diff --git a/datacats/environment.py b/datacats/environment.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/datacats/environment.py
+++ b/datacats/environment.py
@@ -752,6 +752,9 @@ class Environment(object):
         }
 
         if datapusher:
+            if not inspect_container(self._get_container_name('datapusher')):
+                raise DatacatsError(container_logs(self._get_container_name('datapusher'), "all",
+                                                   False, False))
             links[self._get_container_name('datapusher')] = 'datapusher'
 
         try:
Throw an error if we can't link datapusher