diff --git a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
index 643c1a7..97796e5 100755
--- a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
+++ b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function tor::start()
     lib_utils::print_error "${tor_container}: instance already running (consider \`restart\`)"
     return 1
   else
+    docker pull alpine:latest || lib_utils::die_fatal
     docker run -it --rm --detach \
       --network "$global_network" \
       --name="${tor_container}" \