diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a5aef15..7b85d13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Lint
-        run: docker-compose run lint
+        run: docker compose run --quiet-pull lint
       - name: Tests
-        run: docker-compose run tests
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+        run: docker compose run --quiet-pull tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9258576..2675263 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/endpoint.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Factions-badge.atrox.dev%2Fseek-oss%2Fprivate-npm-buildkite-plugin%2Fbadge&style=flat)](https://actions-badge.atrox.dev/seek-oss/private-npm-buildkite-plugin/goto)
 [![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/seek-oss/private-npm-buildkite-plugin.svg)](https://github.com/seek-oss/private-npm-buildkite-plugin/releases)
 
-
 A [Buildkite plugin](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/plugins) to allow pipeline steps to easily install
 private packages from an [npm](https://www.npmjs.com) repository.
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ To read the value from an environment variable named `MY_TOKEN` when the plugin
 steps:
   - command: yarn install
     plugins:
-      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.2.0:
+      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.3.0:
           env: "MY_TOKEN"
 ```
 
@@ -27,43 +26,56 @@ To read the value from a file named `my_token_file`, use the `file` field.
 steps:
   - command: yarn install
     plugins:
-      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.2.0:
+      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.3.0:
           file: "my_token_file"
 ```
 
-Alternatively you can read the token directly from any value exposed to your `pipeline.yml` file.  However, this 
-approach is discouraged in favour of using with the `env` or `file` fields.  This functionality remains in the interest
- of backwards compatibility.
+Alternatively you can read the token directly from any value exposed to your `pipeline.yml` file. However, this
+approach is discouraged in favour of using with the `env` or `file` fields. This functionality remains in the interest
+of backwards compatibility.
 
 ```yml
 steps:
   - command: yarn install
     plugins:
-      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.2.0:
+      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.3.0:
           token: ${MY_TOKEN}
 ```
 
-
 You can also specify a custom npm registry if you are using your own mirror.
 
 ```yml
 steps:
   - command: yarn install
     plugins:
-      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.2.0:
+      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.3.0:
           env: "MY_TOKEN"
           registry: //myprivatenpm.com/
 ```
 
+If you set a registry, you can configure a specific scope to fetch packages from your custom registry.
+In this case, use only Protocol-Relative URL for `registry` as `https://` will be prepended in the
+scope in the `.npmrc` for you.
+
+```yml
+steps:
+  - command: yarn install
+    plugins:
+      - seek-oss/private-npm#v1.3.0:
+          env: "MY_TOKEN"
+          registry: //myprivatenpm.com/
+          scope: "@myprivatescope"
+```
+
 ## Configuration
 
-> **NOTE** Even thought `env`, `file` and `token` are described as optional, _at least one must be set_ or the plugin 
+> **NOTE** Even thought `env`, `file` and `token` are described as optional, _at least one must be set_ or the plugin
 > will fail.
 
 ### `env` (optional)
 
-The value of the NPM token will be read from the agent environment when the plugin executes.  This is useful in working
-around cases where eager binding of variables in `pipeline.yml` means some variables are not present in the 
+The value of the NPM token will be read from the agent environment when the plugin executes. This is useful in working
+around cases where eager binding of variables in `pipeline.yml` means some variables are not present in the
 environment when the configuration file is parsed.
 
 > **NOTE** : Beware of using `NPM_TOKEN` as the name for the environment variable. When using that name the variable
@@ -71,33 +83,37 @@ environment when the configuration file is parsed.
 
 ### `file` (optional)
 
-The value of the NPM token will be read from a file on the agent when the plugin executes.  This is useful when working
+The value of the NPM token will be read from a file on the agent when the plugin executes. This is useful when working
 with secret that are created as files on the filesystem when a build is initiated.
 
 ### `token` (optional)
 
-The value of the NPM token will be read from a variable which is available to the Buildkite YAML parsing context.  
-This value is interpolated when the YAML configuration is parsed by the Buildgent agent and provided to the plugin "as 
+The value of the NPM token will be read from a variable which is available to the Buildkite YAML parsing context.
+This value is interpolated when the YAML configuration is parsed by the Buildgent agent and provided to the plugin "as
 is".
 
 Example: `${MY_TOKEN}`
-> **NOTE:** Don't put your tokens into source control.  Don't use web interfaces you don't control to inject them into 
-> your environment either.  Rather use a Secrets Manager.  If you are an AWS user, perhaps consider the 
+
+> **NOTE:** Don't put your tokens into source control. Don't use web interfaces you don't control to inject them into
+> your environment either. Rather use a Secrets Manager. If you are an AWS user, perhaps consider the
 > [aws-sm-buildkite-plugin](https://github.com/seek-oss/aws-sm-buildkite-plugin) which works well with this plugin.
 
-> **NOTE:** There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that using `NPM_TOKEN` as the variable name containing the 
-> token can intermittently cause the token to become empty.  It is advised to use a different name as has been done in 
+> **NOTE:** There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that using `NPM_TOKEN` as the variable name containing the
+> token can intermittently cause the token to become empty. It is advised to use a different name as has been done in
 > these docs.
 
 ### `registry` (optional)
-The path to a private npm repository.  Please ensure you supply the trailing `/`!
+
+The path to a private npm repository. Please ensure you supply the trailing `/`!
 
 Example: `//myprivatenpm.com/`
 
 ### `output-path` (optional)
-The path to the .npmrc that will be created.  Please ensure you supply the trailing `/`!
+
+The path to the .npmrc that will be created. Please ensure you supply the trailing `/`!
 
