if err != nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("could not parse url in image reference: %v", err)
		return
	}
	wasmLog.Infof("fetching image %s from registry %s with tag %s", ref.Context().RepositoryStr(),
		ref.Context().RegistryStr(), ref.Identifier())

	// fallback to http based request, inspired by [helm](https://github.com/helm/helm/blob/12f1bc0acdeb675a8c50a78462ed3917fb7b2e37/pkg/registry/client.go#L594)