diff --git a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
index bb57ec91..06bc52a9 100644
--- a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
+++ b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ class DockerController
             }
         }
 
+        // Check if docker hub is reachable in order to make sure that we do not try to pull an image if it is down 
+        // and try to mitigate issues that are arising due to that
+        if ($pullImage) {
+            if (!$this->dockerActionManager->isDockerHubReachable($container)) {
+                $pullImage = false;
+                error_log('Not pulling the image for the ' . $container->GetContainerName() . ' container because docker hub does not seem to be reachable.');
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->dockerActionManager->DeleteContainer($container);
         $this->dockerActionManager->CreateVolumes($container);
         if ($pullImage) {
diff --git a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
index 79dd069a..d71edecc 100644
--- a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
@@ -587,6 +587,21 @@ class DockerActionManager
 
     }
 
+    public function isDockerHubReachable(Container $container) : bool {
+        $tag = $container->GetImageTag();
+        if ($tag === '%AIO_CHANNEL%') {
+            $tag = $this->GetCurrentChannel();
+        }
+
+        $remoteDigest = $this->dockerHubManager->GetLatestDigestOfTag($container->GetContainerName(), $tag);
+
+        if ($remoteDigest === null) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     public function PullImage(Container $container) : void
     {
         $imageName = $this->BuildImageName($container);