diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ac73b4b..71e3ae9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ help: ## Shows this help message
 	@echo -e This is the farmvibes.ai makefile. Supported targets are:\\n
 	@grep -E -h '\s##\s' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
-local: cluster local-rest-api local-cache local-worker local-orchestrator local-data-ops ## Builds all images locally and deploys them into the local farmvibes.ai cluster
+local: cluster restore-git-lfs local-rest-api local-cache local-worker local-orchestrator local-data-ops ## Builds all images locally and deploys them into the local farmvibes.ai cluster
 	[ -z $(WAIT_AT_THE_END) ] || kubectl delete pods -l backend=terravibes && \
 		kubectl wait --for=condition=Available deployment --timeout=300s -l backend=terravibes
 
 revert: cluster revert-rest-api revert-cache revert-worker revert-orchestrator ## Reverts all images to the official version
 
+restore-git-lfs:
+git lfs pull || echo "git lfs was not found. Please see https://git-lfs.com/ to install it." && exit 1
+
 services-base: resources/docker/Dockerfile-services-base
 	@docker manifest inspect `$(subst FILE,$<,$(base_image_name))` || \
 		az acr login -n `$(subst FILE,$<,$(base_image_name)) | cut -d / -f 1 | sed 's|.azurecr.io||g'` || \
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ revert-data-ops: cluster repo-$(DATA_OPS_REPO) delete-$(DATA_OPS_DEPLOYMENT) ##
 	DEPLOYMENT=$(DATA_OPS_DEPLOYMENT) IMAGE_FULL_REFERENCE=$(CONTAINER_REGISTRY_BASE)/$(DATA_OPS_REPO):$(FARMVIBES_AI_IMAGE_TAG) $(MAKE) set-registry-image
 	DEPLOYMENT=$(DATA_OPS_DEPLOYMENT) REPLICAS=$(CURRENT_DATA_OPS_REPLICAS) make scale
 
-local-worker: cluster local-worker-repo delete-$(WORKER_DEPLOYMENT) ## Builds and deploys a local WORKER image (enabling debug)
+local-worker: cluster restore-git-lfs local-worker-repo delete-$(WORKER_DEPLOYMENT) ## Builds and deploys a local WORKER image (enabling debug)
 	DEPLOYMENT=$(WORKER_DEPLOYMENT) IMAGE_FULL_REFERENCE=$(WORKER_REPO):$(TAG) $(MAKE) -C . set-registry-image
 	DEPLOYMENT=$(WORKER_DEPLOYMENT) $(MAKE) -C . disable-frozen-modules
 	DEPLOYMENT=$(WORKER_DEPLOYMENT) REPLICAS=$(CURRENT_WORKER_REPLICAS) make scale
diff --git a/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/QUICKSTART.md b/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/QUICKSTART.md
index 6963a861..878f3b27 100644
--- a/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/QUICKSTART.md
+++ b/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/QUICKSTART.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ In order to run FarmVibes.AI cluster, you need the following:
     the repository. If you already have access to the source code, then Git is
     not required.
 
+  * [Git LFS](https://git-lfs.com/) to restore some of the large files in the
+    repository (e.g., model weights).
+
   * [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/). Make sure you can
     run the docker client without running `sudo` by adding your user account to
     the `docker` group (which might require a logout/login when adding oneself
@@ -60,6 +63,20 @@ bash ./resources/vm/setup_farmvibes_ai_vm.sh
 
 You might needed to restart your shell session once the script finishes.
 
+## Restore files with Git LFS
+
+In case you did not have Git LFS installed when cloning the repository, you will need to do so
+to restore the large files in the repository. Note that the last step
+["Installing software dependencies](#optional-installing-software-dependencies) already installs
+Git LFS.
+
+To restore the missing files, you can run the following command in the root of the repository:
+
+```shell
+git lfs install
+git lfs pull
+```
+
 ## Install the FarmVibes.AI cluster
 
 With python3.8+ and pip installed on your machine, please install
diff --git a/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/TROUBLESHOOTING.md b/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
index d3e54963..ca53bfde 100644
--- a/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
+++ b/docs/source/docfiles/markdown/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ that are currently being addressed by the development team.
 
     </details>
 
+    <details>
+    <summary> Updating cluster in the `dev` branch after pulling files with Git LFS </summary>
+
+    If you did not have Git LFS installed when cloning the repository and checking out to `dev`,
+    you will be missing some of the large files in the repository (e.g., ONNX models). Make sure
+    to install and setup Git LFS as described in the [Quickstart guide](QUICKSTART.md#restore-files-with-git-lfs).
+    You will also need to update your cluster with `make local`.
+    </details>
+
 <br>
 
 - **Composing and running workflows:**
diff --git a/resources/vm/setup_farmvibes_ai_vm.sh b/resources/vm/setup_farmvibes_ai_vm.sh
index 762fa3b6..21d014ca 100755
--- a/resources/vm/setup_farmvibes_ai_vm.sh
+++ b/resources/vm/setup_farmvibes_ai_vm.sh
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ fi
 
 # Run docker without sudo
 sudo usermod -aG docker $DOCKER_USER
+
+# Run git-lfs install to restore large files
+sudo apt install git-lfs -y
+git lfs install
+git lfs pull
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