diff --git a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
index 5d041d5..3b67a32 100755
--- a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ if ! podman volume exists ${dbvolume} ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-podman image pull ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version} &&
-podman image exists ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version} &&
+if ! podman image pull ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version}; then
+    podman image pull ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version} || exit 1
+fi
 podman pull ${postgres_image}:${postgres_version} &&
 podman network create ${project_name}_default &&
 podman pod create --name ${pod_name} --infra=true --infra-name=${project_name}_infra --share='' &&