diff --git a/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go b/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go
index f2beee8f3..15008a2ab 100644
--- a/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go
+++ b/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ func NewCmdClusterCreate() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayP("runtime-label", "", nil, "Add label to container runtime (Format: `KEY[=VALUE][@NODEFILTER[;NODEFILTER...]]`\n - Example: `k3d cluster create --agents 2 --runtime-label \"my.label@agent:0,1\" --runtime-label \"other.label=somevalue@server:0\"`")
 	_ = ppViper.BindPFlag("cli.runtime-labels", cmd.Flags().Lookup("runtime-label"))
 
+	cmd.Flags().String("registry-create", "", "Create a k3d-managed registry and connect it to the cluster (Format: `NAME[:HOST][:HOSTPORT]`\n - Example: `k3d cluster create --registry-create mycluster-registry:0.0.0.0:5432`")
+	_ = ppViper.BindPFlag("cli.registries.create", cmd.Flags().Lookup("registry-create"))
+
 	/* k3s */
 	cmd.Flags().StringArray("k3s-arg", nil, "Additional args passed to k3s command (Format: `ARG@NODEFILTER[;@NODEFILTER]`)\n - Example: `k3d cluster create --k3s-arg \"--disable=traefik@server:0\"")
 	_ = cfgViper.BindPFlag("cli.k3sargs", cmd.Flags().Lookup("k3s-arg"))
@@ -334,9 +337,6 @@ func NewCmdClusterCreate() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringArray("registry-use", nil, "Connect to one or more k3d-managed registries running locally")
 	_ = cfgViper.BindPFlag("registries.use", cmd.Flags().Lookup("registry-use"))
 
-	cmd.Flags().Bool("registry-create", false, "Create a k3d-managed registry and connect it to the cluster")
-	_ = cfgViper.BindPFlag("registries.create", cmd.Flags().Lookup("registry-create"))
-
 	cmd.Flags().String("registry-config", "", "Specify path to an extra registries.yaml file")
 	_ = cfgViper.BindPFlag("registries.config", cmd.Flags().Lookup("registry-config"))
 	if err := cmd.MarkFlagFilename("registry-config", "yaml", "yml"); err != nil {
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func applyCLIOverrides(cfg conf.SimpleConfig) (conf.SimpleConfig, error) {
 			l.Log().Fatalln(err)
 		}
 
-		if strings.Contains(volume, k3d.DefaultRegistriesFilePath) && (cfg.Registries.Create || cfg.Registries.Config != "" || len(cfg.Registries.Use) != 0) {
+		if strings.Contains(volume, k3d.DefaultRegistriesFilePath) && (cfg.Registries.Create != nil || cfg.Registries.Config != "" || len(cfg.Registries.Use) != 0) {
 			l.Log().Warnf("Seems like you're mounting a file at '%s' while also using a referenced registries config or k3d-managed registries: Your mounted file will probably be overwritten!", k3d.DefaultRegistriesFilePath)
 		}
 
@@ -576,5 +576,24 @@ func applyCLIOverrides(cfg conf.SimpleConfig) (conf.SimpleConfig, error) {
 		})
 	}
 
+	// --registry-create
+	if ppViper.IsSet("cli.registries.create") {
+		flagvalue := ppViper.GetString("cli.registries.create")
+		fvSplit := strings.SplitN(flagvalue, ":", 2)
+		if cfg.Registries.Create == nil {
+			cfg.Registries.Create = &conf.SimpleConfigRegistryCreateConfig{}
+		}
+		cfg.Registries.Create.Name = fvSplit[0]
+		if len(fvSplit) > 1 {
+			exposeAPI, err = cliutil.ParsePortExposureSpec(fvSplit[1], "1234") // internal port is unused after all
+			if err != nil {
+				return cfg, fmt.Errorf("failed to registry port spec: %w", err)
+			}
+			cfg.Registries.Create.Host = exposeAPI.Host
+			cfg.Registries.Create.HostPort = exposeAPI.Binding.HostPort
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	return cfg, nil
 }
diff --git a/docs/usage/configfile.md b/docs/usage/configfile.md
index ddbe15b1d..9344711d3 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configfile.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configfile.md
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ env:
     nodeFilters:
       - server:0
 registries: # define how registries should be created or used
-  create: true # creates a default registry to be used with the cluster; same as `--registry-create`
+  create:
+    name: registry.localhost # creates a default registry to be used with the cluster; same as `--registry-create registry.localhost`
   use:
     - k3d-myotherregistry:5000 # some other k3d-managed registry; same as `--registry-use 'k3d-myotherregistry:5000'`
   config: | # define contents of the `registries.yaml` file (or reference a file); same as `--registry-config /path/to/config.yaml`
diff --git a/docs/usage/guides/registries.md b/docs/usage/guides/registries.md
index 11a485abb..6e709ab64 100644
--- a/docs/usage/guides/registries.md
+++ b/docs/usage/guides/registries.md
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ name: test
 servers: 1
 agents: 2
 registries:
-  create: true
+  create: 
+    name: myregistry
   config: |
     mirrors:
       "my.company.registry":
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ registries:
           - http://my.company.registry:5000
 ```
 
-Here, the config for the k3d-managed registry, created by the `create: true` flag will be merged with the config specified under `config: |`.
