diff --git a/graph.go b/graph.go
index 4b504525e7..84b8c9a1e9 100644
--- a/graph.go
+++ b/graph.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NewGraph(root string) (*Graph, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// Create the root directory if it doesn't exists
-	if err := os.Mkdir(root, 0700); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(root, 0700); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	graph := &Graph{
diff --git a/image.go b/image.go
index 3e8ac55d3d..d208ed6ce8 100644
--- a/image.go
+++ b/image.go
@@ -303,16 +303,12 @@ func (img *Image) Checksum() (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("precopy %s: %s\n", img.ShortId(), time.Now().String())
-
 	if _, err := io.Copy(h, layerData); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("postcopy presum %s: %s\n", img.ShortId(), time.Now().String())
 
 	hash := "sha256:" + hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
 	checksums[img.Id] = hash
-	fmt.Printf("postsum %s: %s\n", img.ShortId(), time.Now().String())
 
 	// Reload the json file to make sure not to overwrite faster sums
 	img.graph.lockSumFile.Lock()
diff --git a/registry.go b/registry.go
index 07268313a3..bf6556f6d5 100644
--- a/registry.go
+++ b/registry.go
@@ -194,18 +194,16 @@ func (graph *Graph) getRemoteTags(stdout io.Writer, registries []string, reposit
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Repository not found")
 		}
 
-		result := new(map[string]string)
+		result := make(map[string]string)
 
 		rawJson, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if err = json.Unmarshal(rawJson, result); err != nil {
+		if err = json.Unmarshal(rawJson, &result); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-
-		return *result, nil
-
+		return result, nil
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not reach any registry endpoint")
 }
@@ -308,6 +306,50 @@ func (graph *Graph) PullRepository(stdout io.Writer, remote, askedTag string, re
 		return fmt.Errorf("Index response didn't contain any endpoints")
 	}
 
+	checksumsJson, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Reload the json file to make sure not to overwrite faster sums
+	err = func() error {
+		localChecksums := make(map[string]string)
+		remoteChecksums := []struct {
+			Id       string `json: "id"`
+			Checksum string `json: "checksum"`
+		}{}
+		checksumDictPth := path.Join(graph.Root, "..", "checksums")
+
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(checksumsJson, &remoteChecksums); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		graph.lockSumFile.Lock()
+		defer graph.lockSumFile.Unlock()
+
+		if checksumDict, err := ioutil.ReadFile(checksumDictPth); err == nil {
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(checksumDict, &localChecksums); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		for _, elem := range remoteChecksums {
+			localChecksums[elem.Id] = elem.Checksum
+		}
+
+		checksumsJson, err = json.Marshal(localChecksums)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(checksumDictPth, checksumsJson, 0600); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	var tagsList map[string]string
 	if askedTag == "" {
 		tagsList, err = graph.getRemoteTags(stdout, endpoints, remote, token)