diff --git a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
index cd48cbc..17a5d4b 100755
--- a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ if ! podman volume exists ${dbvolume} ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+podman pull ${postgres_image}:${postgres_version} &&
+podman pull ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version} &&
 podman pod create --publish ${listen_if}:${listen_port}:8008 --name ${pod_name} &&
 podman run -d --name ${db_container_name} --pod ${pod_name} \
   --mount type=volume,src=${dbvolume},dst=/var/lib/postgresql/data/ \