diff --git a/setup/docker/kind.yaml b/setup/docker/kind.yaml
index cc9d71c7..696eaa63 100644
--- a/setup/docker/kind.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/kind.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ containerdConfigPatches:
 
 nodes:
 - role: control-plane
+  image: kindest/node:v1.33.1
   kubeadmConfigPatches:
   - |
     kind: InitConfiguration
diff --git a/setup/docker/opsfile.yml b/setup/docker/opsfile.yml
index 4850a1d0..528c7078 100644
--- a/setup/docker/opsfile.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/opsfile.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 version: '3'
 
 vars:
+  CLUSTER: nuvolaris
   INGRESS: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/main/deploy/static/provider/kind/deploy.yaml"
 
 env:
@@ -24,21 +25,20 @@ env:
     sh: echo "$OPS_TMP/kind"
   WORKSPACE:
     sh: echo "$OPS_HOME/workspace"
-  KUBECONFIG: 
-    sh: |- 
+  KUBECONFIG:
+    sh: |-
         if test -e "$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig"
         then echo "$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig"
         else echo ~/.kube/config
         fi
 
 tasks:
-
   status:
     silent: true
     desc: status of the Apache OpenServerless cluster in Docker
     cmds:
     - |
-      if kind get clusters | rg nuvolaris
+      if kind get clusters | rg {{.CLUSTER}}
       then echo Cluster Apache OpenServerless up and running
       else echo Cluster Apache OpenServerless not found
       fi
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tasks:
       echo "=== Kind Version"
       kind version
       echo "=== Kind Clusters"
-      kind get clusters 
+      kind get clusters
       if test -e $KUBECONFIG
       then  echo "=== Nodes"
             kubectl get nodes
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ tasks:
     - >
       kind create cluster
       --kubeconfig="$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig"
+<<<<<<< HEAD
       --wait=1m --name=nuvolaris
       --config=_kind.yaml
     - |
@@ -80,11 +81,16 @@ tasks:
       EOF'
       docker exec nuvolaris-control-plane systemctl restart containerd
  
+=======
+      --wait=1m --name={{.CLUSTER}}
+      --config=_kind.yaml
+
+>>>>>>> 2afc1a6 (offline images)
   ingress:
     silent: true
     cmds:
-    - > 
-      kubectl --kubeconfig="$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig" 
+    - >
+      kubectl --kubeconfig="$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig"
       apply -f ingress-deploy.yaml
 
   check-space:
@@ -101,11 +107,11 @@ tasks:
       - config SKIP_PRELOAD_IMAGES
     cmds:
     - |
-      for image in "$IMAGES_STREAMER" "$IMAGES_OPERATOR"  "$IMAGES_CONTROLLER"   
+      for image in "$IMAGES_STREAMER" "$IMAGES_OPERATOR"  "$IMAGES_CONTROLLER"
       do
         docker pull "$image" --platform "linux/{{ARCH}}"
-        if ! kind load docker-image "$image" --name nuvolaris 
-        then 
+        if ! kind load docker-image "$image" --name {{.CLUSTER}}
+        then
           echo "*** Cannot preload images. You can disable preload with ops -config SKIP_PRELOAD_IMAGES=1"
           echo "*** Workaround on Docker Desktop: disable 'Use containerd for pulling and storing images' on General"
           echo "*** WARNING! If you skip preload, it can take a lot of time before the system starts. Be patient."
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ tasks:
       | rg apache/openserverless-runtime \
       | while read -r image; do
           docker pull "$image" --platform "linux/{{ARCH}}"
-          kind load docker-image "$image" --name nuvolaris
+          kind load docker-image "$image" --name "{{.CLUSTER}}"
           docker rmi "$image"
         done
 
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ tasks:
     - echo "Cleaning all docker images and containers"
     - docker ps -qa | while read a ; do docker rm -f "$a" ; done
     - docker images -qa | while read a ; do docker rmi -f "$a" ; done
-    - docker system prune -af 
+    - docker system prune -af
     - docker volume prune -af
     - docker system df
 
