diff --git a/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts
index 692cf1068..7e6d913a8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/managers/applicationManager.spec.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,20 @@ import type { RecipeStatusRegistry } from '../registries/RecipeStatusRegistry';
 import type { ExtensionContext } from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import type { GitManager } from './gitManager';
 import os from 'os';
-import fs, { type Dirent } from 'fs';
+import fs, { Stats, type Dirent } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import type { Recipe } from '@shared/src/models/IRecipe';
+import type { ModelInfo } from '@shared/src/models/IModelInfo';
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  return {
+    parseYamlMock: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock('../models/AIConfig', () => ({
+  parseYaml: mocks.parseYamlMock,
+}));
 
 test('appUserDirectory should be under home directory', () => {
   vi.spyOn(os, 'homedir').mockReturnValue('/home/user');
@@ -54,3 +66,73 @@ test('getLocalModels should return models in local directory', () => {
     },
   ]);
 });
+
+test('pullApplication should clone repository and call downloadModelMain', async () => {
+  const setStatusMock = vi.fn();
+  const cloneRepositoryMock = vi.fn();
+  vi.spyOn(os, 'homedir').mockReturnValue('/home/user');
+  vi.spyOn(fs, 'mkdirSync').mockReturnValue(undefined);
+  vi.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+    if (path.endsWith('recipe1')) {
+      return false;
+    } else if (path.endsWith('ai-studio.yaml')) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  });
+  vi.spyOn(fs, 'statSync').mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+    if (path.endsWith('recipe1')) {
+      const stat = new Stats();
+      stat.isDirectory = () => true;
+      return stat;
+    } else if (path.endsWith('ai-studio.yaml')) {
+      const stat = new Stats();
+      stat.isDirectory = () => false;
+      return stat;
+    }
+  });
+  vi.spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').mockImplementation((_path: string) => {
+    return '';
+  });
+  mocks.parseYamlMock.mockReturnValue({
+    application: {
+      containers: [],
+    },
+  });
+  const manager = new ApplicationManager(
+    {
+      cloneRepository: cloneRepositoryMock,
+    } as unknown as GitManager,
+    {
+      setStatus: setStatusMock,
+    } as unknown as RecipeStatusRegistry,
+    {} as ExtensionContext,
+  );
+
+  const getLocalModelsSpy = vi.spyOn(manager, 'getLocalModels');
+  getLocalModelsSpy.mockReturnValue([]);
+  const downloadModelMainSpy = vi.spyOn(manager, 'downloadModelMain');
+  downloadModelMainSpy.mockResolvedValue('');
+
+  const recipe: Recipe = {
+    id: 'recipe1',
+    name: 'Recipe 1',
+    categories: [],
+    description: '',
+    readme: '',
+    repository: 'repo',
+  };
+  const model: ModelInfo = {
+    id: 'model1',
+    description: '',
+    hw: '',
+    license: '',
+    name: 'Model 1',
+    popularity: 1,
+    registry: '',
+    url: '',
+  };
+  await manager.pullApplication(recipe, model);
+  expect(cloneRepositoryMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'repo', '/home/user/podman-desktop/ai-studio/recipe1');
+  expect(downloadModelMainSpy).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+});