diff --git a/internal/profile/_static/Dockerfile.package-registry b/internal/profile/_static/Dockerfile.package-registry
index 2e4ebe4904..750aae85d4 100644
--- a/internal/profile/_static/Dockerfile.package-registry
+++ b/internal/profile/_static/Dockerfile.package-registry
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 FROM __BASE_IMAGE__
-
 ARG PROFILE
+
+# Disable package validation (already done).
+ENV EPR_DISABLE_PACKAGE_VALIDATION=true
+
+ENV EPR_FEATURE_PROXY_MODE=true
+
 COPY profiles/${PROFILE}/stack/package-registry.config.yml /package-registry/config.yml
-COPY stack/development/ /packages/development
+COPY stack/development/ /packages/development
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/profile/_static/docker-compose-stack.yml b/internal/profile/_static/docker-compose-stack.yml
index bb31a93cde..0f2b4930a7 100644
--- a/internal/profile/_static/docker-compose-stack.yml
+++ b/internal/profile/_static/docker-compose-stack.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ services:
       retries: 300
       interval: 1s
     environment:
+      - "EPR_LOG_LEVEL=debug"
       - "EPR_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:8080"
       - "EPR_METRICS_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:9000"
       - "EPR_TLS_KEY=/etc/ssl/package-registry/key.pem"
diff --git a/internal/profile/_static/package_registry.yml b/internal/profile/_static/package_registry.yml
index ed56090f02..555fd8441e 100644
--- a/internal/profile/_static/package_registry.yml
+++ b/internal/profile/_static/package_registry.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 package_paths:
-  - /packages/development
-  - /packages/production
-  - /packages/staging
-  - /packages/snapshot
+  - /packages/development
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/profile/static.go b/internal/profile/static.go
index 7a96499e64..896584d786 100644
--- a/internal/profile/static.go
+++ b/internal/profile/static.go
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ var packageRegistryConfigYml string
 
 // newPackageRegistryConfig returns a Managed Config
 func newPackageRegistryConfig(_ string, profilePath string) (*simpleFile, error) {
-
 	return &simpleFile{
 		name: string(PackageRegistryConfigFile),
 		path: filepath.Join(profilePath, profileStackPath, string(PackageRegistryConfigFile)),
@@ -124,7 +123,8 @@ func newPackageRegistryConfig(_ string, profilePath string) (*simpleFile, error)
 }
 
 // PackageRegistryBaseImage is the base Docker image of the Elastic Package Registry.
-const PackageRegistryBaseImage = "docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:snapshot"
+// commit SHA of enabled proxy mode (technical preview feature)
+const PackageRegistryBaseImage = "docker.elastic.co/package-registry/package-registry:14455fcb7e415d6b4aed48e00d2289718f056162"
 
 // PackageRegistryDockerfileFile is the dockerfile for the Elastic package registry
 const PackageRegistryDockerfileFile configFile = "Dockerfile.package-registry"