diff --git a/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy b/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
index 36bd510..a1a2bde 100644
--- a/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
+++ b/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@
       mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
       kind get kubeconfig --name ${cfg.name} > $HOME/.kube/config
 
-      # add helm repositories
-      helm repo add onf https://charts.opencord.org
-      helm repo update
-
       # download kail
       bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
   """
diff --git a/vars/volthaDeploy.groovy b/vars/volthaDeploy.groovy
index 07146ee..d8d679f 100644
--- a/vars/volthaDeploy.groovy
+++ b/vars/volthaDeploy.groovy
@@ -35,10 +35,18 @@
       registryFlags += " --set onos-classic.atomix.image.repository=${cfg.dockerRegistry}/atomix/atomix "
       registryFlags += " --set freeradius.images.radius.registry=${cfg.dockerRegistry}/ "
 
-      // we want to alway leave the user provided flags at the end, to override changes
+      // we want to always leave the user provided flags at the end, to override changes
       cfg.extraHelmFlags = registryFlags + " " + cfg.extraHelmFlags
     }
 
+    // Add helm repositories
+    println "Updating helm repos"
+
+    sh """
+      helm repo add onf https://charts.opencord.org
+      helm repo update
+    """
+
     println "Deploying VOLTHA with the following parameters: ${cfg}."
 
     volthaInfraDeploy(cfg)