diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index b54ad6a5..7fe29335 100644
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ gradleWrapper () {
     rm $TEMPFILE
 }
 
+alias podman-start='systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket && systemctl --user status podman.socket && ls -la /run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock'
+alias podman-use='export DOCKER_HOST="unix:///run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock"; export TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_DISABLED=true'
 
 alias gw=gradleWrapper
 alias pg-sql-run='docker run --name hsadmin-ng-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 5432:5432 -d postgres:13.7-bullseye'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c279600..c3e63cb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -524,9 +524,15 @@ Summary for Debian-based Linux systems:
 sudo apt-get -y install podman
 ```
 
+2Then start it like this:
+
+```shell
 systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket
 systemctl --user status podman.socket
 ls -la /run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock
+```
+
+These commands are also available in `.aliases` as `podman-start`.
 
 
 #### Use the Command Line to Run the Tests Against the Podman Daemon 
@@ -538,6 +544,8 @@ export DOCKER_HOST="unix:///run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock"
 export TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_DISABLED=true
 ```
 
+These commands are also available in `.aliases` as `podman-use`. 
+
 Disabling RYUK is necessary, because it's not supported by Podman.
 Supposedly this means that containers are not properly cleaned up after test runs,
 but I could not see any remaining containers after test runs.