diff --git a/listings/exercises/ex18-quadlets/commands.txt b/listings/exercises/ex18-quadlets/commands.txt
index ff49b71..3cc5bf1 100644
--- a/listings/exercises/ex18-quadlets/commands.txt
+++ b/listings/exercises/ex18-quadlets/commands.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Exercise 18 — Deploy VisitCounter via Quadlets
 
+podman pull postgres:16-alpine
+podman pull nginx:1.27-alpine
+podman build -t localhost/visitcounter:latest listings/visitcounter/app/
+
 # nginx config an Ort und Stelle bringen (Quadlet-Version mit systemd-visitcounter-app als Hostname)
 mkdir -p ~/visitcounter/nginx
 cp listings/visitcounter/quadlets/nginx-default.conf ~/visitcounter/nginx/default.conf