diff --git a/wallarm-deploy-ct.sh b/wallarm-deploy-ct.sh
index cb7d1aa..9b08e66 100644
--- a/wallarm-deploy-ct.sh
+++ b/wallarm-deploy-ct.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ execute_deployment() {
     sudo mkdir -p "$INSTANCE_DIR"
     cd "$INSTANCE_DIR"
 
+    # Fully qualified name ensures Podman/Docker doesn't prompt for registry choice
+    IMAGE_NAME="docker.io/wallarm/node:latest"
+
     echo "Generating Nginx Configuration..."
     sudo tee "$INSTANCE_DIR/nginx.conf" > /dev/null <<EOF
 server {
@@ -156,13 +159,12 @@ server {
 }
 EOF
 
-    # Standardized to wallarm/node:latest and renamed to compose.yml
     echo "Generating Deployment Manifest (compose.yml)..."
     sudo tee "$INSTANCE_DIR/compose.yml" > /dev/null <<EOF
 version: '3.8'
 services:
   node:
-    image: wallarm/node:latest
+    image: $IMAGE_NAME
     container_name: $NODE_NAME
     restart: always
     ports: 
@@ -178,9 +180,9 @@ EOF
     echo -e "${YELLOW}🚀 Launching Instance $INSTANCE_NUM ($NODE_NAME)...${NC}"
     sudo $ENGINE rm -f "$NODE_NAME" &>/dev/null
 
-    # Pulling to ensure the latest version is fetched regardless of local cache
-    echo "Pulling Wallarm Node:latest image..."
-    sudo $ENGINE pull wallarm/node:latest
+    # Pulling explicitly with docker.io prefix to avoid short-name resolution errors
+    echo "Pulling latest image from Docker Hub (docker.io)..."
+    sudo $ENGINE pull $IMAGE_NAME
 
     if command -v podman-compose &> /dev/null; then
         sudo podman-compose -f compose.yml up -d