diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index b5b4bdbc..237f094d 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var localModulePath string
+var registryFilePath string
 
 func init() {
 	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&localModulePath, "local-module-path", "m", "github.com/commitdev", "local module path - for using local modules instead of downloading from github")
+	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&registryFilePath, "registry-file-path", "r", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/commitdev/zero/main/registry.yaml", "registry file path - for using a custom list of stacks")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(initCmd)
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Create new project with provided name and initialize configuration based on user input.",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		flog.Debugf("Root directory is %s", projectconfig.RootDir)
-		projectContext := initPrompts.Init(projectconfig.RootDir, localModulePath)
+		projectContext := initPrompts.Init(projectconfig.RootDir, localModulePath, registryFilePath)
 		projectConfigErr := projectconfig.CreateProjectConfigFile(projectconfig.RootDir, projectContext.Name, projectContext)
 
 		if projectConfigErr != nil {
diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 9abab1db..8ade9ff2 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package constants
 
 const (
+	TmpRegistryYml    = "tmp/registry.yaml"
 	TemplatesDir      = "tmp/templates"
 	ZeroProjectYml    = "zero-project.yml"
 	ZeroModuleYml     = "zero-module.yml"
diff --git a/internal/init/init.go b/internal/init/init.go
index 04520e49..119c34fa 100644
--- a/internal/init/init.go
+++ b/internal/init/init.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Create cloud provider context
-func Init(outDir string, localModulePath string) *projectconfig.ZeroProjectConfig {
+func Init(outDir, localModulePath, registryFilePath string) *projectconfig.ZeroProjectConfig {
 	projectConfig := defaultProjConfig()
 
 	projectRootParams := map[string]string{}
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ func Init(outDir string, localModulePath string) *projectconfig.ZeroProjectConfi
 		exit.Fatal("Error creating root: %v ", err)
 	}
 
-	moduleSources := chooseStack(registry.GetRegistry(localModulePath))
+	registry, err := registry.GetRegistry(localModulePath, registryFilePath)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		exit.Fatal("Error getting registry: %v ", err)
+	}
+
+	moduleSources := chooseStack(registry)
 	moduleConfigs, mappedSources := loadAllModules(moduleSources)
 
 	prompts := getProjectPrompts(projectConfig.Name, moduleConfigs)
diff --git a/internal/registry/registry.go b/internal/registry/registry.go
index 1631342b..ee4faad3 100644
--- a/internal/registry/registry.go
+++ b/internal/registry/registry.go
@@ -1,33 +1,46 @@
 package registry
 
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/commitdev/zero/internal/constants"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-getter"
+
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
 type Registry []Stack
+
 type Stack struct {
-	Name          string
-	ModuleSources []string
+	Name          string   `yaml:"name"`
+	ModuleSources []string `yaml:"moduleSources"`
 }
 
-func GetRegistry(path string) Registry {
-	return Registry{
-		// TODO: better place to store these options as configuration file or any source
-		{
-			"EKS + Go + React + Gatsby",
-			[]string{
-				path + "/zero-aws-eks-stack",
-				path + "/zero-static-site-gatsby",
-				path + "/zero-backend-go",
-				path + "/zero-frontend-react",
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			"EKS + NodeJS + React + Gatsby",
-			[]string{
-				path + "/zero-aws-eks-stack",
-				path + "/zero-static-site-gatsby",
-				path + "/zero-backend-node",
-				path + "/zero-frontend-react",
-			},
-		},
+func GetRegistry(localModulePath, registryFilePath string) (Registry, error) {
+	registry := Registry{}
+
+	err := getter.GetFile(constants.TmpRegistryYml, registryFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(constants.TmpRegistryYml)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &registry)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(registry); i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < len(registry[i].ModuleSources); j++ {
+			registry[i].ModuleSources[j] = localModulePath + registry[i].ModuleSources[j]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return registry, nil
 }
 
 func GetModulesByName(registry Registry, name string) []string {
diff --git a/registry.yaml b/registry.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdad7113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- name: EKS + Go + React + Gatsby
+  moduleSources:
+  - /zero-aws-eks-stack
+  - /zero-static-site-gatsby
+  - /zero-backend-go
+  - /zero-frontend-react
+
+- name: EKS + NodeJS + React + Gatsby
+  moduleSources:
+  - /zero-aws-eks-stack
+  - /zero-static-site-gatsby
+  - /zero-backend-node
+  - /zero-frontend-react