diff --git a/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh b/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh
index 0f47f17c..9160835f 100644
--- a/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh
+++ b/usr/local/share/bastille/create.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ validate_name() {
         error_exit "Container names may not begin with (-|_) characters!"
     elif [ "${NAME_VERIFY}" != "${NAME_SANITY}" ]; then
         error_exit "Container names may not contain special characters!"
+    elif echo "${NAME_VERIFY}" | grep -qE '^[0-9]+$'; then
+        error_exit "Container names may not contain only numbers."
     fi
 }