diff --git a/docs/source/yaml_format.rst b/docs/source/yaml_format.rst
index d2d2e84c5..562cc1269 100644
--- a/docs/source/yaml_format.rst
+++ b/docs/source/yaml_format.rst
@@ -226,6 +226,20 @@ Example Log output:
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yohamta/dagu/main/examples/images/docker.png
 
+By default, Dagu will try to pull the Docker image. For images built locally this will fail. If you want to skip image pull, pass :code:`pull: false` in executor config.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   steps:
+     - name: deno_hello_world
+       executor:
+         type: docker
+         config:
+           image: "denoland/deno:1.10.3"
+           pull: false
+           autoRemove: true
+       command: run https://examples.deno.land/hello-world.ts
+
 
 You can config the Docker container (e.g., `volumes`, `env`, etc) by passing more detailed options.
 
diff --git a/internal/dag/executor/docker.go b/internal/dag/executor/docker.go
index 248f00693..949bc9a44 100644
--- a/internal/dag/executor/docker.go
+++ b/internal/dag/executor/docker.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 type docker struct {
 	image           string
+	pull            bool
 	autoRemove      bool
 	step            dag.Step
 	containerConfig *container.Config
@@ -57,13 +58,15 @@ func (e *docker) Run() error {
 	}
 	defer cli.Close()
 
-	reader, err := cli.ImagePull(ctx, e.image, types.ImagePullOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_, err = io.Copy(e.stdout, reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if e.pull {
+		reader, err := cli.ImagePull(ctx, e.image, types.ImagePullOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		_, err = io.Copy(e.stdout, reader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if e.image != "" {
@@ -167,7 +170,15 @@ func newDocker(
 		}
 	}
 
+	pull := true
+	if p, ok := execCfg.Config["pull"]; ok {
+		if p, ok := p.(bool); ok {
+			pull = p
+		}
+	}
+
 	exec := &docker{
+		pull:            pull,
 		step:            step,
 		stdout:          os.Stdout,
 		containerConfig: containerConfig,