diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go
index 7cc83ef37..25fc8e5b5 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/adapter.go
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ func init() {
 
 type adapter struct {
 	*adp.DefaultImageRegistry
-	registry       *model.Registry
-	coreServiceURL string
-	client         *common_http.Client
+	registry *model.Registry
+	url      string
+	client   *common_http.Client
 }
 
 func newAdapter(registry *model.Registry) (*adapter, error) {
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ func newAdapter(registry *model.Registry) (*adapter, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &adapter{
-		registry:       registry,
-		coreServiceURL: registry.URL,
+		registry: registry,
+		url:      registry.URL,
 		client: common_http.NewClient(
 			&http.Client{
 				Transport: transport,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (a *adapter) Info() (*model.RegistryInfo, error) {
 	sys := &struct {
 		ChartRegistryEnabled bool `json:"with_chartmuseum"`
 	}{}
-	if err := a.client.Get(a.coreServiceURL+"/api/systeminfo", sys); err != nil {
+	if err := a.client.Get(a.getURL()+"/api/systeminfo", sys); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if sys.ChartRegistryEnabled {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (a *adapter) PrepareForPush(resources []*model.Resource) error {
 			Name:     project.Name,
 			Metadata: project.Metadata,
 		}
-		err := a.client.Post(a.coreServiceURL+"/api/projects", pro)
+		err := a.client.Post(a.getURL()+"/api/projects", pro)
 		if err != nil {
 			if httpErr, ok := err.(*common_http.Error); ok && httpErr.Code == http.StatusConflict {
 				log.Debugf("got 409 when trying to create project %s", project.Name)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ type project struct {
 
 func (a *adapter) getProjects(name string) ([]*project, error) {
 	projects := []*project{}
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/projects?name=%s&page=1&page_size=500", a.coreServiceURL, name)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/projects?name=%s&page=1&page_size=500", a.getURL(), name)
 	if err := a.client.GetAndIteratePagination(url, &projects); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -246,9 +246,19 @@ func (a *adapter) getProject(name string) (*project, error) {
 
 func (a *adapter) getRepositories(projectID int64) ([]*repository, error) {
 	repositories := []*repository{}
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/repositories?project_id=%d&page=1&page_size=500", a.coreServiceURL, projectID)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/repositories?project_id=%d&page=1&page_size=500", a.getURL(), projectID)
 	if err := a.client.GetAndIteratePagination(url, &repositories); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return repositories, nil
 }
+
+// when the adapter is created for local Harbor, returns the "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+// as URL to avoid issue https://github.com/goharbor/harbor-helm/issues/222
+// when harbor is deployed on Kubernetes
+func (a *adapter) getURL() string {
+	if a.registry.Type == model.RegistryTypeHarbor && a.registry.Name == "Local" {
+		return "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+	}
+	return a.url
+}
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go
index 10c13dd29..57abc6473 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/chart_registry.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchCharts(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 	}
 	resources := []*model.Resource{}
 	for _, project := range projects {
-		url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts", a.coreServiceURL, project.Name)
+		url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts", a.getURL(), project.Name)
 		charts := []*chart{}
 		if err := a.client.Get(url, &charts); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchCharts(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		for _, chart := range charts {
-			url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts/%s", a.coreServiceURL, project.Name, chart.Name)
+			url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts/%s", a.getURL(), project.Name, chart.Name)
 			chartVersions := []*chartVersion{}
 			if err := a.client.Get(url, &chartVersions); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (a *adapter) getChartInfo(name, version string) (*chartVersionDetail, error
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts/%s/%s", a.coreServiceURL, project, name, version)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts/%s/%s", a.getURL(), project, name, version)
 	info := &chartVersionDetail{}
 	if err = a.client.Get(url, info); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (a *adapter) DownloadChart(name, version string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		url = fmt.Sprintf("%s/chartrepo/%s/%s", a.coreServiceURL, project, url)
+		url = fmt.Sprintf("%s/chartrepo/%s/%s", a.getURL(), project, url)
 	}
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (a *adapter) UploadChart(name, version string, chart io.Reader) error {
 	}
 	w.Close()
 
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts", a.coreServiceURL, project)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts", a.getURL(), project)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, buf)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (a *adapter) DeleteChart(name, version string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts/%s/%s", a.coreServiceURL, project, name, version)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/chartrepo/%s/charts/%s/%s", a.getURL(), project, name, version)
 	return a.client.Delete(url)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go
index 87420c4d2..c8d9fe75a 100644
--- a/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go
+++ b/src/replication/adapter/harbor/image_registry.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (a *adapter) FetchImages(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*model.Resource, error
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		for _, repository := range repositories {
-			url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/repositories/%s/tags", a.coreServiceURL, repository.Name)
+			url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/repositories/%s/tags", a.getURL(), repository.Name)
 			tags := []*tag{}
 			if err = a.client.Get(url, &tags); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (a *adapter) listCandidateProjects(filters []*model.Filter) ([]*project, er
 // override the default implementation from the default image registry
 // by calling Harbor API directly
 func (a *adapter) DeleteManifest(repository, reference string) error {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/repositories/%s/tags/%s", a.coreServiceURL, repository, reference)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/repositories/%s/tags/%s", a.getURL(), repository, reference)
 	return a.client.Delete(url)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/replication/transfer/image/transfer.go b/src/replication/transfer/image/transfer.go
index d60d01b10..e47526b1b 100644
--- a/src/replication/transfer/image/transfer.go
+++ b/src/replication/transfer/image/transfer.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (t *transfer) copy(src *repository, dst *repository, override bool) error {
 		srcRepo, strings.Join(src.tags, ","), dstRepo, strings.Join(dst.tags, ","))
 	var err error
 	for i := range src.tags {
-		if e := t.copyImage(srcRepo, src.tags[i], dstRepo, dst.tags[i], override); err != nil {
+		if e := t.copyImage(srcRepo, src.tags[i], dstRepo, dst.tags[i], override); e != nil {
 			t.logger.Errorf(e.Error())
 			err = e
 		}