diff --git a/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
index a803730..e64122d 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (r *ClusterCatalogReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, catalog *v1alp
 	// if ResolvedSource is not nil, it indicates that this is not the first time we're
 	// unpacking this catalog.
 	if catalog.Status.ResolvedSource != nil {
-		if !unpackAgain(catalog) {
+		if !unpackAgain(r, catalog) {
 			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -247,11 +247,15 @@ func updateStatusStorageDeleteError(status *v1alpha1.ClusterCatalogStatus, err e
 	return err
 }
 
-func unpackAgain(catalog *v1alpha1.ClusterCatalog) bool {
+func unpackAgain(r *ClusterCatalogReconciler, catalog *v1alpha1.ClusterCatalog) bool {
 	// if the spec.Source.Image.Ref was changed, unpack the new ref
 	if catalog.Spec.Source.Image.Ref != catalog.Status.ResolvedSource.Image.Ref {
 		return true
 	}
+	// if the content isn't available, unpack again
+	if !r.Storage.ContentExists(catalog.Name) {
+		return true
+	}
 	// if pollInterval is nil, don't unpack again
 	if catalog.Spec.Source.Image.PollInterval == nil {
 		return false
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go b/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go
index e3d8ecc..a48e17c 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func (m MockStore) StorageServerHandler() http.Handler {
 	panic("not needed")
 }
 
+func (m MockStore) ContentExists(_ string) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func TestCatalogdControllerReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range []struct {
 		name            string
diff --git a/pkg/storage/localdir.go b/pkg/storage/localdir.go
index a34924c..96b7c21 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/localdir.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/localdir.go
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ func (s LocalDir) StorageServerHandler() http.Handler {
 	return mux
 }
 
+func (s LocalDir) ContentExists(catalog string) bool {
+	var filesystem = &filesOnlyFilesystem{os.DirFS(s.RootDir)}
+	_, err := filesystem.Open(catalog)
+	if err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // filesOnlyFilesystem is a file system that can open only regular
 // files from the underlying filesystem. All other file types result
 // in os.ErrNotExists
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage.go b/pkg/storage/storage.go
index 44f37f5..09fbded 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage.go
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ type Instance interface {
 	Delete(catalog string) error
 	ContentURL(catalog string) string
 	StorageServerHandler() http.Handler
+	ContentExists(catalog string) bool
 }