diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/usr/sbin/container b/board/common/rootfs/usr/sbin/container
index d5485600..cb531933 100755
--- a/board/common/rootfs/usr/sbin/container
+++ b/board/common/rootfs/usr/sbin/container
@@ -567,8 +567,14 @@ case $cmd in
 	    echo "No such container ($1), or invalid ImageName.  Cannot upgrade."
 	    exit 1;
 	fi
-	podman stop "$1"
-	podman pull "$img" || (echo "Failed fetching $img, check your network (settings)."; exit 1)
+	if echo "$img" | grep -Eq '^localhost/'; then
+	    # Likely an OCI archive, or local directory, assume user has updated image.
+	    file=$(awk '{s=$NF} END{print s}' "/var/lib/containers/active/${1}.sh")
+	    echo "Upgrading container ${1} with local archive: $file ..."
+	else
+	    podman stop "$1"
+	    podman pull "$img" || (echo "Failed fetching $img, check your network (settings)."; exit 1)
+	fi
 	"/var/lib/containers/active/${1}.sh" || (echo "Failed recreating container $1"; exit 1)
 	;;
     volume)