diff --git a/installers/charm/ng-ui/config.yaml b/installers/charm/ng-ui/config.yaml
index a80a280..022d150 100644
--- a/installers/charm/ng-ui/config.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/ng-ui/config.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
     description: Docker image name
     type: string
     default: opensourcemano/ng-ui:8
+  image_username:
+    description: Docker repository username
+    type: string
+    default: ""
+  image_password:
+    description: Docker repository password
+    type: string
+    default: ""
   port:
     description: Port number
     type: int
diff --git a/installers/charm/ng-ui/hooks/start b/installers/charm/ng-ui/hooks/start
deleted file mode 120000
index 25b1f68..0000000
--- a/installers/charm/ng-ui/hooks/start
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../src/charm.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installers/charm/ng-ui/lib/ops b/installers/charm/ng-ui/lib/ops
deleted file mode 120000
index d934193..0000000
--- a/installers/charm/ng-ui/lib/ops
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../mod/operator/ops
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installers/charm/ng-ui/mod/operator b/installers/charm/ng-ui/mod/operator
deleted file mode 160000
index a84ce87..0000000
--- a/installers/charm/ng-ui/mod/operator
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a84ce8776b368a8b2bccdb173716e342db9a6b36
diff --git a/installers/charm/ng-ui/src/charm.py b/installers/charm/ng-ui/src/charm.py
index d9ad8f2..6f5ca5b 100755
--- a/installers/charm/ng-ui/src/charm.py
+++ b/installers/charm/ng-ui/src/charm.py
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 )
 
 
-sys.path.append("lib")
-
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -130,7 +127,11 @@
         ]
         port = config["https_port"] if ssl_enabled else config["port"]
         ports = [
-            {"name": "port", "containerPort": port, "protocol": "TCP", },
+            {
+                "name": "port",
+                "containerPort": port,
+                "protocol": "TCP",
+            },
         ]
 
         kubernetes = {
@@ -166,7 +167,11 @@
             "containers": [
                 {
                     "name": self.framework.model.app.name,
-                    "image": "{}".format(config["image"]),
+                    "imageDetails": {
+                        "imagePath": config["image"],
+                        "username": config["image_username"],
+                        "password": config["image_password"],
+                    },
                     "ports": ports,
                     "kubernetes": kubernetes,
                     "files": files,