diff --git a/src/Agent.Worker/ContainerOperationProvider.cs b/src/Agent.Worker/ContainerOperationProvider.cs
index 68e9cecdbe..10cfb7bb7b 100644
--- a/src/Agent.Worker/ContainerOperationProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Agent.Worker/ContainerOperationProvider.cs
@@ -532,30 +532,34 @@ private async Task StartContainerAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, Conta
                                                                     dockerObject: container.ContainerImage,
                                                                     options: $"--format=\"{{{{index .Config.Labels \\\"{_nodeJsPathLabel}\\\"}}}}\"");
 
-                string node;
+                string getNodeSetInterval(string node)
+                {
+                    return $"\"{node}\" -e \"setInterval(function(){{}}, 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);\"";
+                }
+
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(container.CustomNodePath))
                 {
-                    node = container.CustomNodePath;
+                    container.ContainerCommand = getNodeSetInterval(container.CustomNodePath);
+                }
+                else if (PlatformUtil.RunningOnMacOS || (PlatformUtil.RunningOnWindows && container.ImageOS == PlatformUtil.OS.Linux))
+                {
+                    // require container to have node if running on macOS, or if running on Windows and attempting to run Linux container
+                    container.CustomNodePath = "node";
+                    container.ContainerCommand = getNodeSetInterval(container.CustomNodePath);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    node = container.TranslateToContainerPath(Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), AgentKnobs.UseNode20ToStartContainer.GetValue(executionContext).AsBoolean() ? NodeHandler.Node20_1Folder : NodeHandler.NodeFolder, "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}"));
-
-                    // if on Mac OS X, require container to have node
-                    if (PlatformUtil.RunningOnMacOS)
-                    {
-                        container.CustomNodePath = "node";
-                        node = container.CustomNodePath;
-                    }
-                    // if running on Windows, and attempting to run linux container, require container to have node
-                    else if (PlatformUtil.RunningOnWindows && container.ImageOS == PlatformUtil.OS.Linux)
+                    string getContainerNodePath(string nodeFolder)
                     {
-                        container.CustomNodePath = "node";
-                        node = container.CustomNodePath;
+                        return container.TranslateToContainerPath(Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), nodeFolder, "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}"));
                     }
+
+                    string node = getNodeSetInterval(getContainerNodePath(NodeHandler.NodeFolder));
+                    string node16 = getNodeSetInterval(getContainerNodePath(NodeHandler.Node16Folder));
+                    string node20 = getNodeSetInterval(getContainerNodePath(NodeHandler.Node20_1Folder));
+
+                    container.ContainerCommand = AgentKnobs.UseNode20ToStartContainer.GetValue(executionContext).AsBoolean() ? $"{node20} || {node16}" : node;
                 }
-                string sleepCommand = $"\"{node}\" -e \"setInterval(function(){{}}, 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);\"";
-                container.ContainerCommand = sleepCommand;
             }
 
             container.ContainerId = await _dockerManger.DockerCreate(executionContext, container);