diff --git a/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main.go b/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main.go
index 35b86b4..a090e6c 100644
--- a/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if create {
-		err = ensureRepoExists(svc, getRepoName(repo))
+		err = ensureRepoExists(svc, trimHostname(repo, registry))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("error creating ECR repo: %v", err))
 		}
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func getRepoName(repo string) string {
-	return strings.SplitN(repo, "/", 2)[1]
+func trimHostname(repo, registry string) string {
+	repo = strings.TrimPrefix(repo, registry)
+	repo = strings.TrimLeft(repo, "/")
+	return repo
 }
 
 func ensureRepoExists(svc *ecr.ECR, name string) (err error) {
diff --git a/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main_test.go b/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main_test.go
index fed5abc..5c50ba5 100644
--- a/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/drone-docker-ecr/main_test.go
@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@ package main
 
 import "testing"
 
-func TestGetRepoName(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTrimHostname(t *testing.T) {
+	registry := "000000000000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
 	// map full repo path to expected repo name
 	repos := map[string]string{
-		"000000000000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/repo":                     "repo",
-		"000000000000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/namespace/repo":           "namespace/repo",
-		"000000000000.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/namespace/namespace/repo": "namespace/namespace/repo",
+		registry + "/repo":                     "repo",
+		registry + "/namespace/repo":           "namespace/repo",
+		registry + "/namespace/namespace/repo": "namespace/namespace/repo",
 	}
 
 	for repo, name := range repos {
-		splitName := getRepoName(repo)
+		splitName := trimHostname(repo, registry)
 		if splitName != name {
 			t.Errorf("%s is not equal to %s.", splitName, name)
 		}