diff --git a/podman-gitea/10_install.sh b/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
index ed2637e..b414348 100755
--- a/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ export weblisten_port
 export sshlisten_if
 export sshlisten_port
 
-podman image pull ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version} &&
-podman image exists ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version} &&
+if ! podman image exists ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version}; then
+    podman image pull ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version} || exit 1
+fi
 podman pull ${postgres_image}:${postgres_version} &&
 # force refresh of app.ini
 podman unshare rm -f `get_podman_volume_path ${datavolume}`/gitea/conf/app.ini