diff --git a/docs/registry.go b/docs/registry.go
index 0ae37f7a..131b0270 100644
--- a/docs/registry.go
+++ b/docs/registry.go
@@ -478,10 +478,7 @@ type Registry struct {
 	authConfig *auth.AuthConfig
 }
 
-func NewRegistry(root string) *Registry {
-	// If the auth file does not exist, keep going
-	authConfig, _ := auth.LoadConfig(root)
-
+func NewRegistry(root string, authConfig *auth.AuthConfig) *Registry {
 	httpTransport := &http.Transport{
 		DisableKeepAlives: true,
 		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,