diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/.storybook/main.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/.storybook/main.ts
index 1690a1db473..e737d0126c5 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/.storybook/main.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/.storybook/main.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ const mainConfig: StorybookConfig = {
       savePropValueAsString: true,
     },
   },
-
   webpackFinal: async (config) => {
     // expose jquery as a global so jquery plugins don't break at runtime.
     config.module?.rules?.push({
diff --git a/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh b/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh
index 2437403626d..537ef8cfab7 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ done
 
 echo "Starting to release $dist_tag version"
 
-echo "$registry/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
+registry_without_protocol=${registry#*:}
+
+echo "$registry_without_protocol/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
 
 # Loop over .tar files in directory and publish them to npm registry
 for file in ./npm-artifacts/*.tgz; do