diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8a01365..ef61395 100755
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ name: build
 
 steps:
 - name: start-compose-container
-  image: gitea.bsidesolutions.net/bside-solutions/docker-compose-v2-alpine
+  image: gitea.bsidesolutions.net/bside-solutions/docker-compose-v2-alpine:latest
+  environment:
+    REGISTRY_USER:
+      from_secret: DOCKER_USERNAME
+    REGISTRY_PASS:
+      from_secret: DOCKER_PASSWORD
   commands:
+  - docker login gitea.bsidesolutions.net --username $REGISTRY_USER --password $REGISTRY_PASS
   - docker run -d --name compose-container gitea.bsidesolutions.net/bside-solutions/docker-compose-v2-alpine #start container in detached mode
   - sleep 5 # give container some time to fully start
   volumes: