diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6d7bd5..8d0c7c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This image adds built-in support for the following features:
 * ImageMagick: (The `fpm-alpine` image does not natively support any image formats (including the needed SVG format), due to it missing `imagemagick` package). This image corrects that.
 
 # Current Versions
-The current `28-fpm-alpine` and `28-fpm` version is **29.0.1**\
+The current `29-fpm-alpine` and `29-fpm` version is **29.0.2**\
 The current `28-fpm-alpine` and `28-fpm` version is **28.0.6**\
 The current `27-fpm-alpine` and `27-fpm` version is **27.1.10**
 
diff --git a/build b/build
index a3d1e12..fb4f2b3 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 PUSH=${PUSH:-1}
 # use this as: FORCE=1 ./build ... in order to set the variable. default is FORCE=0
 FORCE=${FORCE:-0}
+# use this as: USE_LOCAL=1 ./build ... in order to set the variable. default is USE_LOCAL=0
+USE_LOCAL=${USE_LOCAL:-0}
 
 if [ ! "$1" == "" ]; then 
     IMAGE_VERSION=$1
@@ -35,9 +37,15 @@ do
 
     echo "Building Nextcloud ${IMAGE_VERSION}, variant: ${IMAGE_VARIANT}..."
 
-    # pull the parent image from docker hub.
-    echo "Pulling upstream image ${UPSTREAM_IMAGE}:${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_TAG}..."
-    docker pull ${UPSTREAM_IMAGE}:${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_TAG} > /dev/null
+    # pull the parent image from docker hub, if it doesn't already exist locally.
+    LOCAL_EXISTS=$(docker images --format "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}" | grep -x ${UPSTREAM_IMAGE}:${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_TAG})
+    if [[ $FORCE_LOCAL == 1 && $LOCAL_EXISTS != "" ]]; then
+        echo "Using local image ${UPSTREAM_IMAGE}:${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_TAG}..."
+    else
+        echo "Pulling upstream image ${UPSTREAM_IMAGE}:${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_TAG}..."
+        docker pull ${UPSTREAM_IMAGE}:${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_TAG} > /dev/null    
+    fi
+
     UPSTREAM_ID=$(docker image inspect --format='{{index .Id}}' ${UPSTREAM_IMAGE}:${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_TAG})
     UPSTREAM_ID=${UPSTREAM_ID:7}