProcessRequest {
 	string container_id = 1;
 	Process process = 2;
diff --git a/api/execution/execution.pb.go b/api/execution/execution.pb.go
index c0c61cf..c872b1f 100644
--- a/api/execution/execution.pb.go
+++ b/api/execution/execution.pb.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		DeleteContainerResponse
 		ListContainersRequest
 		ListContainersResponse
+		StartContainerRequest
 		StartProcessRequest
 		StartProcessResponse
 		Container
diff --git a/execution/container.go b/execution/container.go
index e52b975..c1d7c37 100644
--- a/execution/container.go
+++ b/execution/container.go
@@ -1,14 +1,64 @@
 package execution
 
+import "fmt"
+
+func NewContainer(stateRoot, id, bundle string) (*Container, error) {
+	stateDir, err := NewStateDir(stateRoot, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Container{
+		id:        id,
+		bundle:    bundle,
+		stateDir:  stateDir,
+		processes: make(map[string]Process),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func LoadContainer(dir StateDir, id, bundle string, initPid int) *Container {
+	return &Container{
+		id:        id,
+		stateDir:  dir,
+		bundle:    bundle,
+		initPid:   initPid,
+		processes: make(map[string]Process),
+	}
+}
+
 type Container struct {
-	ID       string
-	Bundle   string
-	StateDir StateDir
+	id       string
+	bundle   string
+	stateDir StateDir
+	initPid  int
 
 	processes map[string]Process
 }
 
-func (c *Container) AddProcess(p Process) {
+func (c *Container) ID() string {
+	return c.id
+}
+
+func (c *Container) Bundle() string {
+	return c.bundle
+}
+
+func (c *Container) StateDir() StateDir {
+	return c.stateDir
+}
+
+func (c *Container) Wait() (uint32, error) {
+	for _, p := range c.processes {
+		if p.Pid() == c.initPid {
+			return p.Wait()
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no init process")
+}
+
+func (c *Container) AddProcess(p Process, isInit bool) {
+	if isInit {
+		c.initPid = p.Pid()
+	}
 	c.processes[p.ID()] = p
 }
 
diff --git a/execution/executor.go b/execution/executor.go
index 92e9362..9e3380c 100644
--- a/execution/executor.go
+++ b/execution/executor.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Executor interface {
 	List() ([]*Container, error)
 	Load(id string) (*Container, error)
 	Delete(*Container) error
+	Start(*Container) error
 
 	StartProcess(*Container, CreateProcessOpts) (Process, error)
 	SignalProcess(*Container, os.Signal) error
diff --git a/execution/executors/oci/oci.go b/execution/executors/oci/oci.go
index 532348f..e30e357 100644
--- a/execution/executors/oci/oci.go
+++ b/execution/executors/oci/oci.go
@@ -29,21 +29,19 @@ type OCIRuntime struct {
 	runc *runc.Runc
 }
 
-func (r *OCIRuntime) Create(id string, o execution.CreateOpts) (*execution.Container, error) {
-	var err error
-
-	stateDir, err := NewStateDir(r.root, id)
-	if err != nil {
+func (r *OCIRuntime) Create(id string, o execution.CreateOpts) (container *execution.Container, err error) {
+	if container, err = execution.NewContainer(r.root, id, o.Bundle); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	initStateDir, err := stateDir.NewProcess()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// /run/runc/redis/1/pid
-	pidFile := filepath.Join(initStateDir, "pid")
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			container.StateDir().Delete()
+		}
+	}()
+	var (
+		initDir = container.StateDir().NewProcess()
+		pidFile = filepath.Join(initDir, "pid")
+	)
 	err = r.runc.Create(id, o.Bundle, &runc.CreateOpts{
 		Pidfile: pidfile,
 		Stdin:   o.Stdin,
@@ -55,40 +53,40 @@ func (r *OCIRuntime) Create(id string, o execution.CreateOpts) (*execution.Conta
 	}
 	pid, err := runc.ReadPifFile(pidfile)
 	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: kill the container if we are going to return
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	process, err := newProcess(pid)
+	process, err := newProcess(filepath.Base(initDir), pid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	container := &execution.Container{
-		ID:       id,
-		Bundle:   o.Bundle,
-		StateDir: stateDir,
-	}
-	container.AddProcess(process)
+	container.AddProcess(process, true)
 
 	return container, nil
 }
 
 func (r *OCIRuntime) load(runcC *runc.Container) (*execution.Container, error) {
-	container := &execution.Container{
-		ID:       runcC.ID,
-		Bundle:   runcC.Bundle,
-		StateDir: StateDir(filepath.Join(r.root, runcC.ID)),
-	}
+	container := execution.LoadContainer(
+		execution.StateDir(filepath.Join(r.root, runcC.ID)),
+		runcC.ID,
+		runcC.Bundle,
+	)
 
