diff --git a/api/user/agent/agents_test.go b/api/user/agent/agents_test.go
index 3d46c92..60f9949 100644
--- a/api/user/agent/agents_test.go
+++ b/api/user/agent/agents_test.go
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ func TestGetAgents(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()
-	
+
 	err = viper.Unmarshal(&cliConfig)
-	
+
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Unable to decode into map, %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/commands/agent/install.go b/cli/commands/agent/install.go
index 8279316..b9a8703 100644
--- a/cli/commands/agent/install.go
+++ b/cli/commands/agent/install.go
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package agent
 
 import (
+	`bytes`
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	`os/exec`
 	
+	`github.com/fatih/color`
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -63,7 +66,6 @@ func getCredentials(cmd *cobra.Command) (cli.Cli, error) {
 		return cli.Cli{}, err
 	}
 	
-	delete(viper.AllSettings(), "interactive")
 	if !isInteractive {
 		// get cli config for authentication
 		err = viper.Unmarshal(&cliConfig)
@@ -108,20 +110,24 @@ func installAgentCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	
 	// early cut if bad credentials
 	if cliConfig.UserAPIToken == "" {
-		return errors.Errorf(`empty user api token during installation. Please check out documentation.
+		return errors.Errorf(
+			`empty user api token during installation. Please check out documentation.
  If you haven't set up your cli, you can set it up during installation:
 
 	$ strixeye agent install --interactive
-`)
+`,
+		)
 	}
 	// early cut if bad agent id
 	if cliConfig.AgentID == "" {
-		return errors.Errorf(`empty agent id in configuration. Please check out documentation.
+		return errors.Errorf(
+			`empty agent id in configuration. Please check out documentation.
  If you haven't set up your cli, you can set it up during installation:
 
 	$ strixeye agent install --interactive
-`)	}
-	
+`,
+		)
+	}
 	
 	// get agent config from remote.
 	agentConfig, err := agent.GetAgentConfig(cliConfig)
@@ -141,6 +147,11 @@ func installAgentCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	
+	err = loginToDocker(agentConfig, cliConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	
 	// create necessary directories and files.
 	err = createPaths(agentConfig)
 	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
@@ -175,6 +186,7 @@ func installAgentCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		cliConfig.UserAPIToken, agentConfig.Token, versions.Manager,
 		cliConfig.DownloadDomain,
 	)
+	
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -213,3 +225,36 @@ func createPaths(agentInformation agent2.AgentInformation) error {
 	
 	return nil
 }
+
+// loginToDocker is necessary because StrixEye images are kept in a secure registry.
+func loginToDocker(agentConfig agent2.AgentInformation, cliConfig cli.Cli) error {
+	testRefStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", cliConfig.DockerRegistry, "hello-world")
+	
+	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "pull", testRefStr)
+	
+	var outBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &outBuffer
+	
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	
+	if err != nil {
+		color.Red(
+			`
+Docker can not fetch test image from StrixEye registry.
+If you haven't logged in to Strixeye Docker Registry yet, you need to login to StrixEye registry at %s.
+
+Here is a direct command you can execute:
+
+$ docker login --username strixeye --password %s %s
+
+If you don't want to show credentials in your history, following is a custom command you can use.
+Logging in to a docker registry is a basic procedure that is documented by docker as well. https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/
+
+$ strixeye agent show-token | docker login --username strixeye --password-stdin $(strixeye agent show-registry)
+`, cliConfig.DockerRegistry, agentConfig.Token, cliConfig.DockerRegistry,
+		)
+		return err
+	}
+	
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cli/commands/agent/install_test.go b/cli/commands/agent/install_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc59db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/commands/agent/install_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package agent
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/usestrix/cli/domain/agent"
+	"github.com/usestrix/cli/domain/cli"
+)
+
+/*
+	Created by aomerk at 6/26/21 for project connector
+*/
+
+/*
+	INSERT FILE DESCRIPTION HERE
+*/
+
+// global constants for file
+const ()
+
+// global variables (not cool) for this file
+var ()
+
+func Test_loginToDocker(t *testing.T) {
+	// setup test environment
+	var (
+		err         error
+		cliConfig   cli.Cli
+		agentConfig agent.AgentInformation
+	)
+
+	// get good keys
+	viper.SetConfigFile("../../../.env")
+	// Try to read from file, but use env variables if non exists. it's fine
+	err = viper.ReadInConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	viper.AutomaticEnv()
+	err = viper.Unmarshal(&cliConfig)
+
+	agentBytes, err := os.ReadFile("../../../test/agent-info.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(agentBytes, &agentConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	type args struct {
+		agentConfig agent.AgentInformation
+		cliConfig   cli.Cli
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "pull successfully",
+			args: args{
+				agentConfig: agentConfig,
+				cliConfig:   cliConfig,
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(
+			tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				if err := loginToDocker(tt.args.agentConfig, tt.args.cliConfig); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+					t.Errorf("loginToDocker() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				}
+			},
+		)
+	}
+}