@@ -141,18 +147,20 @@ tasks:
     silent: true
     desc: create the Apache OpenServerless cluster in Docker
     cmds:
+    - ops util freeze docker-load
     - task: cluster
+    - ops util freeze kind-load
     - task: ingress
-    - cp "$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig" "$OPS_TMP/kind.kubeconfig"
+    - cp "$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig" "$OPS_TMP/kind-{{.CLUSTER}}.kubeconfig"
     status:
-    - kind get clusters | rg nuvolaris
+    - kind get clusters | rg {{.CLUSTER}}
 
   delete:
     silent: true
     desc: destroy the Apache OpenServerless cluster in Docker
     cmds:
-    - kind delete clusters nuvolaris
-    - rm -f "$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig" "$OPS_TMP/kind.kubeconfig"
+    - kind delete clusters {{.CLUSTER}}
+    - rm -f "$OPS_TMP/kubeconfig" "$OPS_TMP/kind-{{.CLUSTER}}.kubeconfig"
 
   kubeconfig:
     desc: export kubeconfig
diff --git a/setup/kubernetes/operator.yaml b/setup/kubernetes/operator.yaml
index c2a4a9fc..121296b5 100644
--- a/setup/kubernetes/operator.yaml
+++ b/setup/kubernetes/operator.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: nuvolaris-operator
-  namespace: nuvolaris  
-spec:  
+  namespace: nuvolaris
+spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
@@ -67,18 +67,18 @@ spec:
         - key: "nuvolaris-role"
           operator: "Equal"
           value: core
-          effect: "NoSchedule"     
+          effect: "NoSchedule"
       securityContext:
           runAsUser: 1001
-          fsGroup: 1001       
+          fsGroup: 1001
       volumes:
       - name: deploy
         persistentVolumeClaim:
-          claimName: nuvolaris-operator-deploy-pvc       
+          claimName: nuvolaris-operator-deploy-pvc
       containers:
         - name: nuvolaris-operator
           image: ${IMAGES_OPERATOR}
-          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command: ["./run.sh"]
           args: ["--verbose"]
           securityContext:
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ spec:
                 - ALL
           volumeMounts:
           - name: deploy
-            mountPath: "/home/nuvolaris/deploy"              
\ No newline at end of file
+            mountPath: "/home/nuvolaris/deploy"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/update/opsfile.yml b/update/opsfile.yml
index 2dfdde77..24d7165a 100644
--- a/update/opsfile.yml
+++ b/update/opsfile.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ env:
       fi
 
