diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
index 56e313f..ba6434a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         ingress:
           hosts:
             core: registry.{{ vapp['guestinfo.fqdn'] }}
-      externalURL: registry.{{ vapp['guestinfo.fqdn'] }}
+      externalURL: https://registry.{{ vapp['guestinfo.fqdn'] }}
       harborAdminPassword: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] }}"
       notary:
         enabled: false
diff --git a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
index f8250d0..72861ef 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: skopeo copy docker://{{ item }} docker-archive:./{{ ( item | regex_findall('[^/:]+'))[-2] }}.tar:{{ item }}
     chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
-  loop: "{{ containerimages.results | map(attribute='stdout_lines') | flatten }}"
+  loop: "{{ containerimages.results | map(attribute='stdout_lines') | flatten + dependencies.container_images}}"
 
 - name: Compress tarballs
   community.general.archive:
diff --git a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
index a5ad423..ee84a3f 100644
--- a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ dependencies:
     - community.general
     - kubernetes.core
 
+  container_images:
+    - quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.8.0
+
   static_binaries:
     - filename: helm
       url: https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.9.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz