diff --git a/doc/permissions/permissions.md b/doc/permissions/permissions.md
index 6be5ea0b48673a7c9b35cb36b5ad1c469986596c..30f6c75e1cfbe5b7bc75676496803a8b0bed194c 100644
--- a/doc/permissions/permissions.md
+++ b/doc/permissions/permissions.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ documentation](../workflow/add-user/add-user.md).
 | Cancel and retry builds               |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Create or update commit status        |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Update a container registry           |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
+| Remove a container registry images    |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Create new milestones                 |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Add new team members                  |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Push to protected branches            |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
diff --git a/lib/container_registry/blob.rb b/lib/container_registry/blob.rb
index 16e3f85341859da17a8f132dd0894eac7bd2feec..d59792a383e4e3fbb175078bb86fca5ad0b015d5 100644
--- a/lib/container_registry/blob.rb
+++ b/lib/container_registry/blob.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ module ContainerRegistry
     end
 
     def data
-      return @data if defined?(@data)
       @data ||= client.blob(repository.name, digest, type)
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/container_registry/client.rb b/lib/container_registry/client.rb
index b823428344bb82a2f239ace1ff6712f9b602f840..41d9cb46ae9a2b2d7ca29ede4820772141dc9595 100644
--- a/lib/container_registry/client.rb
+++ b/lib/container_registry/client.rb
@@ -9,20 +9,8 @@ module ContainerRegistry
 
     def initialize(base_uri, options = {})
       @base_uri = base_uri
-      @faraday = Faraday.new(@base_uri) do |builder|
-        builder.request :json
-        builder.headers['Accept'] = MANIFEST_VERSION
-
-        builder.response :json, :content_type => /\bjson$/
-        builder.response :json, :content_type => 'application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v1+prettyjws'
-
-        if options[:user] && options[:password]
-          builder.request(:basic_auth, options[:user].to_s, options[:password].to_s)
-        elsif options[:token]
-          builder.request(:authorization, :bearer, options[:token].to_s)
-        end
-
-        builder.adapter :net_http
+      @faraday = Faraday.new(@base_uri) do |conn|
+        initialize_connection(conn)
       end
     end
 
@@ -60,5 +48,22 @@ module ContainerRegistry
     def delete_blob(name, digest)
       @faraday.delete("/v2/#{name}/blobs/#{digest}").success?
     end
+    
+    private
+    
+    def initialize_connection(conn)
+      conn.request :json
+      conn.headers['Accept'] = MANIFEST_VERSION
+
+      conn.response :json, :content_type => /\bjson$/
+
+      if options[:user] && options[:password]
+        conn.request(:basic_auth, options[:user].to_s, options[:password].to_s)
+      elsif options[:token]
+        conn.request(:authorization, :bearer, options[:token].to_s)
+      end
+
+      conn.adapter :net_http
+    end
   end
 end