diff --git a/example-docker-compose/on-shutdown-hooks/save-pod.sh b/example-docker-compose/on-shutdown-hooks/save-pod.sh
index 34ef541..4875209 100755
--- a/example-docker-compose/on-shutdown-hooks/save-pod.sh
+++ b/example-docker-compose/on-shutdown-hooks/save-pod.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,12 @@
 
 # export the state through the LocalStack API
 # and save it into the localstack volume which is mounted into `./volume`.
-curl -sf -o /var/lib/localstack/my-pod.zip http://localhost:4566/_localstack/pods/state
+# The LocalStack image does not ship curl, so use its Python.
+python3 - <<'PY'
+import urllib.request
+
+opener = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.ProxyHandler({}))
+with opener.open("http://localhost:4566/_localstack/pods/state") as response:
+    with open("/var/lib/localstack/my-pod.zip", "wb") as pod:
+        pod.write(response.read())
+PY