diff --git a/podman_hpc/podman_hpc.py b/podman_hpc/podman_hpc.py
index 38b7ae3..091ab5e 100755
--- a/podman_hpc/podman_hpc.py
+++ b/podman_hpc/podman_hpc.py
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ def images(ctx, siteconf, image, podman_args, **site_opts):
     cmd.extend(podman_args)
     cmd.extend(siteconf.get_cmd_extensions("images", site_opts))
 
+PODMAN_TRANSPORT_PREFIXES = [
+    "docker://",
+    "dir:",
+    "docker-archive:",
+    "docker-daemon:",
+    "oci-archive:",
+]
+
 # podman-hpc pull subcommand (modified) ####################################
 @podhpc.command(
     context_settings=dict(
@@ -213,6 +221,18 @@ def pull(ctx, siteconf, image, podman_args, **site_opts):
     cmd.append(image)
     proc = Popen(cmd)
     proc.communicate()
+
+    # Check for transport_prefix
+    for prefix in PODMAN_TRANSPORT_PREFIXES:
+        if image.startswith(prefix):
+            if prefix != "docker://":
+                sys.stderr.write(
+                    f"""WARNING: Transport prefix '{prefix}' is
+                                 incompatible with podman-hpc.\n"""
+                )
+            image = image[len(prefix):]  # Remove the prefix
+            break
+
     if proc.returncode == 0:
         sys.stdout.write(f"INFO: Migrating image to {siteconf.squash_dir}\n")
         mu = MigrateUtils(conf=siteconf)