diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index f29cf04c0..edcb200ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ jobs:
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-extract -p /opt/car.lua /data/berlin-latest.osm.pbf
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-partition /data/berlin-latest.osrm
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-customize /data/berlin-latest.osrm
-          docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -p 5000:5000 -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-routed --algorithm mld /data/berlin-latest.osrm &
-          PID=$!
+          docker run $MEMORY_ARGS --name=osrm-container -t -p 5000:5000 -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-routed --algorithm mld /data/berlin-latest.osrm &
           curl --retry-delay 3 --retry 10 --retry-all-errors "http://127.0.0.1:5000/route/v1/driving/13.388860,52.517037;13.385983,52.496891?steps=true"
-          kill $PID
+          docker stop osrm-container
 
   build-test-publish:
     needs: format-taginfo-docs