diff --git a/plugin.sh b/plugin.sh
index c5fa28c..b0bc5a3 100755
--- a/plugin.sh
+++ b/plugin.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ run_stack_deploy() {
 
   if [[ ! -z "${PLUGIN_REG_USER}" ]] && [[ ! -z "${PLUGIN_REG_PASS}" ]]; then
     echo "--- discovered secrets, assuming private registry, logging in ---"
-    docker login -u "${PLUGIN_REG_USER}" -p "${PLUGIN_REG_PASS}"
-    docker pull "${PLUGIN_IMAGE}"
+    docker -H "$REMOTE_DOCKER_HOST" login -u "${PLUGIN_REG_USER}" -p "${PLUGIN_REG_PASS}"
+    docker -H "$REMOTE_DOCKER_HOST" pull "${PLUGIN_IMAGE}"
     echo "${PLUGIN_IMAGE}"
     docker -H "$REMOTE_DOCKER_HOST" stack deploy -c "$PLUGIN_COMPOSE" "$PLUGIN_STACK"
   else