diff --git a/bridgehead b/bridgehead
index 1b897b7..33303ef 100755
--- a/bridgehead
+++ b/bridgehead
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		loadVars
 		hc_send log "Bridgehead $PROJECT startup: Checking requirements ..."
 		checkRequirements
+		# Note: changes to "bridgehead" script will only take effect after next start.
+		git pull
                 # Local versions of focus and transfair are needed by EHDS2
                 clone_focus_if_nonexistent ${BASE}/..
                 build_focus ${BASE}/..
diff --git a/lib/functions.sh b/lib/functions.sh
index 10d7c31..0126801 100644
--- a/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/lib/functions.sh
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ function build_transfair() {
     # 2. There is no data lock file (which means that no ETL has yet been run).
     if ls ../ecdc/data/*.[cC][sS][vV] 1> /dev/null 2>&1 && [ ! -f ../ecdc/data/lock ]; then
         cd $base_dir/transfair
+	git pull
         docker build --progress=plain -t samply/transfair --no-cache .
         cd -
     fi
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ function build_focus() {
     local base_dir="$1"
 
     cd $base_dir/focus
+    git pull
     docker build --progress=plain -f DockerfileWithBuild -t samply/focus --no-cache .
     cd -
 }