+Here, the config for the k3d-managed registry, created by the `create: {...}` option will be merged with the config specified under `config: |`.
 
 ### Authenticated registries
 
@@ -100,14 +101,14 @@ k3d cluster create \
 
 #### Create a dedicated registry together with your cluster
 
-1. `#!bash k3d cluster create mycluster --registry-create`: This creates your cluster `mycluster` together with a registry container called `k3d-mycluster-registry`
+1. `#!bash k3d cluster create mycluster --registry-create mycluster-registry`: This creates your cluster `mycluster` together with a registry container called `mycluster-registry`
 
   - k3d sets everything up in the cluster for containerd to be able to pull images from that registry (using the `registries.yaml` file)
   - the port, which the registry is listening on will be mapped to a random port on your host system
 
-2. Check the k3d command output or `#!bash docker ps -f name=k3d-mycluster-registry` to find the exposed port (let's use `12345` here)
-3. Pull some image (optional) `#!bash docker pull alpine:latest`, re-tag it to reference your newly created registry `#!bash docker tag alpine:latest k3d-mycluster-registry:12345/testimage:local` and push it `#!bash docker push k3d-mycluster-registry:12345/testimage:local`
-4. Use kubectl to create a new pod in your cluster using that image to see, if the cluster can pull from the new registry: `#!bash kubectl run --image k3d-mycluster-registry:12345/testimage:local testimage --command -- tail -f /dev/null` (creates a container that will not do anything but keep on running)
+2. Check the k3d command output or `#!bash docker ps -f name=mycluster-registry` to find the exposed port (let's use `12345` here)
+3. Pull some image (optional) `#!bash docker pull alpine:latest`, re-tag it to reference your newly created registry `#!bash docker tag alpine:latest mycluster-registry:12345/testimage:local` and push it `#!bash docker push mycluster-registry:12345/testimage:local`
+4. Use kubectl to create a new pod in your cluster using that image to see, if the cluster can pull from the new registry: `#!bash kubectl run --image mycluster-registry:12345/testimage:local testimage --command -- tail -f /dev/null` (creates a container that will not do anything but keep on running)
 
 #### Create a customized k3d-managed registry
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 608b55a96..008fe7514 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -256,3 +256,52 @@ func TestReadUnknownConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestReadSimpleConfigRegistries(t *testing.T) {
+
+	exposedAPI := conf.SimpleExposureOpts{}
+	exposedAPI.HostIP = "0.0.0.0"
+	exposedAPI.HostPort = "6443"
+
+	expectedConfig := conf.SimpleConfig{
+		TypeMeta: configtypes.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "k3d.io/v1alpha3",
+			Kind:       "Simple",
+		},
+		Name:    "test",
+		Servers: 1,
+		Agents:  1,
+		Registries: conf.SimpleConfigRegistries{
+			Create: &conf.SimpleConfigRegistryCreateConfig{
+				Name:     "registry.localhost",
+				Host:     "0.0.0.0",
+				HostPort: "5001",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	cfgFile := "./test_assets/config_test_registries.yaml"
+
+	config := viper.New()
+	config.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
+
+	// try to read config into memory (viper map structure)
+	if err := config.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
+		if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); ok {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		// config file found but some other error happened
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	readConfig, err := FromViper(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("\n========== Read Config ==========\n%+v\n=================================\n", readConfig)
+
+	if diff := deep.Equal(readConfig, expectedConfig); diff != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Actual representation\n%+v\ndoes not match expected representation\n%+v\nDiff:\n%+v", readConfig, expectedConfig, diff)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/config/test_assets/config_test_registries.yaml b/pkg/config/test_assets/config_test_registries.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b136da94a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/config/test_assets/config_test_registries.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: k3d.io/v1alpha3
+kind: Simple
+name: test
+servers: 1
+agents: 1
+registries:
+  create:
+    name: registry.localhost
+    host: "0.0.0.0"
+    hostPort: "5001"
diff --git a/pkg/config/transform.go b/pkg/config/transform.go
index 79f50c1ff..961d6a4d8 100644
--- a/pkg/config/transform.go
+++ b/pkg/config/transform.go
@@ -284,14 +284,31 @@ func TransformSimpleToClusterConfig(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtim
 	/*
 	 * Registries
 	 */
-	if simpleConfig.Registries.Create {
