diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index e784c2ad..0a632248 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ func WithPlatform(platform string) Option {
 // GetImage parses the user provided image string and provides an image object;
 // note: the source where the image should be referenced from is automatically inferred.
 func GetImage(ctx context.Context, imgStr string, options ...Option) (*image.Image, error) {
-	return getImageFromSource(ctx, imgStr, "", options...)
+	// look for a known source scheme like docker:
+	source, imgStr := ExtractSchemeSource(imgStr, allProviderTags()...)
+	return getImageFromSource(ctx, imgStr, source, options...)
 }
 
 // GetImageFromSource returns an image from the explicitly provided source.
@@ -88,22 +90,8 @@ func getImageFromSource(ctx context.Context, imgStr string, source image.Source,
 			Registry:  cfg.Registry,
 		})...,
 	)
-	source = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(source))
-	if source == "" {
-		// if no source is explicitly specified, look for a known scheme like docker:
-		source, imgStr = ExtractSchemeSource(imgStr, providers.Tags()...)
-		if source != "" {
-			// a source was specified in the string, so imgStr was something like docker:<image-ref>, reconfigure the providers with the right image ref
-			providers = tagged.ValueSet[image.Provider]{}.Join(
-				ImageProviders(ImageProviderConfig{
-					UserInput: imgStr,
-					Platform:  cfg.Platform,
-					Registry:  cfg.Registry,
-				})...,
-			)
-		}
-	}
 	if source != "" {
+		source = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(source))
 		providers = providers.Select(source)
 		if len(providers) == 0 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to find image providers matching: '%s'", source)
diff --git a/providers.go b/providers.go
index b7051303..ffe6f93e 100644
--- a/providers.go
+++ b/providers.go
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ func ImageProviders(cfg ImageProviderConfig) []tagged.Value[image.Provider] {
 func taggedProvider(provider image.Provider, tags ...string) tagged.Value[image.Provider] {
 	return tagged.New[image.Provider](provider, append([]string{provider.Name()}, tags...)...)
 }
+
+func allProviderTags() []string {
+	return tagged.ValueSet[image.Provider]{}.Join(ImageProviders(ImageProviderConfig{})...).Tags()
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/fixture_image_simple_test.go b/test/integration/fixture_image_simple_test.go
index 3ab0dfaf..fef0fbbb 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixture_image_simple_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/fixture_image_simple_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ var simpleImageTestCases = []testCase{
 		imageMediaType: v1Types.DockerManifestSchema2,
 		layerMediaType: v1Types.DockerLayer,
 		layers:         simpleImageLayers,
-		tagCount:       1, // this uses a docker image save, which does not include the latest tag
+		tagCount:       2,
 		size:           65,
 	},
 	{