diff --git a/functions/kubernetes/generate_certs.sh b/functions/kubernetes/generate_certs.sh
index b0ee1258..6d2e996c 100755
--- a/functions/kubernetes/generate_certs.sh
+++ b/functions/kubernetes/generate_certs.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 read -p "Are you using Minikube? (yes/no): " is_minikube
 
+default_ip=$(ifconfig | grep 'inet ' | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}')
+
 if [ "$is_minikube" == "yes" ]; then
   node_ip=$(minikube ip)
 else
-  read -p "Enter your node IP (default is localhost): " custom_ip
+  read -p "Enter your node IP (default is $default_ip): " custom_ip
   # Use localhost as the default value
-  node_ip=${custom_ip:-localhost}
+  node_ip=${custom_ip:-$default_ip}
 fi
 
 echo "Using node IP: $node_ip to generate SSL certs!"
@@ -20,9 +22,13 @@ openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -sha256 -keyout certs/reg.key -x509 -days 36
 # generate a random string
 random_string=$(openssl rand -hex 3)
 
+echo "Starting docker registry with name shuffle-local-registry-$random_string.."
+
 docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name "shuffle-local-registry-$random_string" \
   -v $(pwd)/certs:/certs \
   -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE=/certs/reg.crt \
   -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY=/certs/reg.key \
   registry:2
 
+echo "Done!"
+