-		regPort, err := cliutil.ParsePortExposureSpec("random", k3d.DefaultRegistryPort)
+	if simpleConfig.Registries.Create != nil {
+
+		epSpecHost := "0.0.0.0"
+		epSpecPort := "random"
+
+		if simpleConfig.Registries.Create.HostPort != "" {
+			epSpecPort = simpleConfig.Registries.Create.HostPort
+		}
+		if simpleConfig.Registries.Create.Host != "" {
+			epSpecHost = simpleConfig.Registries.Create.Host
+		}
+
+		regPort, err := cliutil.ParsePortExposureSpec(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", epSpecHost, epSpecPort), k3d.DefaultRegistryPort)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get port for registry: %w", err)
 		}
+
+		regName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-registry", k3d.DefaultObjectNamePrefix, newCluster.Name)
+		if simpleConfig.Registries.Create.Name != "" {
+			regName = simpleConfig.Registries.Create.Name
+		}
+
 		clusterCreateOpts.Registries.Create = &k3d.Registry{
 			ClusterRef:   newCluster.Name,
-			Host:         fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-registry", k3d.DefaultObjectNamePrefix, newCluster.Name),
+			Host:         regName,
 			Image:        fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", k3d.DefaultRegistryImageRepo, k3d.DefaultRegistryImageTag),
 			ExposureOpts: *regPort,
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/migrations.go b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/migrations.go
index b3fffc7ec..0faeff1bc 100644
--- a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/migrations.go
+++ b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/migrations.go
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ package v1alpha3
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 
 	configtypes "github.com/rancher/k3d/v5/pkg/config/types"
 	"github.com/rancher/k3d/v5/pkg/config/v1alpha2"
 	l "github.com/rancher/k3d/v5/pkg/logger"
+	k3d "github.com/rancher/k3d/v5/pkg/types"
 )
 
 var Migrations = map[string]func(configtypes.Config) (configtypes.Config, error){
@@ -43,9 +45,18 @@ func MigrateV1Alpha2(input configtypes.Config) (configtypes.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	if input.GetKind() == "Simple" {
-		cfg := SimpleConfig{}
+		cfgIntermediate := SimpleConfigIntermediateV1alpha2{}
 
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(injson, &cfg); err != nil {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(injson, &cfgIntermediate); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		intermediateJSON, err := json.Marshal(cfgIntermediate)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		cfg := SimpleConfig{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(intermediateJSON, &cfg); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
@@ -78,6 +89,14 @@ func MigrateV1Alpha2(input configtypes.Config) (configtypes.Config, error) {
 			})
 		}
 
+		if input.(v1alpha2.SimpleConfig).Registries.Create {
+			cfg.Registries.Create = &SimpleConfigRegistryCreateConfig{
+				Name:     fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-registry", k3d.DefaultObjectNamePrefix, cfg.Name),
+				Host:     "0.0.0.0",
+				HostPort: "random",
+			}
+		}
+
 		cfg.APIVersion = ApiVersion
 
 		l.Log().Debugf("Migrated config: %+v", cfg)
diff --git a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/schema.json b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/schema.json
index 5672dc470..dfb937ef0 100644
--- a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/schema.json
+++ b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/schema.json
@@ -240,7 +240,55 @@
       }
     },
     "registries": {
-      "type": "object"
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "create": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "description": "Create a new container image registry alongside the cluster.",
+          "properties": {
+            "name": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "examples": [
+                "myregistry",
+                "registry.localhost"
+              ]
+            },
+            "host": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "examples": [
+                "0.0.0.0",
+                "localhost",
+                "127.0.0.1"
+              ],
+              "default": "0.0.0.0"
+            },
+            "hostPort": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "examples": [
+                "5000",
+                "2345"
+              ],
+              "default": "random"
+            }
+          },
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "use": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "description": "Connect another container image registry to the cluster.",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "examples": [
+            "otherregistry:5000"
+          ]
+        },
+        "config": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Reference a K3s registry configuration file or at it's contents here."
