diff --git a/cmd/install.go b/cmd/install.go
index f4727a3..1c766b8 100644
--- a/cmd/install.go
+++ b/cmd/install.go
@@ -137,24 +137,24 @@ func getFinalPath(path, fileName string) (string, error) {
 //TODO check if other binary has the same hash and warn about it.
 //TODO if the file is zipped, tared, whatever then extract it
 func saveToDisk(f *providers.File, path string, overwrite bool) error {
-
 	defer f.Data.Close()
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	tee := io.TeeReader(f.Data, &buf)
 
 	t, err := filetype.MatchReader(tee)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if t != matchers.TypeElf && t != matchers.TypeGz {
-		return fmt.Errorf("File type [%v] not supported", t)
-	}
-
 	var outputFile = io.MultiReader(&buf, f.Data)
 
+	// TODO: validating the type of the file will eventually be
+	// handled by each provider
+	// if t != matchers.TypeElf && t != matchers.TypeGz {
+	// 	return fmt.Errorf("File type [%v] not supported", t)
+	// }
+
 	if t == matchers.TypeGz {
 		fileName, file, err := processTarGz(outputFile)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2fe5e7c..01027a0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.4.14 // indirect
 	github.com/WeiZhang555/tabwriter v0.0.0-20200115015932-e5c45f4da38d
 	github.com/apex/log v1.1.4
-	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker v1.13.1
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/providers/docker.go b/pkg/providers/docker.go
index 1bcd8d5..cf40d32 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/docker.go
@@ -6,25 +6,29 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
+	distreference "github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/reference"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/client"
 )
 
 const (
-	sh = `docker run --rm -i -t -v ${PWD}:/tmp/cmd -w /tmp/cmd %s/%s:%s "$@"`
+	// TODO: this probably won't work on windows so we might need how we mount
+	// TODO: there might be a way were users can configure a template for the
+	// actual execution since some CLIs require some other folders to be mounted
+	// or networks to be shared
+	sh = `docker run --rm -i -t -v ${PWD}:/tmp/cmd -w /tmp/cmd %s:%s "$@"`
 )
 
 type docker struct {
-	client *client.Client
-	url    *url.URL
+	client    *client.Client
+	repo, tag string
 }
 
 func (d *docker) Fetch() (*File, error) {
-	owner, name, version := getImageDesc(d.url.Path)
-	out, err := d.client.ImagePull(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("docker.io/%s/%s:%s", owner, name, version), types.ImagePullOptions{})
+	out, err := d.client.ImagePull(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", d.repo, d.tag), types.ImagePullOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -35,49 +39,63 @@ func (d *docker) Fetch() (*File, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &File{
-		Data:    ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(fmt.Sprintf(sh, owner, name, version))),
-		Name:    name,
-		Version: version,
+		Data:    ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(fmt.Sprintf(sh, d.repo, d.tag))),
+		Name:    getImageName(d.repo),
+		Version: d.tag,
 		Hash:    sha256.New(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// getImageName gets the name of the image from the image repo.
+func getImageName(repo string) string {
+	image := strings.Split(repo, "/")
+	return image[len(image)-1]
+}
+
 // TODO: implement
 func (d *docker) GetLatestVersion(name string) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", nil
 }
 
-// getImageDesc gest the image owner, name and version from the path.
-func getImageDesc(path string) (string, string, string) {
-	path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "/")
-	path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "r/")
-	var (
-		owner, image, version string
-		imageDesc             = strings.Split(path, "/")
-	)
-	if len(imageDesc) == 1 {
-		owner, image = "library", imageDesc[0]
-	} else {
-		owner, image = imageDesc[0], imageDesc[1]
+func newDocker(imageURL string) (Provider, error) {
+	imageURL = strings.TrimPrefix(imageURL, "docker://")
+
+	repo, tag, err := parseImage(imageURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	version = "latest"
-	imageVersion := strings.Split(image, ":")
-	if len(imageVersion) > 1 {
-		image, version = imageVersion[0], imageVersion[1]
+	client, err := client.NewEnvClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return owner, image, version
+	return &docker{repo: repo, tag: tag, client: client}, nil
 }
 
