diff --git a/zun/compute/manager.py b/zun/compute/manager.py
index fb34eed0f..44884ffd5 100755
--- a/zun/compute/manager.py
+++ b/zun/compute/manager.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Manager(object):
             if run:
                 return self.driver.execute_run(exec_id)
             else:
-                return exec_id
+                return {'exec_id': exec_id, 'url': CONF.docker.api_url}
         except exception.DockerError as e:
             LOG.error("Error occurred while calling Docker exec API: %s",
                       six.text_type(e))