diff --git a/app/components/createContainer/createContainerController.js b/app/components/createContainer/createContainerController.js
index ecc556182..5997747f7 100644
--- a/app/components/createContainer/createContainerController.js
+++ b/app/components/createContainer/createContainerController.js
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ function ($q, $scope, $state, $stateParams, $filter, Container, ContainerHelper,
   }
 
   function loadFromContainerImageConfig(d) {
-    // If no registry found, we let default DockerHub and let full image path
     var imageInfo = ImageHelper.extractImageAndRegistryFromRepository($scope.config.Image);
     RegistryService.retrieveRegistryFromRepository($scope.config.Image)
     .then(function success(data) {
diff --git a/app/components/createContainer/createcontainer.html b/app/components/createContainer/createcontainer.html
index fdae6b4de..fd282d5b8 100644
--- a/app/components/createContainer/createcontainer.html
+++ b/app/components/createContainer/createcontainer.html
@@ -21,24 +21,30 @@
           <div class="col-sm-12 form-section-title">
             Image configuration
           </div>
-          <!-- image-and-registry -->
-          <div class="form-group">
-            <por-image-registry image="config.Image" registry="formValues.Registry" ng-if="formValues.Registry"></por-image-registry>
+          <div ng-if="!formValues.Registry && fromContainer">
+            <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle orange-icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+            <span class="small text-danger" style="margin-left: 5px;">The Docker registry for the <code>{{ config.Image }}</code> image is not registered inside Portainer, you will not be able to create a container. Please register that registry first.</span>
           </div>
-          <!-- !image-and-registry -->
-          <!-- always-pull -->
-          <div class="form-group">
-            <div class="col-sm-12">
-              <label for="ownership" class="control-label text-left">
-                Always pull the image
-                <portainer-tooltip position="bottom" message="When enabled, Portainer will automatically try to pull the specified image before creating the container."></portainer-tooltip>
-              </label>
-              <label class="switch" style="margin-left: 20px;">
-                <input type="checkbox" ng-model="formValues.alwaysPull"><i></i>
-              </label>
+          <div ng-if="formValues.Registry || !fromContainer">
+            <!-- image-and-registry -->
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <por-image-registry image="config.Image" registry="formValues.Registry" ng-if="formValues.Registry"></por-image-registry>
             </div>
+            <!-- !image-and-registry -->
+            <!-- always-pull -->
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <div class="col-sm-12">
+                <label for="ownership" class="control-label text-left">
+                  Always pull the image
+                  <portainer-tooltip position="bottom" message="When enabled, Portainer will automatically try to pull the specified image before creating the container."></portainer-tooltip>
+                </label>
+                <label class="switch" style="margin-left: 20px;">
+                  <input type="checkbox" ng-model="formValues.alwaysPull"><i></i>
+                </label>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <!-- !always-pull -->
           </div>
-          <!-- !always-pull -->
           <div class="col-sm-12 form-section-title">
             Ports configuration
           </div>
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="form-group">
             <div class="col-sm-12">
-              <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" ng-disabled="!config.Image" ng-click="create()">Start container</button>
+              <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" ng-disabled="!config.Image || (!formValues.Registry && fromContainer)" ng-click="create()">Start container</button>
               <a type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" ui-sref="containers">Cancel</a>
               <i id="createContainerSpinner" class="fa fa-cog fa-spin" style="margin-left: 5px; display: none;"></i>
               <span class="text-danger" ng-if="state.formValidationError" style="margin-left: 5px;">{{ state.formValidationError }}</span>