+        },
+        "additionalProperties": false
+      }
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,
diff --git a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go
index b9543137c..490a82c48 100644
--- a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ type K3sArgWithNodeFilters struct {
 	NodeFilters []string `mapstructure:"nodeFilters" yaml:"nodeFilters" json:"nodeFilters,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type SimpleConfigRegistryCreateConfig struct {
+	Name     string `mapstructure:"name" yaml:"name" json:"name"`
+	Host     string `mapstructure:"host" yaml:"host" json:"host"`
+	HostPort string `mapstructure:"hostPort" yaml:"hostPort" json:"hostPort"`
+}
+
 // SimpleConfigOptionsKubeconfig describes the set of options referring to the kubeconfig during cluster creation.
 type SimpleConfigOptionsKubeconfig struct {
 	UpdateDefaultKubeconfig bool `mapstructure:"updateDefaultKubeconfig" yaml:"updateDefaultKubeconfig" json:"updateDefaultKubeconfig,omitempty"` // default: true
@@ -120,6 +126,18 @@ type SimpleConfigOptionsK3s struct {
 	NodeLabels []LabelWithNodeFilters  `mapstructure:"nodeLabels" yaml:"nodeLabels"`
 }
 
+type SimpleConfigRegistries struct {
+	Use    []string                          `mapstructure:"use" yaml:"use,omitempty" json:"use,omitempty"`
+	Create *SimpleConfigRegistryCreateConfig `mapstructure:"create" yaml:"create,omitempty" json:"create,omitempty"`
+	Config string                            `mapstructure:"config" yaml:"config,omitempty" json:"config,omitempty"` // registries.yaml (k3s config for containerd registry override)
+}
+
+type SimpleConfigRegistriesIntermediateV1alpha2 struct {
+	Use []string `mapstructure:"use" yaml:"use,omitempty" json:"use,omitempty"`
+	// Field "Create" changed significantly, so it's dropped here
+	Config string `mapstructure:"config" yaml:"config,omitempty" json:"config,omitempty"` // registries.yaml (k3s config for containerd registry override)
+}
+
 // SimpleConfig describes the toplevel k3d configuration file.
 type SimpleConfig struct {
 	config.TypeMeta `mapstructure:",squash" yaml:",inline"`
@@ -135,11 +153,24 @@ type SimpleConfig struct {
 	Ports           []PortWithNodeFilters   `mapstructure:"ports" yaml:"ports" json:"ports,omitempty"`
 	Options         SimpleConfigOptions     `mapstructure:"options" yaml:"options" json:"options,omitempty"`
 	Env             []EnvVarWithNodeFilters `mapstructure:"env" yaml:"env" json:"env,omitempty"`
-	Registries      struct {
-		Use    []string `mapstructure:"use" yaml:"use,omitempty" json:"use,omitempty"`
-		Create bool     `mapstructure:"create" yaml:"create,omitempty" json:"create,omitempty"`
-		Config string   `mapstructure:"config" yaml:"config,omitempty" json:"config,omitempty"` // registries.yaml (k3s config for containerd registry override)
-	} `mapstructure:"registries" yaml:"registries,omitempty" json:"registries,omitempty"`
+	Registries      SimpleConfigRegistries  `mapstructure:"registries" yaml:"registries,omitempty" json:"registries,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type SimpleConfigIntermediateV1alpha2 struct {
+	config.TypeMeta `mapstructure:",squash" yaml:",inline"`
+	Name            string                                     `mapstructure:"name" yaml:"name" json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Servers         int                                        `mapstructure:"servers" yaml:"servers" json:"servers,omitempty"` //nolint:lll    // default 1
+	Agents          int                                        `mapstructure:"agents" yaml:"agents" json:"agents,omitempty"`    //nolint:lll    // default 0
+	ExposeAPI       SimpleExposureOpts                         `mapstructure:"kubeAPI" yaml:"kubeAPI" json:"kubeAPI,omitempty"`
+	Image           string                                     `mapstructure:"image" yaml:"image" json:"image,omitempty"`
+	Network         string                                     `mapstructure:"network" yaml:"network" json:"network,omitempty"`
+	Subnet          string                                     `mapstructure:"subnet" yaml:"subnet" json:"subnet,omitempty"`
+	ClusterToken    string                                     `mapstructure:"token" yaml:"clusterToken" json:"clusterToken,omitempty"` // default: auto-generated
+	Volumes         []VolumeWithNodeFilters                    `mapstructure:"volumes" yaml:"volumes" json:"volumes,omitempty"`
+	Ports           []PortWithNodeFilters                      `mapstructure:"ports" yaml:"ports" json:"ports,omitempty"`
+	Options         SimpleConfigOptions                        `mapstructure:"options" yaml:"options" json:"options,omitempty"`
