diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util.go
index ef601e1b5cb3..4badbc78069f 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/config/util.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -101,46 +102,72 @@ func EnableOrDisableAddon(name string, val string) error {
 			posResponses := []string{"yes", "y"}
 			negResponses := []string{"no", "n"}
 
+			// Default values
+			awsAccessID := "changeme"
+			awsAccessKey := "changeme"
+			awsRegion := "changeme"
+			awsAccount := "changeme"
+			gcrApplicationDefaultCredentials := "changeme"
+
 			enableAWSECR := AskForYesNoConfirmation("\nDo you want to enable AWS Elastic Container Registry?", posResponses, negResponses)
 			if enableAWSECR {
-				awsAccessID := AskForStaticValue("-- Enter AWS Access Key ID: ")
-				awsAccessKey := AskForStaticValue("-- Enter AWS Secret Access Key: ")
-				awsRegion := AskForStaticValue("-- Enter AWS Region: ")
-				awsAccount := AskForStaticValue("-- Enter 12 digit AWS Account ID: ")
-
-				cluster.CreateSecret(
-					"kube-system",
-					"registry-creds-ecr",
-					map[string]string{
-						"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID":     awsAccessID,
-						"AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": awsAccessKey,
-						"aws-account":           awsAccount,
-						"awsregion":             awsRegion,
-					},
-					map[string]string{
-						"app":   "registry-creds",
-						"cloud": "ecr",
-						"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "registry-creds",
-					})
+				awsAccessID = AskForStaticValue("-- Enter AWS Access Key ID: ")
+				awsAccessKey = AskForStaticValue("-- Enter AWS Secret Access Key: ")
+				awsRegion = AskForStaticValue("-- Enter AWS Region: ")
+				awsAccount = AskForStaticValue("-- Enter 12 digit AWS Account ID: ")
 			}
 
 			enableGCR := AskForYesNoConfirmation("\nDo you want to enable Google Container Registry?", posResponses, negResponses)
 			if enableGCR {
-				fmt.Println("-- Enter applicatoin_default_credentials.json as base64 by running following command:")
-				gcrApplicationDefaultCredentials := AskForStaticValue("  base64 -w 0 $HOME/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json: ")
-
-				cluster.CreateSecret(
-					"kube-system",
-					"registry-creds-gcr",
-					map[string]string{
-						"application_default_credentials.json": gcrApplicationDefaultCredentials,
-					},
-					map[string]string{
-						"app":   "registry-creds",
-						"cloud": "gcr",
-						"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "registry-creds",
-					})
+				gcrPath := AskForStaticValue("-- Enter path to credentials (e.g. /home/user/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json):")
+
+				// Read file from disk
+				dat, err := ioutil.ReadFile(gcrPath)
+
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println("Could not read file for application_default_credentials.json")
+				} else {
+					gcrApplicationDefaultCredentials = string(dat)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Create ECR Secret
+			err = cluster.CreateSecret(
+				"kube-system",
+				"registry-creds-ecr",
+				map[string]string{
+					"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID":     awsAccessID,
+					"AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": awsAccessKey,
+					"aws-account":           awsAccount,
+					"aws-region":            awsRegion,
+				},
+				map[string]string{
+					"app":   "registry-creds",
+					"cloud": "ecr",
+					"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "registry-creds",
+				})
+
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("ERROR creating `registry-creds-ecr` secret")
+			}
+
+			// Create GCR Secret
+			err = cluster.CreateSecret(
+				"kube-system",
+				"registry-creds-gcr",
+				map[string]string{
+					"application_default_credentials.json": gcrApplicationDefaultCredentials,
+				},
+				map[string]string{
+					"app":   "registry-creds",
+					"cloud": "gcr",
+					"kubernetes.io/minikube-addons": "registry-creds",
+				})
+
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("ERROR creating `registry-creds-gcr` secret")
 			}
+
 			break
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/deploy/addons/registry-creds/registry-creds-rc.yaml b/deploy/addons/registry-creds/registry-creds-rc.yaml
index 9be5790e56aa..f0b643e95244 100644
--- a/deploy/addons/registry-creds/registry-creds-rc.yaml
+++ b/deploy/addons/registry-creds/registry-creds-rc.yaml
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ metadata:
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     version: v1.6
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    kubernetes.io/minikube-addons: registry-creds
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     name: registry-creds
     version: v1.6
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         name: registry-creds
         version: v1.6
+        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec:
       containers:
       - image: upmcenterprises/registry-creds:1.6
@@ -48,7 +52,4 @@ spec:
       volumes:
       - name: gcr-creds
         secret:
-          secretName: registry-creds-gcr
-          items:
-            - key: application_default_credentials.json
-              path: application_default_credentials.json
\ No newline at end of file
+          secretName: registry-creds-gcr
\ No newline at end of file