diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 6f48ef2..605d08e 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, tap } from '@pushrocks/tapbundle';
 import * as docker from '../ts/index';
-import { DockerService } from '../ts/index';
 
 let testDockerHost: docker.DockerHost;
 
@@ -94,8 +93,11 @@ tap.test('should create a service', async () => {
     labels: {},
     contentArg: '{"hi": "wow"}'
   });
-  const testService = await DockerService.createService(testDockerHost, {
-    image: 'nginx:latest',
+  const testImage = await docker.DockerImage.createFromRegistry(testDockerHost, {
+    imageUrl: 'nginx:latest'
+  });
+  const testService = await docker.DockerService.createService(testDockerHost, {
+    image: testImage,
     labels: {    
       'testlabel': 'hi'
     },
diff --git a/ts/docker.classes.image.ts b/ts/docker.classes.image.ts
index d7f485e..f2c04b4 100644
--- a/ts/docker.classes.image.ts
+++ b/ts/docker.classes.image.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ export class DockerImage {
     });
   }
 
-  public tagImage(newTag) {}
+  /**
+   * tag an image
+   * @param newTag
+   */
+  public async tagImage(newTag) {
+    throw new Error('.tagImage is not yet implemented');
+  }
 
   /**
    * pulls the latest version from the registry
diff --git a/ts/docker.classes.service.ts b/ts/docker.classes.service.ts
index cb91778..5849736 100644
--- a/ts/docker.classes.service.ts
+++ b/ts/docker.classes.service.ts
@@ -39,13 +39,11 @@ export class DockerService {
     // lets get the image
     plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log(
       'info',
-      `downloading image for service ${serviceCreationDescriptor.name}`
+      `now creating service ${serviceCreationDescriptor.name}`
     );
-    const serviceImage = await DockerImage.createFromRegistry(dockerHost, {
-      imageUrl: serviceCreationDescriptor.image
-    });
-
-    const serviceVersion = serviceImage.Labels.version;
+    
+    // await serviceCreationDescriptor.image.pullLatestImageFromRegistry();
+    const serviceVersion = await serviceCreationDescriptor.image.getVersion();
 
     const labels: interfaces.TLabels = {
       ...serviceCreationDescriptor.labels,
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ export class DockerService {
       Name: serviceCreationDescriptor.name,
       TaskTemplate: {
         ContainerSpec: {
-          Image: serviceCreationDescriptor.image,
+          Image: serviceCreationDescriptor.image.RepoTags[0],
           Labels: labels,
           Secrets: secretArray
         },
diff --git a/ts/interfaces/service.ts b/ts/interfaces/service.ts
index 66d488d..0c16226 100644
--- a/ts/interfaces/service.ts
+++ b/ts/interfaces/service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import * as interfaces from './';
 import { DockerNetwork } from '../docker.classes.network';
 import { DockerSecret } from '../docker.classes.secret';
+import { DockerImage } from '../docker.classes.image';
 
 export interface IServiceCreationDescriptor {
   name: string;
-  image: string;
+  image: DockerImage;
   labels: interfaces.TLabels;
   networks: DockerNetwork[];
   networkAlias: string;