diff --git a/usr/bin/spoc-container b/usr/bin/spoc-container
index 545d177..54b5d95 100644
--- a/usr/bin/spoc-container
+++ b/usr/bin/spoc-container
@@ -33,11 +33,8 @@ def modify_depend(container, depend):
 
 def modify_mount(container, mount):
     volume,mountpoint = mount.split(':', 1)
-    mountpoint = mountpoint.lstrip('/')
     if mountpoint:
-        # If the volume doesn't exist yet, assume it will be a directory
-        is_dir = not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(VOLUMES_DIR, volume))
-        container.mounts[volume] = (mountpoint, is_dir)
+        container.mounts[volume] = mountpoint
     else:
         try:
             del container.mounts[volume]
@@ -112,7 +109,7 @@ parser_list.add_argument('type', choices=('all', 'running', 'stopped'), default=
 parser_create = subparsers.add_parser('create')
 parser_create.set_defaults(action=create)
 parser_create.add_argument('-d', '--depends', action='append', default=[], help='Add another container as a start dependency')
-parser_create.add_argument('-m', '--mount', action='append', default=[], help='Add mount to the container - format volume:mountpoint')
+parser_create.add_argument('-m', '--mount', action='append', default=[], help='Add mount to the container - format volume:mountpoint[:file]')
 parser_create.add_argument('-e', '--env', action='append', default=[], help='Add environment variable for the container - format KEY=value')
 parser_create.add_argument('-u', '--uid', help='Sets the container init UID')
 parser_create.add_argument('-g', '--gid', help='Sets the container init GID')
diff --git a/usr/lib/python3.8/spoc/container.py b/usr/lib/python3.8/spoc/container.py
index 78a4aa7..7a1b684 100644
--- a/usr/lib/python3.8/spoc/container.py
+++ b/usr/lib/python3.8/spoc/container.py
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ class Container:
         for item in os.scandir(self.ephemeral_layer_path):
             shutil.rmtree(item.path) if item.is_dir() else os.unlink(item.path)
 
+    def get_mount_entry(self, volume, mountpoint):
+        mount_type = 'dir'
+        if mountpoint.endswith(':file'):
+            mount_type = 'file'
+            mountpoint = mountpoint[:-5]
+        return f'lxc.mount.entry = {os.path.join(VOLUMES_DIR, volume)} {mountpoint} none bind,create={mount_type} 0 0'
+
     def create(self):
         # Create container directories
         os.makedirs(self.rootfs_path, 0o755, True)
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@ class Container:
         # Chown is possible only when the process is running as root, for user namespaces, see https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/manpages/man1/lxc-usernsexec.1.html
         os.chown(self.ephemeral_layer_path, 100000, 100000)
         # Create container configuration file based on the container definition
-        mounts = '\n'.join([f'lxc.mount.entry = {os.path.join(VOLUMES_DIR, v)} {m[0]} none bind,create={"dir" if m[1] else "file"} 0 0' for v,m in self.mounts.items()])
+        mounts = '\n'.join([self.get_mount_entry(v, m) for v,m in self.mounts.items()])
         env = '\n'.join([f'lxc.environment = {k}={v}' for k,v in self.env.items()])
         uid = self.uid if self.uid else 0
         gid = self.gid if self.gid else 0