 tasks:
-  hi: echo hi
 
   cli:
     desc: update the cli
diff --git a/util/freeze/opsfile.yml b/util/freeze/opsfile.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d23a31ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/freeze/opsfile.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+version: 3
+
+vars:
+  CLUSTER: nuvolaris
+  KIND_CLUSTER: '{{.CLUSTER}}-control-plane'
+  IMAGES:
+     sh: >
+        echo ~/.ops/{{OS}}-{{ARCH}}/images
+  KIND_IMAGE:
+    sh: >
+       awk '/image:/{print $2}' $OPS_ROOT/setup/docker/kind.yaml | tee _docker.lst
+
+tasks:
+
+  docker-list:
+    silent: true
+    desc: list docker images
+    cmds:
+    - docker inspect  {{.KIND_CLUSTER}} 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.[0].Config.Image'
+
+  kind-list:
+    silent: true
+    env:
+      CLU: "{{.KIND_CLUSTER}}"
+    desc: list images in kindes
+    cmds:
+    - awk '/image:/ {print $2}' $OPS_ROOT/setup/docker/ingress-deploy.yaml | tee _kind.lst
+    - >
+      docker exec -it "$CLU" crictl images 2>/dev/null
+      | awk 'NR > 1  && !/^(registry.k8s.io\/(kube-|coredns|etc|pause|ingress-nginx)|docker.io\/kindest\/)/ {print  $1 ":" $2 }'
+      | tee _kind.lst
+
+  docker-save:
+    silent: true
+    desc: save images in docker
+    cmds:
+    - docker inspect  {{.KIND_CLUSTER}} | jq -r '.[0].Config.Image' >_docker.lst
+    - mkdir -p {{.IMAGES}}/docker
+    - |
+      cat _docker.lst | while read img
+      do
+        file={{.IMAGES}}/docker/$(base64 -e "$img")
+        if test -e "$file"
+        then echo "already saved $img.{{ARCH}} "
+        else echo ">>> Saving: $img"
+             if docker pull "$img"
+             then echo "OK: save $file"
+             else echo "*** FAIL: pull $img"
+             fi
+             if docker save "$img" -o "$file"
+             then echo "OK: save $file"
+             else echo "*** FAIL: save $file"
+             fi
+        fi
+      done
+
+  kind-save:
+    silent: false
+    desc: list images in kindes
+    env:
+      CLU: "{{.KIND_CLUSTER}}"
+    cmds:
+    - awk '/image:/ {print $2}' $OPS_ROOT/setup/docker/ingress-deploy.yaml > _kind.lst
+    - >
+      docker exec -it "$CLU" crictl images 2>/dev/null
+      | awk 'NR > 1  && !/^(registry.k8s.io\/(kube-|coredns|etc|pause|ingress-nginx)|docker.io\/kindest\/)/ {print  $1 ":" $2 }'
+      >> _kind.lst
+    - mkdir -p {{.IMAGES}}/kind
+    - |
+      cat _kind.lst | while read img
+      do
+        file={{.IMAGES}}/kind/"$(base64 -e "$img")"
+        if test -e "$file"
+        then echo "already saved $img"
+        else echo ">>> Saving: $img"
+            if !  docker pull "$img"
+            then echo "*** FAIL pull $img" ; continue
+            fi
+            if ! docker save "$img" -o "$file"
+            then echo "*** FAIL save $file" ; continue
+            fi
+            echo "OK: save $file"
+        fi
+      done
+
+  image-save:
+    desc: save images
+    cmds:
+    - kind get clusters | grep {{.CLUSTER}} || die "please setup an ops cluster first"
+    - task: docker-save
+    - task: kind-save
+
+  image-list:
+    silent: true
+    desc: list images
+    cmds:
+      - rm -f _images.lst
+      - |
+        for dir in docker kind
+        do for file in {{.IMAGES}}/$dir/*
+           do if test -e "$file"
+              then
+                b64=$(basename "$file")
+                img=$(base64 -d "${b64}")
+                echo $dir/$img
+                echo $img >>_images.lst
+              fi
+           done
+        done
+
+  image-clean:
+    prompt: "are you sure you wnat to remote images fron disk"
+    silent: true
+    desc: clean images
+    cmds:
+    - rm -f -v  {{.IMAGES}}/docker/* {{.IMAGES}}/kind/*
+
+  docker-load:
+    silent: true
+    desc: load disk images in docker
+    cmds:
+      - |
+        for file in {{.IMAGES}}/docker/*
+        do
+          b64=$(basename "$file")
+          img=$(base64 -d "${b64#*-}")
+          echo Docker: loading "$img"
+          docker load -i "$file"
+          #docker tag $(awk '{print $4}' _image) $img
+          docker tag ${img#*@} ${img%@*}
+        done
+    status:
+      - test -z "$(ls {{.IMAGES}}/docker/* 2>/dev/null)"
+
+  kind-load:
+    silent: true
+    desc: load disk images in kind
+    cmds:
+      - |
+        N=0
+        for file in {{.IMAGES}}/kind/*
+        do
+           N=$(($N+1))
+           printf "\rKind: loading images: [$(seq 1 $N | awk '{printf "#"}')]"
+           #echo $file
+           b64="$(basename "$file")"
+           img="$(base64 -d "${b64#*-}")"
+           kind load image-archive "$file" -n {{.CLUSTER}} --nodes {{.CLUSTER}}-control-plane
+        done
+    status:
+      - test -z "$(ls {{.IMAGES}}/kind/* 2>/dev/null)"
+
+  test-clean:
+  ignore_errors: true
+  cmds:
+  - task: docker-clean
+  - kind delete cluster --name=test
+
+  test-compare:
+  - task: docker-list
+  - task: kind-list
+  - task: image-list
+  - cat _docker.lst _kind.lst | sort >_loaded.lst
+  - sort <_images.lst >_saved.lst
+  - echo "Comparing differences loaded and saved"
+  - diff _loaded.lst _saved.lst
+
+  test:
+  - task: test-clean
+  - task: docker-load
+  - kind create cluster --name=test --image={{.KIND_IMAGE}}
+  - task: kind-load
+  - task: test-compare
+  - task: test-clean
+
diff --git a/util/opsfile.yml b/util/opsfile.yml
index 3a0f947f..e938cd5d 100644
--- a/util/opsfile.yml
+++ b/util/opsfile.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ tasks:
       - echo "{{OS}}-{{ARCH}}"
 
   apihost:
-    desc: current apihost``
+    desc: current apihost
     silent: true
     cmds:
       - ops -wsk property get | awk '/whisk API host/{print $4}'
@@ -306,3 +306,6 @@ tasks:
       fi
 
 
+  freeze:
+    desc: freeze util
+