diff --git a/templates/example/_install.sh b/templates/example/_install.sh
index 19237e7..fc2b11a 100755
--- a/templates/example/_install.sh
+++ b/templates/example/_install.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ load_env "$1" || die "Failed to load environment variables"
 # Required environment variables
 check_required_env_vars "CONTAINER_NAME" "IMAGE_REGISTRY" "IMAGE_REPO" "IMAGE_TAG" "LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"
 
-# Test Docker 
-_check_docker_installed || die "Docker test failed, aborting installation..."
 
 # Create local data folder if it doesn't exist
 if [ -d "${LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER}" ]; then
@@ -16,6 +14,10 @@ else
     mkdir -p "${LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER}"
 fi
 
+# Test Docker 
+_check_docker_installed || die "Docker test failed, aborting installation..."
+
+
 # check can pull image on remote host and exit if fails
 docker pull "$IMAGE_REGISTRY/$IMAGE_REPO:$IMAGE_TAG" || die "Failed to pull image $IMAGE_REGISTRY/$IMAGE_REPO:$IMAGE_TAG"