diff --git a/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-image.yml b/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-image.yml
index a16ff8c3..044cbd84 100644
--- a/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-image.yml
+++ b/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-image.yml
@@ -225,13 +225,23 @@
 
     - name: Wait for Docker daemon to be ready
       wait_for:
-        port: 2375
-        host: localhost
+        path: /var/run/docker.sock
         timeout: 10
       when: docker_daemon_updated.changed | default(false)
       ignore_errors: yes
       become: no
 
+    - name: Login to Docker registry before compose up
+      community.docker.docker_login:
+        registry_url: "{{ docker_registry }}"
+        username: "{{ docker_registry_username | default('admin') }}"
+        password: "{{ registry_password }}"
+      when: 
+        - registry_password | string | trim != ''
+        - registry_accessible == 'true'
+      no_log: yes
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
     - name: Deploy application stack with new image
       shell: |
         cd {{ application_code_dest }}