-func newDocker(u *url.URL) (Provider, error) {
-	if u.Path == "" || len(strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix("/r", u.Path), "/")) > 3 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing registry URL. %s is not a valid image name and version", u.Path)
+// parseImage parses the image returning the repository, tag
+// and an error if it fails. ParseImage handles non-canonical
+// URLs like `hashicorp/terraform`.
+func parseImage(imageURL string) (string, string, error) {
+	repo, tag, err := reference.Parse(imageURL)
+	if err == nil {
+		return repo, tag, nil
 	}
-	client, err := client.NewEnvClient()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+
+	if err != distreference.ErrNameNotCanonical {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("image %s is invalid: %w", imageURL, err)
+	}
+
+	image := imageURL
+	tag = "latest"
+	if i := strings.LastIndex(imageURL, ":"); i > -1 {
+		image = imageURL[:i]
+		tag = imageURL[i+1:]
+	}
+
+	if strings.Count(imageURL, "/") == 0 {
+		image = "library/" + image
 	}
 
-	return &docker{url: u, client: client}, nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("docker.io/%s", image), tag, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/providers/docker_test.go b/pkg/providers/docker_test.go
index 4f9a0a0..3a92134 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/docker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/docker_test.go
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
 package providers
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
 
-func TestGetImageDesc(t *testing.T) {
+func TestParseImage(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
-		name            string
-		path            string
-		expectedOwner   string
-		expectedName    string
-		expectedVersion string
+		name                      string
+		imageURL                  string
+		expectedRepo, expectedTag string
+		withErr                   bool
 	}{
-		{"no owner no version", "/alpine", "library", "alpine", "latest"},
-		{"no owner with version", "/alpine:3.0.9", "library", "alpine", "3.0.9"},
-		{"with owner and no version", "/hashicorp/terraform", "hashicorp", "terraform", "latest"},
-		{"with owner with version", "/hashicorp/terraform:light", "hashicorp", "terraform", "light"},
+		{name: "no host, no version", imageURL: "postgres", expectedRepo: "docker.io/library/postgres", expectedTag: "latest"},
+		{name: "no host, with version", imageURL: "postgres:1.2.3", expectedRepo: "docker.io/library/postgres", expectedTag: "1.2.3"},
+		{name: "with host, no version", imageURL: "quay.io/calico/node", expectedRepo: "quay.io/calico/node", expectedTag: "latest"},
+		{name: "with host, with version", imageURL: "quay.io/calico/node:1.2.3", expectedRepo: "quay.io/calico/node", expectedTag: "1.2.3"},
+		{name: "no host, with version and owner", imageURL: "hashicorp/terraform:1.2.3", expectedRepo: "docker.io/hashicorp/terraform", expectedTag: "1.2.3"},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range cases {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			owner, name, version := getImageDesc(test.path)
+			repo, tag, err := parseImage(test.imageURL)
 			switch {
-			case test.expectedOwner != owner:
-				t.Errorf("expected owner was %s got %s", test.expectedOwner, owner)
-			case test.expectedName != name:
-				t.Errorf("expected name was %s got %s", test.expectedName, name)
-			case test.expectedVersion != version:
-				t.Errorf("expected version was %s got %s", test.expectedVersion, version)
+			case test.expectedRepo != repo:
+				t.Errorf("expected repo was %s, got %s", test.expectedRepo, repo)
+			case test.expectedTag != tag:
+				t.Errorf("expected tag was %s, got %s", test.expectedTag, tag)
+			case test.withErr != (err != nil):
+				t.Errorf("expected err != nil to be %v", test.withErr)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/providers/providers.go b/pkg/providers/providers.go
index 9099d3c..dbca0b1 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/providers.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/providers.go
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ type Provider interface {
 	GetLatestVersion(string) (string, string, error)
 }
 
-var httpUrlPrefix = regexp.MustCompile("^https?://")
+var (
+	httpUrlPrefix   = regexp.MustCompile("^https?://")
+	dockerUrlPrefix = regexp.MustCompile("^docker://")
+)
 
 func New(u string) (Provider, error) {
+	if dockerUrlPrefix.MatchString(u) {
+		return newDocker(u)
+	}
 	if !httpUrlPrefix.MatchString(u) {
 		u = fmt.Sprintf("https://%s", u)
 	}
@@ -41,9 +47,5 @@ func New(u string) (Provider, error) {
 		return newGitHub(purl)
 	}
 
-	if strings.Contains(purl.Host, "hub.docker.com") || strings.Contains(purl.Host, "docker.io") {
-		return newDocker(purl)
-	}
-
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Can't find provider for url %s", u)
 }