diff --git a/nsinit/exec.go b/nsinit/exec.go
index 5c734abb..c46b1917 100644
--- a/nsinit/exec.go
+++ b/nsinit/exec.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
+	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
@@ -20,9 +21,26 @@ var execCommand = cli.Command{
 	Name:   "exec",
 	Usage:  "execute a new command inside a container",
 	Action: execAction,
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		cli.BoolFlag{Name: "list", Usage: "list all registered exec functions"},
+		cli.StringFlag{Name: "func", Value: "exec", Usage: "function name to exec inside a container"},
+	},
 }
 
 func execAction(context *cli.Context) {
+	if context.Bool("list") {
+		w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 10, 1, 3, ' ', 0)
+		fmt.Fprint(w, "NAME\tUSAGE\n")
+
+		for k, f := range argvs {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\n", k, f.Usage)
+		}
+
+		w.Flush()
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	var exitCode int
 
 	container, err := loadConfig()
@@ -36,7 +54,7 @@ func execAction(context *cli.Context) {
 	}
 
 	if state != nil {
-		exitCode, err = startInExistingContainer(container, state, "exec", context)
+		exitCode, err = startInExistingContainer(container, state, context.String("func"), context)
 	} else {
 		exitCode, err = startContainer(container, dataPath, []string(context.Args()))
 	}
diff --git a/nsinit/execfunc.go b/nsinit/execfunc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7898d3ac..00000000
--- a/nsinit/execfunc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"text/tabwriter"
-
-	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
-	"github.com/docker/libcontainer"
-)
-
-var execFuncCommand = cli.Command{
-	Name:   "func",
-	Usage:  "execute a registered function inside an existing container",
-	Action: execFuncAction,
-	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		cli.BoolFlag{Name: "list", Usage: "list all registered functions"},
-		cli.StringFlag{Name: "func", Usage: "function name to exec inside a container"},
-	},
-}
-
-func execFuncAction(context *cli.Context) {
-	if context.Bool("list") {
-		w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 10, 1, 3, ' ', 0)
-		fmt.Fprint(w, "NAME\tUSAGE\n")
-
-		for k, f := range argvs {
-			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\n", k, f.Usage)
-		}
-
-		w.Flush()
-
-		return
-	}
-
-	var exitCode int
-
-	config, err := loadConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// FIXME: remove tty from container config, this should be per process
-	config.Tty = false
-
-	state, err := libcontainer.GetState(dataPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("unable to read state.json: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	exitCode, err = startInExistingContainer(config, state, context.String("func"), context)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	os.Exit(exitCode)
-}
diff --git a/nsinit/main.go b/nsinit/main.go
index 18f550dc..d65c0140 100644
--- a/nsinit/main.go
+++ b/nsinit/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 )
@@ -13,17 +14,17 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	argvs["nsenter-exec"] = &rFunc{
+	argvs["exec"] = &rFunc{
 		Usage:  "execute a process inside an existing container",
 		Action: nsenterExec,
 	}
 
-	argvs["nsenter-mknod"] = &rFunc{
+	argvs["mknod"] = &rFunc{
 		Usage:  "mknod a device inside an existing container",
 		Action: nsenterMknod,
 	}
 
-	argvs["nsenter-ip"] = &rFunc{
+	argvs["ip"] = &rFunc{
 		Usage:  "display the container's network interfaces",
 		Action: nsenterIp,
 	}
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 func main() {
 	// we need to check our argv 0 for any registred functions to run instead of the
 	// normal cli code path
-	f, exists := argvs[os.Args[0]]
+	f, exists := argvs[strings.TrimPrefix(os.Args[0], "nsenter-")]
 	if exists {
 		runFunc(f)
 
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ func main() {
 		configCommand,
 		pauseCommand,
 		unpauseCommand,
-		execFuncCommand,
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {