diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-interpreter.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-interpreter.yml
index f9827e813..18c0de249 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-interpreter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-interpreter.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,5 @@ jobs:
           npm ci & sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf at-spi2-core &
             (curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sudo -E sh && sleep 2)
           wait
-          # todo: do this in rust
-          ollama pull granite3.2:2b
       - name: Run interpreter tests
         run: npm run test:interpreter
diff --git a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/interpreter.rs b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/interpreter.rs
index a0e9aac93..e5adbee1e 100644
--- a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/interpreter.rs
+++ b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/interpreter.rs
@@ -976,6 +976,8 @@ pub async fn run(
     debug: bool,
     stream: bool,
 ) -> Interpretation {
+    crate::pdl::pull::pull_if_needed(&program).await?;
+
     let mut interpreter = Interpreter::new();
     interpreter.debug = debug;
     interpreter.stream = stream;
@@ -1007,7 +1009,6 @@ pub async fn run_file(source_file_path: &str, debug: bool, stream: bool) -> Inte
     let cwd = path.parent().and_then(|cwd| Some(cwd.to_path_buf()));
     let program = parse_file(&path)?;
 
-    crate::pdl::pull::pull_if_needed(&program).await?;
     run(&program, cwd, debug, stream).await
 }