diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/images/mobyImageProcessor.ts b/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/images/mobyImageProcessor.ts
index af2e9a5d520..08409b887d9 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/images/mobyImageProcessor.ts
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/backend/images/mobyImageProcessor.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export default class MobyImageProcessor extends imageProcessor.ImageProcessor {
   protected async runImagesCommand(args: string[], sendNotifications = true): Promise<imageProcessor.childResultType> {
     const subcommandName = args[0];
 
+    if (this.executor.backend !== 'wsl' && !args.includes('--context')) {
+      args.unshift('--context', 'rancher-desktop');
+    }
+
     return await this.processChildOutput(spawn(executable('docker'), args), subcommandName, sendNotifications);
   }