diff --git a/src/commands/local.mjs b/src/commands/local.mjs
index 0a3bcc32..95b9cfab 100644
--- a/src/commands/local.mjs
+++ b/src/commands/local.mjs
@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ function buildLocalCommand(yargs) {
       },
       hostPort: {
         describe:
-        "The port on the host machine mapped to the container's port. This is the port you'll connect to Fauna on.",
+          "The port on the host machine mapped to the container's port. This is the port you'll connect to Fauna on.",
         type: "number",
         default: 8443,
       },
       interval: {
         describe:
-        "The interval (in milliseconds) between health check attempts. Determines how often the CLI checks if the Fauna container is ready.",
+          "The interval (in milliseconds) between health check attempts. Determines how often the CLI checks if the Fauna container is ready.",
         type: "number",
         default: 10000,
       },
       maxAttempts: {
         describe:
-        "The maximum number of health check attempts before declaring the start Fauna continer process as failed.",
+          "The maximum number of health check attempts before declaring the start Fauna continer process as failed.",
         type: "number",
         default: 100,
       },
@@ -63,10 +63,15 @@ function buildLocalCommand(yargs) {
     })
     .check((argv) => {
       if (argv.maxAttempts < 1) {
-        throw new CommandError("--maxAttempts must be greater than 0.", { hideHelp: false });
+        throw new CommandError("--maxAttempts must be greater than 0.", {
+          hideHelp: false,
+        });
       }
       if (argv.interval < 0) {
-        throw new CommandError("--interval must be greater than or equal to 0.", { hideHelp: false });
+        throw new CommandError(
+          "--interval must be greater than or equal to 0.",
+          { hideHelp: false },
+        );
       }
       return true;
     });
diff --git a/test/local.mjs b/test/local.mjs
index 240c743d..26ccb319 100644
--- a/test/local.mjs
+++ b/test/local.mjs
@@ -71,6 +71,29 @@ describe.only("ensureContainerRunning", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("Skips pull if --pull is false.", async () => {
+    docker.listContainers.onCall(0).resolves([]);
+    fetch.onCall(0).resolves(f({})); // fast succeed the health check
+    logsStub.callsFake(async () => ({
+      on: () => {},
+      destroy: () => {},
+    }));
+    docker.createContainer.resolves({
+      start: startStub,
+      logs: logsStub,
+      unpause: unpauseStub,
+    });
+    await run("local --pull false", container);
+    expect(docker.pull).not.to.have.been.called;
+    expect(docker.modem.followProgress).not.to.have.been.called;
+    expect(startStub).to.have.been.called;
+    expect(logsStub).to.have.been.called;
+    expect(docker.createContainer).to.have.been.called;
+    expect(logger.stderr).to.have.been.calledWith(
+      "[ContainerReady] Container 'faunadb' is up and healthy.",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("Throws an error if the health check fails", async () => {
     process.env.FAUNA_LOCAL_HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS = "1";
     docker.pull.onCall(0).resolves();