diff --git a/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php b/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
index 213b3c78..4f7c7387 100644
--- a/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
+++ b/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ readonly class ContainerDefinitionFetcher {
 
             $oomScoreAdj = 0;
             if (isset($entry['oom_score_adj'])) {
-                $oomScoreAdj = $entry['oom_score_adj'];
+                $oomScoreAdj = max(-1000, min(0, (int)$entry['oom_score_adj']));
             }
 
             $containers[] = new Container(
diff --git a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
index af24f749..d2b68db1 100644
--- a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
@@ -394,7 +394,9 @@ readonly class DockerActionManager {
             $requestBody['StopTimeout'] = $maxShutDownTime;
         }
 
-        $requestBody['HostConfig']['OomScoreAdj'] = $container->oomScoreAdj;
+        if ($container->oomScoreAdj !== 0) {
+            $requestBody['HostConfig']['OomScoreAdj'] = $container->oomScoreAdj;
+        }
 
         $capAdds = $container->capAdd;
         if (count($capAdds) > 0) {