diff --git a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
index 9db7d627..74891d5f 100644
--- a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
+++ b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
@@ -30,20 +30,19 @@ class DockerController
         $container = $this->containerDefinitionFetcher->GetContainerById($id);
 
         foreach($container->GetDependsOn() as $dependency) {
-            $this->PerformRecursiveContainerStart($dependency);
+            $this->PerformRecursiveContainerStart($dependency, $pullContainer);
         }
 
         if ($id === 'nextcloud-aio-database') {
             if ($this->dockerActionManager->GetDatabasecontainerExitCode() > 0) {
                 $pullContainer = false;
+                error_log('Not pulling the latest database image because the container was not correctly shut down.');
             }
         }
         $this->dockerActionManager->DeleteContainer($container);
         $this->dockerActionManager->CreateVolumes($container);
         if ($pullContainer) {
             $this->dockerActionManager->PullContainer($container);
-        } else {
-            error_log('Not pulling the latest database image because the container was not correctly shut down.');
         }
         $this->dockerActionManager->CreateContainer($container);
         $this->dockerActionManager->StartContainer($container);