diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
index dd71a9cd..851df8c3 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ def _generate_and_store_secrets(config_vars: dict, deployment_name: str):
 def create_registry_secret(
     spec: Spec, deployment_name: str, namespace: str = "default"
 ) -> Optional[str]:
+def create_registry_secret(spec: Spec, deployment_name: str, namespace: str = "default") -> Optional[str]:
     """Create K8s docker-registry secret from spec + environment.
 
     Reads registry configuration from spec.yml and creates a Kubernetes
@@ -589,6 +590,7 @@ def create_registry_secret(
         spec: The deployment spec containing image-registry config
         deployment_name: Name of the deployment (used for secret naming)
         namespace: K8s namespace to create the secret in
+        namespace: Kubernetes namespace to create the secret in
 
     Returns:
         The secret name if created, None if no registry config
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
index 790b59ab..cf5404d2 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ class K8sDeployer(Deployer):
         create_registry_secret(
             self.cluster_info.spec, self.cluster_info.app_name, self.k8s_namespace
         )
+        create_registry_secret(self.cluster_info.spec, self.cluster_info.app_name, self.k8s_namespace)
 
         self._create_volume_data()
         self._create_external_services()