diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
index 32437a59c3..5ba029eb1f 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
@@ -227,6 +227,17 @@ def process(
 
         if _ecr_login_if_needed(self.sagemaker_session.boto_session, self.image):
             _pull_image(self.image)
+        
+        # Remove sagemaker-local network, compose_command will fail if an existing network is still around
+        remove_sagemaker_local = ["docker", "network", "rm", STUDIO_HOST_NAME]
+        remove_process = subprocess.Popen(
+            remove_sagemaker_local, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
+        )
+        try:
+            _stream_output(remove_process)
+        except RuntimeError:
+            # Continue even if rm sagemaker-local fails
+            pass
 
         compose_command = self._compose()
         process = subprocess.Popen(