diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 51baed4d..a278c2b2 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@
       "contributions": [
         "doc"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "Shanduur",
+      "name": "Mateusz Urbanek",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32583062?v=4",
+      "profile": "http://shanduur.github.io",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "contributorsPerLine": 7,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10975e91..81728058 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/rancher/k3d?style=flat-square)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/rancher/k3d)
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-12-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-13-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
 [![Contributor Covenant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-v2.0%20adopted-ff69b4.svg)](code_of_conduct.md)
 
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
     <td align="center"><a href="http://wsl.dev"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/905874?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Nuno do Carmo</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#content-nunix" title="Content">🖋</a> <a href="#tutorial-nunix" title="Tutorials">✅</a> <a href="#question-nunix" title="Answering Questions">💬</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/erwinkersten"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/4391121?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Erwin Kersten</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/rancher/k3d/commits?author=erwinkersten" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="http://www.alexsears.com"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3712883?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Alex Sears</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/rancher/k3d/commits?author=searsaw" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="http://shanduur.github.io"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32583062?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Mateusz Urbanek</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/rancher/k3d/commits?author=Shanduur" title="Code">💻</a></td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/pkg/runtimes/docker/container.go b/pkg/runtimes/docker/container.go
index 0789f362..956af92f 100644
--- a/pkg/runtimes/docker/container.go
+++ b/pkg/runtimes/docker/container.go
@@ -192,22 +192,31 @@ func executeCheckInContainer(ctx context.Context, image string, cmd []string) (i
 	}
 	defer docker.Close()
 
-	if err = pullImage(ctx, docker, image); err != nil {
-		return -1, err
-	}
-
-	resp, err := docker.ContainerCreate(ctx, &container.Config{
-		Image:      image,
-		Cmd:        cmd,
-		Tty:        false,
-		Entrypoint: []string{},
-	}, nil, nil, nil, "")
-	if err != nil {
-		l.Log().Errorf("Failed to create container from image %s with cmd %s", image, cmd)
-		return -1, err
+	// create container
+	var resp container.ContainerCreateCreatedBody
+	for {
+		resp, err = docker.ContainerCreate(ctx, &container.Config{
+			Image:      image,
+			Cmd:        cmd,
+			Tty:        false,
+			Entrypoint: []string{},
+		}, nil, nil, nil, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			if client.IsErrNotFound(err) {
+				if err := pullImage(ctx, docker, image); err != nil {
+					l.Log().Errorf("Failed to create container from image %s with cmd %s", image, cmd)
+					return -1, err
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+			l.Log().Errorf("Failed to create container from image %s with cmd %s", image, cmd)
+			return -1, err
+		}
+		break
 	}
 
 	if err = startContainer(ctx, resp.ID); err != nil {
+		l.Log().Errorf("Failed to start container from image %s with cmd %s", image, cmd)
 		return -1, err
 	}