diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index daa0d4a..c257f5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.0.1] - 2024-01-18
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Allow pulling from registries without a token
+
 ## [3.0.0] - 2024-01-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4f738aa..9b96a1a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "containerify",
-	"version": "3.0.0",
+	"version": "3.0.1",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "containerify",
-			"version": "3.0.0",
+			"version": "3.0.1",
 			"license": "Apache-2.0",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"commander": "^11.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ad5ab3..6b10536 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "containerify",
-	"version": "3.0.0",
+	"version": "3.0.1",
 	"description": "Build node.js docker images without docker",
 	"main": "./lib/cli.js",
 	"scripts": {
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index e2f0558..b6affc8 100755
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import tarExporter from "./tarExporter";
 
 import logger from "./logger";
 import { InsecureRegistrySupport, Options } from "./types";
-import { omit, getPreferredPlatform } from "./utils";
+import {omit, getPreferredPlatform, parseImage} from "./utils";
 import { ensureEmptyDir } from "./fileutil";
 import { VERSION } from "./version";
 
@@ -282,10 +282,11 @@ async function run(options: Options) {
 	const todir = await ensureEmptyDir(path.join(tmpdir, "to"));
 	const allowInsecure = options.allowInsecureRegistries ? InsecureRegistrySupport.YES : InsecureRegistrySupport.NO;
 	const fromRegistryUrl = options.fromRegistry ?? DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY;
-	const fromRegistry = createRegistry(
+	const fromRegistry = await createRegistry(
 		fromRegistryUrl,
-		await processToken(fromRegistryUrl, allowInsecure, options.fromImage, options.fromToken),
+		options.fromImage,
 		allowInsecure,
+		options.fromToken,
 	);
 	const originalManifest = await fromRegistry.download(
 		options.fromImage,
@@ -308,10 +309,14 @@ async function run(options: Options) {
 		await tarExporter.saveToTar(todir, tmpdir, options.toTar, [options.toImage], options);
 	}
 	if (options.toRegistry) {
-		const toRegistry = createRegistry(
+		if (!options.token && allowInsecure == InsecureRegistrySupport.NO) {
+			throw new Error("Need auth token to upload to " + options.toRegistry)
+		}
+		const toRegistry = await createRegistry(
 			options.toRegistry,
-			await processToken(options.toRegistry, allowInsecure, options.toImage, options.toToken),
+			options.toImage,
 			allowInsecure,
+			options.toToken,
 			options.optimisticToRegistryCheck,
 		);
 		await toRegistry.upload(options.toImage, todir, options.doCrossMount, originalManifest, options.fromImage);
diff --git a/src/registry.ts b/src/registry.ts
index d9147df..b5f0ba0 100644
--- a/src/registry.ts
+++ b/src/registry.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export async function processToken(
 		);
 		return `Bearer ${resp.token}`;
 	}
-	if (!token) throw new Error("Needs auth token to upload to " + registryBaseUrl);
+	if (!token) return ""
 	if (token.startsWith("Basic ")) return token;
 	if (token.startsWith("ghp_")) return "Bearer " + Buffer.from(token).toString("base64");
 	return "Bearer " + token;
@@ -188,17 +188,19 @@ type Mount = { mount: string; from: string };
 type UploadURL = { uploadUrl: string };
 type UploadURLorMounted = UploadURL | { mountSuccess: true };
 
-export function createRegistry(
+export async function createRegistry(
 	registryBaseUrl: string,
-	auth: string,
+	imagePath: string,
 	allowInsecure: InsecureRegistrySupport,
+	auth?: string,
 	optimisticToRegistryCheck = false,
-): Registry {
+): Promise<Registry> {
+	const token = await processToken(registryBaseUrl, allowInsecure, imagePath, auth)
 	async function exists(image: Image, layer: Layer) {
 		const url = `${registryBaseUrl}${image.path}/blobs/${layer.digest}`;
 		return await checkIfLayerExists(
 			url,
-			buildHeaders(layer.mediaType, auth),
+			buildHeaders(layer.mediaType, token),
 			allowInsecure,
 			optimisticToRegistryCheck,
 			0,
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ export function createRegistry(
 	async function uploadLayerContent(uploadUrl: string, layer: Layer, dir: string) {
 		logger.info(layer.digest);
 		const file = path.join(dir, getHash(layer.digest) + getLayerTypeFileEnding(layer));
-		await uploadContent(uploadUrl, file, layer, allowInsecure, auth);
+		await uploadContent(uploadUrl, file, layer, allowInsecure, token);
 	}
 
 	async function getUploadUrl(
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ export function createRegistry(
 		// Accept both manifests and index/manifest lists
 		const res = await dlJson<Manifest | Index>(
 			`${registryBaseUrl}${image.path}/manifests/${image.tag}`,
-			buildHeaders(`${OCI.index}, ${OCI.manifest}, ${DockerV2.index}, ${DockerV2.manifest}`, auth),
+			buildHeaders(`${OCI.index}, ${OCI.manifest}, ${DockerV2.index}, ${DockerV2.manifest}`, token),
 			allowInsecure,
 		);
 
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ export function createRegistry(
 	): Promise<Config> {
 		return await dlJson<Config>(
 			`${registryBaseUrl}${image.path}/blobs/${config.digest}`,
-			buildHeaders("*/*", auth),
+			buildHeaders("*/*", token),
 			allowInsecure,
 		);
 	}
@@ -333,7 +335,7 @@ export function createRegistry(
 		await dlToFile(
 			`${registryBaseUrl}${image.path}/blobs/${layer.digest}`,
 			path.join(folder, file),
-			buildHeaders(layer.mediaType, auth),
+			buildHeaders(layer.mediaType, token),
 			allowInsecure,
 			cacheFolder,
 		);
@@ -383,7 +385,7 @@ export function createRegistry(
 		const configUploadUrl = await getUploadUrl(image);
 		if ("mountSuccess" in configUploadUrl) throw new Error("Mounting not supported for config upload");
 		const configFile = path.join(folder, getHash(manifest.config.digest) + ".json");
-		await uploadContent(configUploadUrl.uploadUrl, configFile, manifest.config, allowInsecure, auth);
+		await uploadContent(configUploadUrl.uploadUrl, configFile, manifest.config, allowInsecure, token);
 
 		logger.info("Uploading manifest...");
 		const manifestSize = await fileutil.sizeOf(manifestFile);
@@ -392,7 +394,7 @@ export function createRegistry(
 			manifestFile,
 			{ mediaType: manifest.mediaType, size: manifestSize },
 			allowInsecure,
-			auth,
+			token,
 			manifest.mediaType,
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index b9bbf2f..b7ea020 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = "3.0.0";
+export const VERSION = "3.0.1";