 Example: `./project/path/`
 
 ## License
+
 MIT (see [LICENSE](./LICENSE))
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8238dea..0e2ce6f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.4'
 services:
   tests:
     image: buildkite/plugin-tester
@@ -6,6 +5,6 @@ services:
       - ".:/plugin"
   lint:
     image: buildkite/plugin-linter
-    command: ['--name', 'seek-oss/private-npm']
+    command: ["--name", "seek-oss/private-npm"]
     volumes:
-      - ".:/plugin:ro"
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+      - ".:/plugin:ro"
diff --git a/hooks/pre-command b/hooks/pre-command
index ca35d83..7c4ba18 100755
--- a/hooks/pre-command
+++ b/hooks/pre-command
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_REGISTRY=${BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_REGISTRY:-'//registry.npmjs.org/'}
+SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_SCOPE=${BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_SCOPE:-''}
 SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN=${BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN:-''}
 SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_FILE=${BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_FILE:-''}
 SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_ENV=${BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_ENV:-''}
@@ -18,13 +19,14 @@ fi
 
 if [[ -n "${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_FILE}" ]]
 then
+
   SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN=$(cat "${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_FILE}")
 elif [[ -n "${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_ENV}" ]]
 then
   SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN="${!SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_ENV}"
 fi
 
-if [[ -z $SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN ]] 
+if [[ -z $SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN ]]
 then
   echo ':no_entry_sign: :npm: :package: Failed! A valid NPM_TOKEN could not be determined'
   exit 1
@@ -38,3 +40,10 @@ mkdir -p "${OUTPUT_FILE%/*}" && cat > $OUTPUT_FILE << EOF
 ${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_REGISTRY}:_authToken=${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN}
 save-exact=true
 EOF
+if [[ -n "${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_SCOPE}" ]]
+then
+cat >> $OUTPUT_FILE << EOF
+always-auth=true
+${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_SCOPE}:registry=https:${SEEK_OSS_PRIVATE_NPM_REGISTRY}
+EOF
+fi
diff --git a/plugin.yml b/plugin.yml
index 36798f2..8389b5a 100644
--- a/plugin.yml
+++ b/plugin.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ configuration:
   properties:
     registry:
       type: string
+    scope:
+      type: string
     token:
       type: string
     env:
@@ -16,4 +18,3 @@ configuration:
       type: string
     output-path:
       type: string
-
diff --git a/tests/pre-command.bats b/tests/pre-command.bats
index 57c6460..30060d5 100644
--- a/tests/pre-command.bats
+++ b/tests/pre-command.bats
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bats
 
-load "$BATS_PATH/load.bash"
+setup() {
+  load "$BATS_PLUGIN_PATH/load.bash"
+
+  # Uncomment to enable stub debugging
+  # export GIT_STUB_DEBUG=/dev/tty
+}
+
 teardown() {
   rm -f .npmrc
   rm -f ./tests/path/to/project/.npmrc
@@ -24,6 +30,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert_equal "$(head -n1 .npmrc)" '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=abc123'
 }
 
+
 @test "reads the token from a file if the file parameter is used" {
   export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_FILE='my_token_file'
   echo 'abc123' > my_token_file
@@ -32,7 +39,7 @@ teardown() {
 
   assert_success
   assert [ -e '.npmrc' ]
-  assert_equal "$(head -n1 .npmrc)" '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=abc123' 
+  assert_equal "$(head -n1 .npmrc)" '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=abc123'
 }
 
 @test "fails if the file parameter is used but no file exists" {
@@ -117,6 +124,33 @@ teardown() {
   assert_equal "$(head -n1 .npmrc)" '//myprivateregistry.org/:_authToken=abc123'
 }
 
+@test "creates a npmrc file with supplied scoped registry path and env" {
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_ENV='MY_ENV_VAR'
+  export MY_ENV_VAR='abc123'
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_REGISTRY='//myprivateregistry.org/'
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_SCOPE='@myprivatescope'
+
+  run $PWD/hooks/pre-command
+
+  assert_success
+  assert [ -e '.npmrc' ]
+  assert_equal "$(head -n1 .npmrc)" '//myprivateregistry.org/:_authToken=abc123'
+  assert_equal "$(tail -n1 .npmrc)" '@myprivatescope:registry=https://myprivateregistry.org/'
+}
+
+@test "creates a npmrc file with supplied scoped and default registry path and env" {
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_ENV='MY_ENV_VAR'
+  export MY_ENV_VAR='abc123'
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_SCOPE='@myprivatescope'
+
+  run $PWD/hooks/pre-command
+
+  assert_success
+  assert [ -e '.npmrc' ]
+  assert_equal "$(head -n1 .npmrc)" '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=abc123'
+  assert_equal "$(tail -n1 .npmrc)" '@myprivatescope:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/'
+}
+
 @test "creates a npmrc file with supplied output path and token" {
   export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_TOKEN='abc123'
   export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_OUTPUT_PATH='./tests/path/to/project/'
@@ -135,7 +169,7 @@ teardown() {
   refute [ -e '.npmrc' ]
 }
 
-# There is an exclusive relationship between file, env, and token.  These tests ensure only value is set and fail with 
+# There is an exclusive relationship between file, env, and token.  These tests ensure only value is set and fail with
 # a meaninful message otherwise
 @test "fails if env and file are both set" {
   export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_PRIVATE_NPM_FILE='my_token_file'
@@ -180,4 +214,4 @@ teardown() {
   assert_failure
   assert_output ':no_entry_sign: :npm: :package: Failed! Only one of file, env or token parameters may be set'
   refute [ -e '.npmrc' ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}