diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b90dd1d09..021dae973 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2667,6 +2667,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bollard",
  "futures-util",
+ "log",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/jstzd/Cargo.toml b/crates/jstzd/Cargo.toml
index b081273b1..4270d7d91 100644
--- a/crates/jstzd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/jstzd/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ async-trait.workspace = true
 bollard.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
+log.workspace = true
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "jstzd"
-path = "src/main.rs"
\ No newline at end of file
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
diff --git a/crates/jstzd/src/docker/image.rs b/crates/jstzd/src/docker/image.rs
index b55179829..0ebd0b6c6 100644
--- a/crates/jstzd/src/docker/image.rs
+++ b/crates/jstzd/src/docker/image.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use bollard::{
+    image::{CreateImageOptions, ListImagesOptions},
+    Docker,
+};
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use log::info;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait Image: Sized {
     const LATEST_TAG: &'static str = "latest";
     fn image_name(&self) -> &str;
@@ -15,6 +24,48 @@ pub trait Image: Sized {
     fn exposed_ports(&self) -> &[u16] {
         &[]
     }
+    async fn pull_image(&self, client: Arc<Docker>) -> Result<()> {
+        if Self::image_exists(self, client.clone()).await {
+            info!("Image: {:?} already exists ", self.image_uri());
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        self.create_image(client.clone()).await
+    }
+    async fn image_exists(&self, client: Arc<Docker>) -> bool {
+        let filters = [("reference".to_string(), vec![self.image_uri()])]
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>();
+        let images = &client
+            .list_images(Some(ListImagesOptions::<String> {
+                all: true,
+                filters,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }))
+            .await;
+        match images {
+            Ok(images) => !images.is_empty(),
+            Err(_) => false,
+        }
+    }
+    async fn create_image(&self, client: Arc<Docker>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let options = Some(CreateImageOptions {
+            from_image: self.image_name(),
+            tag: self.image_tag(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        let mut stream = client.create_image(options, None, None);
+        while let Some(create_info) = stream.next().await {
+            match create_info {
+                Ok(info) => {
+                    if let Some(status) = info.status {
+                        println!("{:?}", status)
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct GenericImage {
diff --git a/crates/jstzd/tests/pull_image.rs b/crates/jstzd/tests/pull_image.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7599aecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/jstzd/tests/pull_image.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use bollard::{image::ListImagesOptions, secret::ImageSummary, Docker};
+use jstzd::docker::{GenericImage, Image};
+
+// search image locally
+async fn search_local_image(
+    image_uri: String,
+    client: Arc<Docker>,
+) -> Result<Vec<ImageSummary>> {
+    let filters = [("reference".to_string(), vec![image_uri])]
+        .into_iter()
+        .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>();
+    let images = &client
+        .list_images(Some(ListImagesOptions::<String> {
+            all: true,
+            filters,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }))
+        .await;
+    match images {
+        Ok(images) => Ok(images.clone()),
+        Err(_) => Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Image not found")),
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_pull_image() -> Result<()> {
+    let docker = Docker::connect_with_socket_defaults().unwrap();
+    let docker = Arc::new(docker);
+    let image = GenericImage::new("busybox").with_tag("stable");
+    let _ = docker.remove_image(&image.image_uri(), None, None).await;
+    image.pull_image(docker.clone()).await?;
+    let expected_image_digest =
+        "sha256:7db2ddde018a2a56e929855445bc7f30bc83db514a23404bd465a07d2770ac5f";
+    let images = search_local_image(image.image_uri(), docker.clone()).await?;
+    assert!(images.iter().any(|image| image.id == expected_image_digest));
+    let _ = docker.remove_image(&image.image_uri(), None, None).await;
+    Ok(())
+}