diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
index ad7e2ddfdff0e494d19ce8baa49db8123d6728a6..2b99a42b8738de2bf1f214c5f3d267915b5178ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
             {
               "outdir": "s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/hic/results-${{ github.sha }}"
             }
-          profiles: test_full,aws_tower
+          profiles: test_full,public_aws_ecr
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: Tower debug log file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
index 3f9b365ffe5729722f94316715fe5e654860c152..177543c03385b4a9528124d6fb2ee6b995f6ac33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
             {
               "outdir": "s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/hic/results-test-${{ github.sha }}"
             }
-          profiles: test,aws_tower
+          profiles: test,public_aws_ecr
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: Tower debug log file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c111c7fb1930ea9ce19d66cfdd137b4f4b8417c0..db96f4173b8d32d11a925a1c39679e04cc5ea309 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## v2.0.1dev
+
+### `Added`
+
+- Added public_aws_ecr profile for using containers stored on ECR.
+
+### `Fixed`
+
 ## v2.0.0 - 2023-01-12
 
 ### `Added`
diff --git a/conf/public_aws_ecr.config b/conf/public_aws_ecr.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a12643582e8471c59c332df1eb8697402a981895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/public_aws_ecr.config
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    AWS ECR Config
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    Config to set public AWS ECR images wherever possible
+    This improves speed when running on AWS infrastructure.
+    Use this as an example template when using your own private registry.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
+
+docker.registry = 'public.ecr.aws'
+podman.registry = 'public.ecr.aws'
+
+process {
+    withName: '.*:BOWTIE2_ALIGN' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-ac74a7f02cebcfcc07d8e8d1d750af9c83b4d45a:a0ffedb52808e102887f6ce600d092675bf3528a-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:BUILD_CONTACT_MAPS' {
+        container = 'quay.io/nf-core/ubuntu:20.04'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:COMBINE_MATES' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:COOLTOOLS_EIGSCIS' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c81d8d6b6acf4714ffaae1a274527a41958443f6:cc7ea58b8cefc76bed985dcfe261cb276ed9e0cf-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:GET_RESTRICTION_FRAGMENTS' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:GET_VALID_INTERACTION' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:GET_VALID_INTERACTION_DNASE' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:ICE_NORMALIZATION' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:MERGE_STATS' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:MERGE_VALID_INTERACTION' {
+        container = 'quay.io/nf-core/ubuntu:20.04'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:SAMPLESHEET_CHECK' {
+        container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/python:3.8.3'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:SPLIT_COOLER_DUMP' {
+        container = 'quay.io/nf-core/ubuntu:20.04'
+    }
+    withName: '.*:TRIM_READS' {
+        container = 'quay.io/nf-core/ubuntu:20.04'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/local/hicpro/run_ice.nf b/modules/local/hicpro/run_ice.nf
index 0a435edcd0f2a82c93be2a1b9bd832a721c270cf..c6ec6356d457291f9c9f0c30e0355d91e4bf8058 100644
--- a/modules/local/hicpro/run_ice.nf
+++ b/modules/local/hicpro/run_ice.nf
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-process ICE_NORMALIZATION{
+process ICE_NORMALIZATION {
     tag "$meta.id"
     label 'process_high_memory'
 
     conda "conda-forge::python=3.9 bioconda::iced=0.5.10 conda-forge::numpy=1.22.3"
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
         'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0' :
-        'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0'}"
+        'quay.io/biocontainers/mulled-v2-c6ff206325681cbb9c9ef890bb8de554172c0483:713df51cd897ceb893b9a6e6420f527d83c2ed95-0' }"
 
     input:
     tuple val(meta), val(res), path(rmaps), path(bed)
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 4513d65e9e615b858a5bc683fa983fb4503e7be2..d8a5fa806849a549aac84fd960885dd70f874bb7 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ params {
          ligation_site='GATCGATC,GATCANTC,GANTGATC,GANTANTC'
       }
     }
-    
+
     min_restriction_fragment_size = 0
     max_restriction_fragment_size = 0
     min_insert_size = 0
     max_insert_size = 0
     save_pairs_intermediates = false
-   
+
     // Dnase Hi-C
     dnase = false
     min_cis_dist = 0
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ params {
     validate_params            = true
     show_hidden_params         = false
     schema_ignore_params       = 'genomes,digest'
- 
+
     // Config options
     custom_config_version      = 'master'
     custom_config_base         = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/configs/${params.custom_config_version}"
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ profiles {
         executor.cpus          = 16
         executor.memory        = 60.GB
     }
+    public_aws_ecr {
+        includeConfig 'conf/public_aws_ecr.config'
+    }
     test      { includeConfig 'conf/test.config'      }
     test_full { includeConfig 'conf/test_full.config' }
 }