diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 2e85d6298..806c751c8 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_dashboard_urls: []
 matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_base_path: "{{ matrix_base_data_path }}/prometheus-nginxlog-exporter"
 matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_config_path: "{{ matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_base_path }}/config"
 
+matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_container_network: "{{ matrix_docker_network }}"
+
 # A list of extra docker arguments to pass to the container
 matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_container_extra_arguments: []
 
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml
index ca3bf3a8e..8d3fe1d49 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/tasks/setup_install.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
     owner: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
     group: "{{ matrix_user_groupname }}"
 
+- name: Ensure prometheus-nginxlog-exporter container network is created
+  community.general.docker_network:
+    name: "{{ matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_container_network }}"
+    driver: bridge
+
 - name: Ensure matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter.service installed
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ role_path }}/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter.service.j2"
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter.service.j2 b/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter.service.j2
index e799380e3..0d01aa217 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter.service.j2
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-nginxlog-exporter.service.j2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ExecStart={{ devture_systemd_docker_base_host_command_docker }} run --rm --name
 			--user={{ matrix_user_uid }}:{{ matrix_user_gid }} \
 			--cap-drop=ALL \
 			--read-only \
-			--network={{ matrix_docker_network }} \
+			--network={{ matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_container_network }} \
 			{% if matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_container_http_host_bind_port %}
 			-p {{ matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_container_http_host_bind_port }}:{{ matrix_prometheus_nginxlog_exporter_container_metrics_port }} \
 			{% endif %}