diff --git a/pkg/libcontainer/container_test.go b/pkg/libcontainer/container_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d710a6a53c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/libcontainer/container_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package libcontainer
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestContainerJsonFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("container.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to open container.json")
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	var container *Container
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&container); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to decode container config")
+	}
+	if container.Hostname != "koye" {
+		t.Log("hostname is not set")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	if !container.Tty {
+		t.Log("tty should be set to true")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	if !container.Namespaces.Contains("NEWNET") {
+		t.Log("namespaces should contain NEWNET")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	if container.Namespaces.Contains("NEWUSER") {
+		t.Log("namespaces should not contain NEWUSER")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	if !container.CapabilitiesMask.Contains("SYS_ADMIN") {
+		t.Log("capabilities mask should contain SYS_ADMIN")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	if container.CapabilitiesMask.Get("SYS_ADMIN").Enabled {
+		t.Log("SYS_ADMIN should not be enabled in capabilities mask")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	if !container.CapabilitiesMask.Get("MKNOD").Enabled {
+		t.Log("MKNOD should be enabled in capabilities mask")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+
+	if container.CapabilitiesMask.Contains("SYS_CHROOT") {
+		t.Log("capabilities mask should not contain SYS_CHROOT")
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/exec.go b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/exec.go
index e76e060d1c..430dd89ff3 100644
--- a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/exec.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (ns *linuxNs) Exec(container *libcontainer.Container, term Terminal, args [
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
-	ns.logger.Printf("writting pid %d to file\n", command.Process.Pid)
+	ns.logger.Printf("writing pid %d to file\n", command.Process.Pid)
 	if err := ns.stateWriter.WritePid(command.Process.Pid, started); err != nil {
 		command.Process.Kill()
 		return -1, err
diff --git a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/nsinit/main.go b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/nsinit/main.go
index 37aa784981..0965c1c8ca 100644
--- a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/nsinit/main.go
+++ b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/nsinit/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func main() {
 	registerFlags()
 
 	if flag.NArg() < 1 {
-		log.Fatalf("wrong number of argments %d", flag.NArg())
+		log.Fatalf("wrong number of arguments %d", flag.NArg())
 	}
 	container, err := loadContainer()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func main() {
 			l.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		if flag.NArg() < 2 {
-			l.Fatalf("wrong number of argments %d", flag.NArg())
+			l.Fatalf("wrong number of arguments %d", flag.NArg())
 		}
 		syncPipe, err := nsinit.NewSyncPipeFromFd(0, uintptr(pipeFd))
 		if err != nil {