diff --git a/container_test.go b/container_test.go
index cf285bd..0cd3a24 100644
--- a/container_test.go
+++ b/container_test.go
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ type TestClient struct {
 	Client
 }
 
-func (c TestClient) CreateTestContainer() (id string, err error) {
+func (c TestClient) CreateTestContainer(network string) (id string, err error) {
 	created, err := c.CreateContainer(&container.Config{
 		Image: "docker.io/library/alpine",
 		Tty:   false,
-	}, nil, nil, nil, "")
+	}, &container.HostConfig{
+		NetworkMode: container.NetworkMode(network),
+	}, nil, nil, "")
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return id, err
@@ -33,22 +35,27 @@ func (c TestClient) CreateTestContainer() (id string, err error) {
 }
 
 func TestContainerLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
-	output := gofakeit.Word()
 	client := TestClient{NewDockerClient()}
-	defer func() {
-		Nil(t, client.TeardownSession())
-	}()
-	id, err := client.CreateTestContainer()
+	// we run this twice to ensure teardown occured correctly
+	containerNetworkName := gofakeit.Word()
+	containerOutput := gofakeit.Word()
+
+	networkID, err := client.CreateNetwork(containerNetworkName)
+	Nil(t, err)
+
+	id, err := client.CreateTestContainer(networkID)
 	Nil(t, err)
 
-	res, err := client.Exec(id, []string{"echo", output})
+	res, err := client.Exec(id, []string{"echo", containerOutput})
 	Nil(t, err)
 
-	if res.ExitCode != 0 && res.StdErr != "" && res.StdOut != output {
-		t.Errorf("expeceted output to equal %s", "hi")
+	if res.ExitCode != 0 && res.StdErr != "" && res.StdOut != containerOutput {
+		t.Errorf("expeceted containerOutput to equal %s", "hi")
 	}
 
 	// TODO verify
 	_, err = client.ContainerStatus(id)
 	Nil(t, err)
+
+	Nil(t, client.TeardownSession())
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f21c3de..4d95ad1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20201216013528-df9cb8a40635 // indirect
 	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6eba06f..0a08d19 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0 h1:qJYtXnJRWmpe7m/3XlyhrsLrEURqHRM2kxzoxXqyUDs=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0 h1:hLrqtEDnRye3+sgx6z4qVLNuviH3MR5aQ0ykNJa/UYA=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 h1:H5DkEtf6CXdFp0N0Em5UCwQpXMWke8IA0+lD48awMYo=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1/go.mod h1:iw975J/qwKPdAO1clOe2L8331t/9/fmwbPZ6JB6eMoM=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
diff --git a/network.go b/network.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd48d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package docker
+
+import "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+
+// CreateNetwork creates a docker network that can
+// be used for communication in between containers
+// see: https://docs.docker.com/network/ for details
+func (c Client) CreateNetwork(name string) (networkID string, err error) {
+	networkResponse, err := c.NetworkCreate(c.Ctx, name,
+		types.NetworkCreate{
+			CheckDuplicate: true,
+			Attachable:     true,
+			Labels:         c.getSessionLabels(),
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return networkResponse.ID, err
+}
+
+// RemoveNetwork removes a network by id
+func (c Client) RemoveNetwork(networkID string) error {
+	return c.NetworkRemove(c.Ctx, networkID)
+}
diff --git a/teardown.go b/teardown.go
index 719defb..9e5701f 100644
--- a/teardown.go
+++ b/teardown.go
@@ -1,29 +1,32 @@
 package docker
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/filters"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 )
 
 // TeardownSession removes all resources created during the session
 func (c *Client) TeardownSession() (err error) {
 	err = c.TeardownSessionContainers()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		err = multierror.Append(err)
+	}
+	err = c.TeardownSessionVolumes()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = multierror.Append(err)
+	}
+	err = c.TeardownSessionNetworks()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = multierror.Append(err)
 	}
-	return c.TeardownSessionVolumes()
+	return err
 }
 
 // TeardownSessionVolumes removes containers created in the current session using RemoveVolume
 // the current session is determined based on the Client so this method should be called
 // once per Client
-func (c *Client) TeardownSessionVolumes() error {
-	volumes, err := c.VolumeList(c.Ctx, filters.NewArgs(filters.KeyValuePair{
-		Key:   "label",
-		Value: fmt.Sprintf("sessionId=%s", c.SessionID),
-	}))
+func (c *Client) TeardownSessionVolumes() (err error) {
+	volumes, err := c.VolumeList(c.Ctx, filterByLabels(c.getSessionLabels()))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -39,16 +42,31 @@ func (c *Client) TeardownSessionVolumes() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// TeardownSessionNetworks removes containers created in the current session using StopContainer
+// and RemoveContainer the current session is determined based on the Client
+// so this method should be called once per Client
+func (c *Client) TeardownSessionNetworks() (err error) {
+	networks, err := c.NetworkList(c.Ctx, types.NetworkListOptions{Filters: filterByLabels(c.getSessionLabels())})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, network := range networks {
+		err = c.RemoveNetwork(network.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // TeardownSessionContainers removes containers created in the current session using StopContainer
 // and RemoveContainer the current session is determined based on the Client
 // so this method should be called once per Client
-func (c *Client) TeardownSessionContainers() error {
+func (c *Client) TeardownSessionContainers() (err error) {
 	filter := types.ContainerListOptions{
-		All: true,
-		Filters: filters.NewArgs(filters.KeyValuePair{
-			Key:   "label",
-			Value: fmt.Sprintf("sessionId=%s", c.SessionID),
-		}),
+		All:     true,
+		Filters: filterByLabels(c.getSessionLabels()),
 	}
 
 	containers, err := c.ContainerList(c.Ctx, filter)
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b06599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package docker
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/filters"
+)
+
+// getSessionLabels gets labels set for all resources created in this session
+func (c Client) getSessionLabels() map[string]string {
+	return map[string]string{
+		"sessionId":  c.SessionID,
+		"created-by": "docker-utils",
+	}
+}
+
+// filterByLabels creates filters.Args based on a set of labels
+func filterByLabels(labels map[string]string) (args filters.Args) {
+	var kvps []filters.KeyValuePair
+	for key, value := range labels {
+		kvps = append(kvps, filters.KeyValuePair{
+			Key:   "label",
+			Value: fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, value),
+		})
+	}
+	return filters.NewArgs(kvps...)
+}
diff --git a/volume.go b/volume.go
index 3556350..fb08b09 100644
--- a/volume.go
+++ b/volume.go
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ func (c *Client) CreateVolume(name string) (err error) {
 	vol, err := c.VolumeCreate(c.Ctx, volume.VolumeCreateBody{
 		Driver: Driver,
 		Name:   name,
-		Labels: map[string]string{
-			"sessionId": c.SessionID,
-		},
+		Labels: c.getSessionLabels(),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err