diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcb055d2..5f385076 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ For use cases where having container images already available in Docker is neede
 
 1. Create a file named `images.txt` in the [images/hook-embedded/](images/hook-embedded/) directory.
 1. Populate this `images.txt` file with the list of images to be embedded. See [images/hook-embedded/images.txt.example](images/hook-embedded/images.txt.example) for details on the required file format.
-1. Change directories to [images/hook-embedded/](images/hook-embedded/) and run the [pull-images.sh](images/hook-embedded/pull-images.sh) script. Read the comments at the top of the script for more details.
+1. Change directories to [images/hook-embedded/](images/hook-embedded/) and run [`pull-images.sh`](images/hook-embedded/pull-images.sh) script when building amd64 images and run [`pull-images.sh arm64`](images/hook-embedded/pull-images.sh) when building arm64 images. Read the comments at the top of the script for more details.
 1. Change directories to the root of the HookOS repository and run `sudo ./build.sh build ...` to build the HookOS kernel and ramdisk. FYI, `sudo` is needed as DIND changes file ownerships to root.
 
 ### Build system TO-DO list
diff --git a/images/hook-embedded/pull-images.sh b/images/hook-embedded/pull-images.sh
index a225176c..88df51df 100755
--- a/images/hook-embedded/pull-images.sh
+++ b/images/hook-embedded/pull-images.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ set -euo pipefail
 function main() {
     local dind_container="$1"
     local images_file="$2"
+    local arch="$3"
     # as this function maybe called multiple times, we need to ensure the container is removed
-    trap "docker rm -f ${dind_container} &> /dev/null" RETURN
+    trap "docker rm -f "${dind_container}" &> /dev/null" RETURN
     # we're using set -e so the trap on RETURN will not be executed when a command fails
-    trap "docker rm -f ${dind_container} &> /dev/null" EXIT
+    trap "docker rm -f "${dind_container}" &> /dev/null" EXIT
     # start DinD container
     # In order to avoid the src bind mount directory (./images/) ownership from changing to root
     # we don't bind mount to /var/lib/docker in the container because the DinD container is running as root and
@@ -34,26 +35,27 @@ function main() {
         sleep 1
     done
 
+    # remove the contents of /var/lib/docker-embedded so that any previous images are removed. Without this it seems to cause boot issues.
+    docker exec "${dind_container}" sh -c "rm -rf /var/lib/docker-embedded/*"
+
     # pull images from list
     # this expects a file named images.txt in the same directory as this script
     # the format of this file is line separated: <image> <optional tag>
     #
     # the || [ -n "$first_image" ] is to handle the last line of the file that doesn't have a newline.
-    while IFS=" " read -r first_image image_tag || [ -n "$first_image" ] ; do
+    while IFS=" " read -r first_image image_tag || [ -n "${first_image}" ] ; do
         echo -e "----------------------- $first_image -----------------------"
-        docker exec "${dind_container}" docker pull $first_image
-        if [[ $image_tag != "" ]]; then
-            docker exec "${dind_container}" docker tag $first_image $image_tag
+        docker exec "${dind_container}" docker pull --platform=linux/"${arch}" "${first_image}"
+        if [[ "${image_tag}" != "" ]]; then
+            docker exec "${dind_container}" docker tag "${first_image}" "${image_tag}"
         fi
     done < "${images_file}"
 
-    # remove the contents of /var/lib/docker-embedded so that any previous images are removed. Without this it seems to cause boot issues.
-    docker exec "${dind_container}" sh -c "rm -rf /var/lib/docker-embedded/*"
     # We need to copy /var/lib/docker to /var/lib/docker-embedded in order for HookOS to use the Docker images in its build.
     docker exec "${dind_container}" sh -c "cp -a /var/lib/docker/* /var/lib/docker-embedded/"
 }
 
-arch="amd64"
+arch="${1-amd64}"
 dind_container_name="hookos-dind-${arch}"
 images_file="images.txt"
-main "${dind_container_name}" "${images_file}" "${arch}"
\ No newline at end of file
+main "${dind_container_name}" "${images_file}" "${arch}"