diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
index 0e68cc87965..693571802ad 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ public DockerClient client() {
                     "  Total Memory: " + dockerInfo.getMemTotal() / (1024 * 1024) + " MB");
 
             checkVersion(version.getVersion());
-
-            List<Image> images = client.listImagesCmd().exec();
-            // Pull the image we use to perform some checks
-            if (images.stream().noneMatch(it -> it.getRepoTags() != null && asList(it.getRepoTags()).contains(TINY_IMAGE))) {
-                client.pullImageCmd(TINY_IMAGE).exec(new PullImageResultCallback()).awaitSuccess();
-            }
-
             checkDiskSpaceAndHandleExceptions(client);
             preconditionsChecked = true;
         }
@@ -111,6 +104,16 @@ public DockerClient client() {
         return client;
     }
 
+  /**
+   * Check whether the image is available locally and pull it otherwise
+   */
+    private void checkAndPullImage(DockerClient client, String image) {
+        List<Image> images = client.listImagesCmd().withImageNameFilter(image).exec();
+        if (images.isEmpty()) {
+            client.pullImageCmd(image).exec(new PullImageResultCallback()).awaitSuccess();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the IP address of the host running Docker
      */
@@ -168,6 +171,7 @@ public <T> T runInsideDocker(Consumer<CreateContainerCmd> createContainerCmdCons
     }
 
     private <T> T runInsideDocker(DockerClient client, Consumer<CreateContainerCmd> createContainerCmdConsumer, BiFunction<DockerClient, String, T> block) {
+        checkAndPullImage(client, TINY_IMAGE);
         CreateContainerCmd createContainerCmd = client.createContainerCmd(TINY_IMAGE);
         createContainerCmdConsumer.accept(createContainerCmd);
         String id = createContainerCmd.exec().getId();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactoryTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf67cc6885a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.testcontainers;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.testcontainers.dockerclient.LogToStringContainerCallback;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.TestcontainersConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * Test for {@link DockerClientFactory}.
+ */
+public class DockerClientFactoryTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void runCommandInsideDockerShouldNotFailIfImageDoesNotExistsLocally() {
+
+    final DockerClientFactory dockFactory = DockerClientFactory.instance();
+    //remove tiny image, so it will be pulled during next command run
+    dockFactory.client()
+        .removeImageCmd(TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().getTinyImage())
+        .withForce(true).exec();
+
+    dockFactory.runInsideDocker(
+        cmd -> cmd.withCmd("sh", "-c", "echo 'SUCCESS'"),
+        (client, id) ->
+            client.logContainerCmd(id)
+                .withStdOut(true)
+                .exec(new LogToStringContainerCallback())
+                .toString()
+    );
+  }
+}
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