diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 1e520ce5..32c3aff2 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -68,27 +68,23 @@ steps:
       event: pull_request
 
   # ===========================================
-  # MASTER DEPLOY: Parallel Docker builds (Kaniko - no Docker daemon)
+  # MASTER DEPLOY: Parallel Docker builds (Kaniko)
+  # Push to local registry (10.100.9.70:5000) for fast K8s pulls
   # ===========================================
   docker-backend:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    environment:
-      REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: registry_username
-      REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: registry_password
     commands:
-      - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.spdy.io\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - /kaniko/executor
         --context=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/backend
         --dockerfile=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/backend/Dockerfile
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/cannaiq:latest
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/cannaiq:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/backend:latest
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/backend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
         --build-arg=APP_BUILD_VERSION=sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
         --build-arg=APP_GIT_SHA=${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
         --build-arg=APP_BUILD_TIME=${CI_PIPELINE_CREATED}
         --build-arg=CONTAINER_IMAGE_TAG=sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
         --registry-mirror=mirror.gcr.io
+        --insecure-registry=10.100.9.70:5000
         --cache=true
     depends_on: []
     when:
@@ -97,19 +93,14 @@ steps:
 
   docker-cannaiq:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    environment:
-      REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: registry_username
-      REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: registry_password
     commands:
-      - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.spdy.io\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - /kaniko/executor
         --context=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/cannaiq
         --dockerfile=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/cannaiq/Dockerfile
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/cannaiq-frontend:latest
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/cannaiq-frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/frontend:latest
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
         --registry-mirror=mirror.gcr.io
+        --insecure-registry=10.100.9.70:5000
         --cache=true
     depends_on: []
     when:
@@ -118,19 +109,14 @@ steps:
 
   docker-findadispo:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    environment:
-      REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: registry_username
-      REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: registry_password
     commands:
-      - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.spdy.io\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - /kaniko/executor
         --context=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/findadispo/frontend
         --dockerfile=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/findadispo/frontend/Dockerfile
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/findadispo-frontend:latest
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/findadispo-frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/findadispo:latest
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/findadispo:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
         --registry-mirror=mirror.gcr.io
+        --insecure-registry=10.100.9.70:5000
         --cache=true
     depends_on: []
     when:
@@ -139,19 +125,14 @@ steps:
 
   docker-findagram:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-    environment:
-      REGISTRY_USER:
-        from_secret: registry_username
-      REGISTRY_PASS:
-        from_secret: registry_password
     commands:
-      - echo "{\"auths\":{\"git.spdy.io\":{\"username\":\"$REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$REGISTRY_PASS\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - /kaniko/executor
         --context=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/findagram/frontend
         --dockerfile=/woodpecker/src/git.spdy.io/Creationshop/cannaiq/findagram/frontend/Dockerfile
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/findagram-frontend:latest
-        --destination=git.spdy.io/creationshop/findagram-frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/findagram:latest
+        --destination=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/findagram:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
         --registry-mirror=mirror.gcr.io
+        --insecure-registry=10.100.9.70:5000
         --cache=true
     depends_on: []
     when:
@@ -159,7 +140,7 @@ steps:
       event: push
 
   # ===========================================
-  # STAGE 3: Deploy and Run Migrations
+  # STAGE 3: Deploy to K8s (pull from local registry)
   # ===========================================
   deploy:
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
@@ -171,16 +152,15 @@ steps:
       - echo "$KUBECONFIG_CONTENT" | tr -d '[:space:]' | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
       - chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
       # Deploy backend first
-      - kubectl set image deployment/scraper scraper=git.spdy.io/creationshop/cannaiq:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
+      - kubectl set image deployment/scraper scraper=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/backend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
       - kubectl rollout status deployment/scraper -n cannaiq --timeout=300s
-      # Note: Migrations run automatically at startup via auto-migrate
-      # Deploy remaining services
-      # Resilience: ensure workers are scaled up if at 0
+      # Deploy workers
       - REPLICAS=$(kubectl get deployment scraper-worker -n cannaiq -o jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}'); if [ "$REPLICAS" = "0" ]; then echo "Scaling workers from 0 to 5"; kubectl scale deployment/scraper-worker --replicas=5 -n cannaiq; fi
-      - kubectl set image deployment/scraper-worker worker=git.spdy.io/creationshop/cannaiq:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
-      - kubectl set image deployment/cannaiq-frontend cannaiq-frontend=git.spdy.io/creationshop/cannaiq-frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
-      - kubectl set image deployment/findadispo-frontend findadispo-frontend=git.spdy.io/creationshop/findadispo-frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
-      - kubectl set image deployment/findagram-frontend findagram-frontend=git.spdy.io/creationshop/findagram-frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
+      - kubectl set image deployment/scraper-worker worker=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/backend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
+      # Deploy frontends
+      - kubectl set image deployment/cannaiq-frontend cannaiq-frontend=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/frontend:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
+      - kubectl set image deployment/findadispo-frontend findadispo-frontend=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/findadispo:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
+      - kubectl set image deployment/findagram-frontend findagram-frontend=10.100.9.70:5000/cannaiq/findagram:sha-${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n cannaiq
       - kubectl rollout status deployment/cannaiq-frontend -n cannaiq --timeout=120s
     depends_on:
       - docker-backend