diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b6e8df9..a955d55 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /usr/local/bin/dind-cleaner ./cmd \
 FROM golang:1.26-alpine3.23 AS bbolt
 RUN go install go.etcd.io/bbolt/cmd/bbolt@latest
 
+FROM quay.io/containers/skopeo:v1.22.2 AS preloaded-images
+COPY images-list.txt /images-list.txt
+COPY load-images.sh /load-images.sh
+RUN chmod +x /load-images.sh && /load-images.sh /images-list.txt /images
 
 # Main
 FROM docker:${DOCKER_VERSION}-dind AS prod
@@ -30,11 +34,14 @@ RUN echo 'http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.23/main' >> /etc/apk/repositor
 # Backward compatibility with kernels that do not support `iptables-nft`. Check #CR-23033 for details.
 RUN update-alternatives --install $(which iptables) iptables $(which iptables-legacy) 10 \
   && update-alternatives --install $(which ip6tables) ip6tables $(which ip6tables-legacy) 10
-# DHI source: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/octopusdeploy/dhi-node-exporter
+  # DHI source: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/octopusdeploy/dhi-node-exporter
 COPY --from=docker.io/octopusdeploy/dhi-node-exporter:1.11.1-alpine3.23@sha256:8cd8b3f56f6c319a03c7a2224e99d07e34241ae9ced308df5a6fee41d61ea905 /usr/bin/node_exporter /bin/
 COPY --from=bbolt /go/bin/bbolt /bin/
 COPY --from=cleaner /usr/local/bin/dind-cleaner /bin/
 
+# Bake in preloaded image tarballs
+COPY --from=preloaded-images /images /preloaded-images
+
 WORKDIR /dind
 ADD . /dind
 
diff --git a/images-list.txt b/images-list.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a9edf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images-list.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+docker.io/tonistiigi/binfmt:qemu-v10.2.1
+quay.io/codefresh/cf-container-logger:2.0.12
+quay.io/codefresh/cf-debugger:1.3.14
+quay.io/codefresh/cf-docker-builder:1.6.1
+quay.io/codefresh/cf-docker-puller:8.0.27
+quay.io/codefresh/cf-docker-pusher:6.0.26
+quay.io/codefresh/cf-git-cloner:10.3.11
+quay.io/codefresh/compose:v5.1.3-1.6.4
+quay.io/codefresh/fs-ops:1.2.13
+quay.io/codefresh/pikolo:0.15.1
diff --git a/load-images.sh b/load-images.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..32f9390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load-images.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Preload OCI images into docker-archive tarballs using skopeo.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   preload-images.sh <image-list-file> <output-dir>
+#
+# image-list-file: one image reference per line; blank lines and # comments ignored.
+# output-dir:      directory where .tar files are written (created if missing).
+
+set -x
+
+LIST_FILE="${1:?usage: $0 <image-list-file> <output-dir>}"
+OUT_DIR="${2:?usage: $0 <image-list-file> <output-dir>}"
+
+if [ ! -f "$LIST_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: image list not found: $LIST_FILE" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
+
+while IFS= read -r ref || [ -n "$ref" ]; do
+  # strip leading/trailing whitespace
+  ref=$(echo "$ref" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//')
+  # skip blanks and comments
+  case "$ref" in
+    ''|\#*) continue ;;
+  esac
+
+  # filename-safe version of the ref
+  fname=$(echo "$ref" | tr '/:@' '___').tar
+
+  # the load-time tag inside the archive: strip any @digest suffix
+  load_tag=$(echo "$ref" | sed 's/@.*//')
+
+  echo "==> $ref"
+  echo "    -> $OUT_DIR/$fname (tag: $load_tag)"
+
+  skopeo copy \
+    "docker://$ref" \
+    "docker-archive:$OUT_DIR/$fname:$load_tag"
+
+done < "$LIST_FILE"
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 151134c..4b4a026 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -251,6 +251,23 @@ do
   break
 done
 
+# Load preloaded images
+if [ -d /preloaded-images ] && [ -n "$(ls -A /preloaded-images 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+  echo "$(date) - Loading preloaded images (parallel)"
+  pids=""
+  for tar in /preloaded-images/*.tar; do
+    [ -f "$tar" ] || continue
+    (
+      echo "Loading $tar ..."
+      docker load -i "$tar" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+        || echo "WARNING: failed to load $tar"
+    ) &
+    pids="$pids $!"
+  done
+  for pid in $pids; do wait "$pid"; done
+  echo "$(date) - Finished loading preloaded images"
+fi
+
 # Starting monitor
 ${DIR}/monitor/start.sh  <&- &
 MONITOR_PID=$!
diff --git a/service.yaml b/service.yaml
index 14b4d4f..41149ea 100644
--- a/service.yaml
+++ b/service.yaml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: 3.0.15
+version: 4.0.0