diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 6ac995b..0caca05 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Authenticate with registry 
         run: podman login -u srv_container-registry -p ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }} ${{ env.CONTAINER_ADDRESS }}
       - name: Push image
-        run: podman push container-registry:0 ${{ env.CONTAINER_ADDRESS }}/container-registry:${{ env.GITHUB_REF_NAME }}
+        run: podman push container-registry:local ${{ env.CONTAINER_ADDRESS }}/container-registry:${{ env.GITHUB_REF_NAME }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccc056a..180c71c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 Private container registry to organize self-hosted services.
 
+## Usage
+
+To start or restart the container:
+
+```bash
+IMAGE_VERSION=<image tag> ./start.sh
+```
+
 ## Setting up service credentials
 
 The `container-registry_auth` volume is pre-seeded with an empty `htpasswd` file that will hold the credentials for registry users.
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a934bf9..5193613 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 image_name=$(jq .service_name ./service.json -r)
-image_version=0
+image_version=local
 
 podman build \
     -t "$image_name:$image_version" \
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 0ab0f5f..4aebfbc 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 service_name=$(jq .service_name ./service.json -r)
 image_name=$service_name
-image_version=0
+image_version=${IMAGE_VERSION:-local}
 
 auth_volume="$service_name"_auth
 data_volume="$service_name"_data