-	process, err := newProcess(runcC.Pid)
+	dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(container.StateDir().Processes()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	container.AddProcess(process)
-
-	// /run/containerd/container-id/processess/process-id
-	dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(container.Root))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	for _, d := range dirs {
+		pid, err := runc.ReadPidFile(filepath.Join(d, "pid"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		process, err := newProcess(filepath.Base(d), pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		container.AddProcess(process, pid == runcC.Pid)
 	}
 
 	return container, nil
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ func (r *OCIRuntime) StartProcess(c *execution.Container, o CreateProcessOpts) (
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	container.AddProcess(process)
+	container.AddProcess(process, false)
 
 	return process, nil
 }
diff --git a/execution/executors/oci/process.go b/execution/executors/oci/process.go
index 5f5b911..f9eb86a 100644
--- a/execution/executors/oci/process.go
+++ b/execution/executors/oci/process.go
@@ -7,20 +7,26 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/execution"
 )
 
-func newProcess(pid int) (execution.Process, error) {
+func newProcess(id string, pid int) (execution.Process, error) {
 	proc, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &process{
+		id:   id,
 		proc: proc,
 	}, nil
 }
 
 type process struct {
+	id   string
 	proc *os.Process
 }
 
+func (p *process) ID() string {
+	return p.id
+}
+
 func (p *process) Pid() int {
 	return p.proc.Pid
 }
@@ -30,6 +36,7 @@ func (p *process) Wait() (uint32, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
+	// TODO: implement kill-all if we are the init pid
 	return uint32(state.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus).ExitStatus()), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/execution/process.go b/execution/process.go
index a0cf04e..470560f 100644
--- a/execution/process.go
+++ b/execution/process.go
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 package execution
 
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
-)
+import "os"
 
 type Process interface {
 	ID() string
 	Pid() int64
-	Spec() *specs.Process
-
-	Start() error
-	Status() (Status, error)
+	//Spec() *specs.Process
 	Wait() (uint32, error)
 	Signal(os.Signal) error
 }
diff --git a/execution/service.go b/execution/service.go
index c3262f6..00b8e83 100644
--- a/execution/service.go
+++ b/execution/service.go
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ func (s *Service) Resume(ctx context.Context, r *api.ResumeContainerRequest) (*g
 	return nil, s.executor.Resume(container)
 }
 
+func (s *Service) Start(ctx context.Context, r *api.StartContainerRequest) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error) {
+	container, err := s.executor.Load(r.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return nil, s.executor.Start(container)
+}
+
 func (s *Service) StartProcess(ctx context.Context, r *api.StartProcessRequest) (*api.StartProcessResponse, error) {
 	container, err := s.executor.Load(r.ContainerId)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -117,7 +125,6 @@ func (s *Service) StartProcess(ctx context.Context, r *api.StartProcessRequest)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	s.supervisor.Add(process)
 
 	return &api.StartProcessResponse{
diff --git a/execution/statedir.go b/execution/statedir.go
index fb0379b..ab855a8 100644
--- a/execution/statedir.go
+++ b/execution/statedir.go
@@ -12,17 +12,13 @@ type StateDir string
 
 func NewStateDir(root, id string) (StateDir, error) {
 	path := filepath.Join(root, id)
-	err := os.Mkdir(path, 0700)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := os.Mkdir(path, 0700); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-
-	err = os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(path, processesDir), 0700)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(path, processesDir), 0700); err != nil {
 		os.RemoveAll(path)
 		return "", err
 	}
-
 	return StateDir(path), err
 }
 
@@ -30,15 +26,8 @@ func (s StateDir) Delete() error {
 	return os.RemoveAll(string(s))
 }
 
-func (s StateDir) NewProcess(id string) (string, error) {
-	// TODO: generate id
-	newPath := filepath.Join(string(s), "1")
-	err := os.Mkdir(newPath, 0755)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	return newPath, nil
+func (s StateDir) NewProcess() (string, error) {
+	return ioutil.TempDir(s.processDir(), "")
 }
 
 func (s StateDir) ProcessDir(id string) string {
@@ -46,23 +35,25 @@ func (s StateDir) ProcessDir(id string) string {
 }
 
 func (s StateDir) DeleteProcess(id string) error {
-	return os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(string(s), id))
+	return os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(s.processDir(), id))
 }
 
 func (s StateDir) Processes() ([]string, error) {
-	basepath := filepath.Join(string(s), processesDir)
-	dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(basepath)
+	procsDir := s.processDir()
+	dirs, err := ioutil.ReadDir(procsDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	paths := make([]string, 0)
 	for _, d := range dirs {
-
 		if d.IsDir() {
-			paths = append(paths, filepath.Join(basepath, d.Name()))
+			paths = append(paths, filepath.Join(procsDir, d.Name()))
 		}
 	}
-
 	return paths, nil
 }
+
+func (s StateDir) processDir() string {
+	return filepath.Join(string(s), processesDir)
+}
diff --git a/execution/supervisor.go b/execution/supervisor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e80e59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/supervisor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package execution
+
+type Supervisor struct {
+}
+
+type waiter interface {
+	Wait() (uint32, error)
+}
+
+func (s *Supervisor) Add(w waiter) {
+
+}