+	Env             []EnvVarWithNodeFilters                    `mapstructure:"env" yaml:"env" json:"env,omitempty"`
+	Registries      SimpleConfigRegistriesIntermediateV1alpha2 `mapstructure:"registries" yaml:"registries,omitempty" json:"registries,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // SimpleExposureOpts provides a simplified syntax compared to the original k3d.ExposureOpts
diff --git a/pkg/runtimes/docker/network.go b/pkg/runtimes/docker/network.go
index 7f9098894..1d969e647 100644
--- a/pkg/runtimes/docker/network.go
+++ b/pkg/runtimes/docker/network.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (d Docker) CreateNetworkIfNotPresent(ctx context.Context, inNet *k3d.Cluste
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("docker failed to inspect newly created network '%s': %w", newNet.ID, err)
 	}
 
-	l.Log().Infof("Created network '%s' (%s)", inNet.Name, networkDetails.ID)
+	l.Log().Infof("Created network '%s'", inNet.Name)
 	prefix, err := netaddr.ParseIPPrefix(networkDetails.IPAM.Config[0].Subnet)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse IP Prefix of newly created network '%s': %w", newNet.ID, err)
diff --git a/tests/assets/config_test_simple.yaml b/tests/assets/config_test_simple.yaml
index 8bbc031e0..03eca617b 100755
--- a/tests/assets/config_test_simple.yaml
+++ b/tests/assets/config_test_simple.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ env:
     nodeFilters:
       - all
 registries:
-  create: true
+  create:
+    name: registry.localhost
   use: []
   config: |
     mirrors:
diff --git a/tests/assets/config_test_simple_migration_v1alpha3.yaml b/tests/assets/config_test_simple_migration_v1alpha3.yaml
index 776af36f3..4d4e147fe 100755
--- a/tests/assets/config_test_simple_migration_v1alpha3.yaml
+++ b/tests/assets/config_test_simple_migration_v1alpha3.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ env:
     nodeFilters:
       - all
 registries:
-  create: true
+  create:
+    name: k3d-test-registry
+    host: "0.0.0.0"
+    hostPort: random
   use: []
   config: |
     mirrors:
diff --git a/tests/test_config_file.sh b/tests/test_config_file.sh
index d459ed925..35062130d 100755
--- a/tests/test_config_file.sh
+++ b/tests/test_config_file.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ configfileoriginal="$CURR_DIR/assets/config_test_simple.yaml"
 configfile="/tmp/config_test_simple-tmp_$(date -u +'%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ').yaml"
 clustername="configtest"
 
-sed -E "s/name:.+/name: $clustername/g" < "$configfileoriginal" > "$configfile" # replace cluster name in config file so we can use it in this script without running into override issues
+sed -E "s/^name:.+/name: $clustername/g" < "$configfileoriginal" > "$configfile" # replace cluster name in config file so we can use it in this script without running into override issues
 
 highlight "[START] ConfigTest $EXTRA_TITLE"
 
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ info "Ensuring that k3s node labels have been set as stated in the config"
 k3s_assert_node_label "k3d-$clustername-server-0" "foo=bar" || failed "Expected label 'foo=bar' not present on node k3d-$clustername-server-0"
 
 ## Registry Node
+registryname="registry.localhost"
 info "Ensuring, that we have a registry node present"
-$EXE node list "k3d-$clustername-registry" || failed "Expected k3d-$clustername-registry to be present"
+$EXE node list "$registryname" || failed "Expected registry node $registryname to be present"
 
 ## merged registries.yaml
 info "Ensuring, that the registries.yaml file contains both registries"
 exec_in_node "k3d-$clustername-server-0" "cat /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml" | grep -qi "my.company.registry"  || failed "Expected 'my.company.registry' to be in the /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml"
-exec_in_node "k3d-$clustername-server-0" "cat /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml" | grep -qi "k3d-$clustername-registry" || failed "Expected 'k3d-$clustername-registry' to be in the /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml"
+exec_in_node "k3d-$clustername-server-0" "cat /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml" | grep -qi "$registryname" || failed "Expected '$registryname' to be in the /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml"
 
 # Cleanup
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config_with_overrides.sh b/tests/test_config_with_overrides.sh
index a533c0362..c7731c544 100755
--- a/tests/test_config_with_overrides.sh
+++ b/tests/test_config_with_overrides.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ clustername="cfgoverridetest"
 highlight "[START] Config With Override $EXTRA_TITLE"
 
 info "Creating cluster $clustername..."
