diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2c445fc..42f1f00 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@
                 "@types/node": "*"
             }
         },
+        "@types/url-join": {
+            "version": "4.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/url-join/-/url-join-4.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-awrJu8yML4E/xTwr2EMatC+HBnHGoDxc2+ImA9QyeUELI1S7dOCIZcyjki1rkwoA8P2D2NVgLAJLjnclkdLtAw==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
         "@types/vscode": {
             "version": "1.52.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/vscode/-/vscode-1.52.0.tgz",
@@ -5130,6 +5136,11 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "url-join": {
+            "version": "4.0.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-join/-/url-join-4.0.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-jk1+QP6ZJqyOiuEI9AEWQfju/nB2Pw466kbA0LEZljHwKeMgd9WrAEgEGxjPDD2+TNbbb37rTyhEfrCXfuKXnA=="
+        },
         "url-parse-lax": {
             "version": "3.0.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse-lax/-/url-parse-lax-3.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 156c2b0..26a82e3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@
                 "category": "Kubernetes: k3d",
                 "title": "Delete a Server node"
             }
-
         ],
         "keybindings": [
             {
@@ -325,6 +324,7 @@
         "@types/request-promise-native": "^1.0.17",
         "@types/shelljs": "^0.8.3",
         "@types/tmp": "0.0.33",
+        "@types/url-join": "^4.0.0",
         "@types/vscode": "^1.44.0",
         "ts-loader": "^6.0.4",
         "tslint": "^5.8.0",
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@
         "shelljs": "^0.8.3",
         "spawn-rx": "^3.0.0",
         "tmp": "^0.0.33",
+        "url-join": "^4.0.1",
         "vscode-azureextensionui": "^0.38.2",
         "vscode-kubernetes-tools-api": "^1.0.0"
     },
@@ -356,4 +357,4 @@
     "bugs": {
         "url": "https://github.com/inercia/vscode-k3d/issues"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/registry.ts b/src/utils/registry.ts
index 2546a64..96aa2c5 100644
--- a/src/utils/registry.ts
+++ b/src/utils/registry.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { workspace } from "vscode";
 import { Response } from "request";
 import * as request from 'request-promise-native';
-import { URL } from "url";
 
 import { Errorable } from '../utils/errorable';
 
+const urljoin = require('url-join');
+
 // maximum number of tags to return
 const MAX_TAGS_RESULTS = 12;
 
@@ -54,9 +55,13 @@ function ITagCompare(a: ITag, b: ITag): number {
 export async function registryTagsForImage(registry: string, namespace: string, repoName: string,
     regex?: RegExp, arch?: string, limit: number = MAX_TAGS_RESULTS): Promise<Errorable<ITag[]>> {
 
+    if (!registry.startsWith("http")) {
+        registry = `https://${registry}`;
+    }
+
     let res: ITag[] = [];
-    const urlInit = new URL(`${registry}/v2/repositories/${namespace}/${repoName}/tags`);
-    let url: string = urlInit.toString();
+
+    let url: string = urljoin(registry, "v2", "repositories", namespace, repoName, "tags").toString();
     while (true) {
         let response = await registryRequest<ITags>('GET', url.toString());
         // TODO: we should check the response errors