diff --git a/docker_build.py b/docker_build.py
index 0de493c9e6a6e9d0d4ee7ef64cf9cd947d28c32f_ZG9ja2VyX2J1aWxkLnB5..dd355bcdf9f0cf67cf87736597d47f48455da59f_ZG9ja2VyX2J1aWxkLnB5 100755
--- a/docker_build.py
+++ b/docker_build.py
@@ -174,4 +174,5 @@
         # TODO remove temp image
 
     docker_client = docker_api(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock')
+    pull = True
     builder = docker_client.build(
@@ -177,5 +178,5 @@
     builder = docker_client.build(
-        path='.', rm=True, pull=True, buildargs=buildargs,
+        path='.', rm=True, pull=pull, buildargs=buildargs,
         tag=image, dockerfile=dockerfile)
     # this is for python docker 1.8-1.9
     # TODO add compatibility with newer python docker