-$EXE cluster create "$clustername" --config "$CURR_DIR/assets/config_test_simple.yaml" --servers 4 -v /tmp/test:/tmp/test@loadbalancer --registry-create=false --env "x=y@agent:1" $EXTRA_FLAG  || failed "could not create cluster $clustername $EXTRA_TITLE"
+$EXE cluster create "$clustername" --config "$CURR_DIR/assets/config_test_simple.yaml" --servers 4 -v /tmp/test:/tmp/test@loadbalancer --env "x=y@agent:1" $EXTRA_FLAG  || failed "could not create cluster $clustername $EXTRA_TITLE"
 
 info "Sleeping for 5 seconds to give the cluster enough time to get ready..."
 sleep 5
diff --git a/tests/test_registry.sh b/tests/test_registry.sh
index 7ac6e8c53..2426407e5 100755
--- a/tests/test_registry.sh
+++ b/tests/test_registry.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ export CURRENT_STAGE="Test | registry | $K3S_IMAGE_TAG"
 
 
 clustername="registrytest"
+registryname="$clustername-registry"
 
 highlight "[START] RegistryTest $EXTRA_TITLE"
 
 info "Creating cluster $clustername..."
-$EXE cluster create "$clustername" --agents 1 --api-port 6443 --wait --timeout 360s --registry-create $EXTRA_FLAG || failed "could not create cluster $clustername $EXTRA_TITLE"
+$EXE cluster create "$clustername" --agents 1 --api-port 6443 --wait --timeout 360s --registry-create "$registryname" $EXTRA_FLAG || failed "could not create cluster $clustername $EXTRA_TITLE"
 
 info "Sleeping for 5 seconds to give the cluster enough time to get ready..."
 sleep 5
@@ -41,14 +42,14 @@ kubectl get configmap -n kube-public local-registry-hosting -o go-template='{{in
 
 # 3. load an image into the registry
 info "Pushing an image to the registry..."
-registryPort=$(docker inspect k3d-$clustername-registry | jq '.[0].NetworkSettings.Ports["5000/tcp"][0].HostPort' | sed -E 's/"//g')
+registryPort=$(docker inspect $registryname | jq '.[0].NetworkSettings.Ports["5000/tcp"][0].HostPort' | sed -E 's/"//g')
 docker pull alpine:latest > /dev/null
-docker tag alpine:latest k3d-$clustername-registry:$registryPort/alpine:local > /dev/null
-docker push k3d-$clustername-registry:$registryPort/alpine:local || failed "Failed to push image to managed registry"
+docker tag alpine:latest "localhost:$registryPort/alpine:local" > /dev/null
+docker push "localhost:$registryPort/alpine:local" || failed "Failed to push image to managed registry"
 
 # 4. use imported image
 info "Spawning a pod using the pushed image..."
-kubectl run --image k3d-$clustername-registry:$registryPort/alpine:local testimage --command -- tail -f /dev/null
+kubectl run --image "$registryname:$registryPort/alpine:local" testimage --command -- tail -f /dev/null
 info "Waiting for a bit for the pod to start..."
 sleep 5