diff --git a/openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-DSCInitialization.yaml b/openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-DSCInitialization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 97ef68b6..00000000
--- a/openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-DSCInitialization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: dscinitialization.opendatahub.io/v1
-kind: DSCInitialization
-metadata:
-  name: model-registry-dsci
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: opendatahub-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: default
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: dscinitialization
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: opendatahub-operator
-spec:
-  applicationsNamespace: opendatahub
-  monitoring:
-    namespace: opendatahub
-    managementState: Managed
-  serviceMesh:
-    controlPlane:
-      metricsCollection: Istio
-      name: data-science-smcp
-      namespace: istio-system
-    managementState: Managed
diff --git a/openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-operator-deploy.yaml b/openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-operator-deploy.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index edeb385a..00000000
--- a/openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-operator-deploy.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
-kind: Subscription
-metadata:
-  name: opendatahub-operator
-  namespace: openshift-operators
-spec:
-  channel: fast
-  installPlanApproval: Automatic
-  name: opendatahub-operator
-  source: community-operators
-  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
diff --git a/openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-catalogue-source.yaml b/openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-catalogue-source.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..825b8675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-catalogue-source.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+kind: CatalogSource
+metadata:
+  name: model-registry-test-source
+  namespace: openshift-marketplace
+spec:
+  displayName: ''
+  image: 'registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:688477'
+  publisher: ''
+  sourceType: grpc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-data-science-cluster.yaml b/openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-data-science-cluster.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from openshift-ci/resources/model-registry-data-science-cluster.yaml
rename to openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-data-science-cluster.yaml
diff --git a/openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-operator-deploy.yaml b/openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-operator-deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9d27dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift-ci/resources/opendatahub-operator-deploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+kind: Subscription
+metadata:
+  name: rhods-operator
+  namespace: openshift-operators
+spec:
+  channel: odh-nightlies
+  installPlanApproval: Automatic
+  name: rhods-operator
+  source: model-registry-test-source
+  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openshift-ci/scripts/colour_text_variables.sh b/openshift-ci/scripts/colour_text_variables.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1be2c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift-ci/scripts/colour_text_variables.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export RED='\033[0;31m'
+export GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+export NC='\033[0m' 
+export YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openshift-ci/scripts/oci-model-registry-deploy.sh b/openshift-ci/scripts/oci-model-registry-deploy.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index de0dd5de..fa576a90
--- a/openshift-ci/scripts/oci-model-registry-deploy.sh
+++ b/openshift-ci/scripts/oci-model-registry-deploy.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Define variables
-MODEL_REGISTRY_DEPLOY_MANIFEST="model-registry-operator-deploy.yaml"
-DSC_INITIALIZATION_MANIFEST="model-registry-DSCInitialization.yaml"
-DATA_SCIENCE_CLUSTER_MANIFEST="model-registry-data-science-cluster.yaml"
-TIMEOUT=${DEPLOY_TIMEOUT:-300s}  # Default timeout is 300 seconds, can be overridden by setting DEPLOY_TIMEOUT environment variable
+# Define variables for ODH nightly deployment
+OPENDATAHUB_CATALOGUE_SOURCE_CREATE="../resources/opendatahub-catalogue-source.yaml"
+OPENDATAHUB_DEPLOY_MANIFEST="../resources/opendatahub-operator-deploy.yaml"
+DATA_SCIENCE_CLUSTER_MANIFEST="../resources/opendatahub-data-science-cluster.yaml"
+MODEL_REGISTRY_OPERATOR_GIT_URL="https://github.com/opendatahub-io/model-registry-operator.git"
+source colour_text_variables.sh
 
 # Function to deploy and wait for deployment
 deploy_and_wait() {
@@ -12,28 +13,163 @@ deploy_and_wait() {
     local resource_name=$(basename -s .yaml $manifest)
     
     echo "Deploying $resource_name from $manifest..."
-    oc apply -f $manifest
 
-    echo "Waiting for $resource_name to be ready with timeout $TIMEOUT..."
-    if ! oc wait --for=condition=Available deployment/$resource_name --timeout=$TIMEOUT; then
-        echo "Error: $resource_name deployment failed or timed out."
-        exit 1
+    if oc apply -f $manifest --wait=true --timeout=300s; then
+        echo "Deployment of $resource_name succeeded."
+    else
+        echo "Error: Deployment of $resource_name failed or timed out." >&2
+        return 1
     fi
-
-    echo "$resource_name deployed successfully!"
 }
 
 # Deploy resource and wait for readiness
 deploy_resource() {
     local manifest=$1
+    echo $manifest "deploying"
     deploy_and_wait $manifest
 }
 
+# Function to clone a Git repository and deploy the appropriate 
+clone_deploy_model_registry_operator_crd_files() {
+    local url="temp_repo/config/samples/mysql/"
+    local files=("mysql-db.yaml" "modelregistry_v1alpha1_modelregistry.yaml")
+    # Clone the Git repository
+    git clone "$MODEL_REGISTRY_OPERATOR_GIT_URL" temp_repo
+
+    #Change the deployment serviceRoute to enabled
+    yq eval '.spec.rest.serviceRoute = "enabled"' -i "$url${files[1]}"
+
+    # Deploy the model-registry crd files
+    for file in "${files[@]}"; do
+        local path_and_file="$url$file"
+        oc apply -f "$path_and_file" --wait=true --timeout=300s >/tmp/oc_output 2>&1 && rm /tmp/oc_output
+    done
+
+    # Remove temp_repo
+    rm -rf temp_repo
+}
+
+check_deployment_availability() {
+    local namespace="$1"
+    local deployment="$2"
+    local timeout=300  # Timeout in seconds
+    local start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+    # Loop until timeout
+    while (( $(date +%s) - start_time < timeout )); do
+        # Get the availability status of the deployment
+        local deployment_status=$(oc get deployment "$deployment" -n "$namespace" --no-headers -o custom-columns=:.status.availableReplicas)
+
+        # Check if the deployment is available
+        if [[ $deployment_status != "" ]]; then
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✔ Success:${NC} Deployment $deployment is available"
+            return 0  # Success
+        fi
+
+        sleep 5  # Wait for 5 seconds before checking again
+    done
+
+    echo -e "${RED}X Fail:${NC} Timeout reached. Deployment $deployment did not become available within $timeout seconds"
+    return 1  # Failure
+}
+
+check_pod_status() {
+    local namespace="$1"
+    local pod_selector="$2"
+    local expected_ready_containers="$3"
+    local timeout=300  # Timeout in seconds
+    local start_time=$(date +%s)
+    
+    # Loop until timeout
+    while (( $(date +%s) - start_time < timeout )); do
+        # Get the list of pods in the specified namespace matching the provided partial names
+        local pod_list=$(oc get pods -n $namespace $pod_selector --no-headers -o custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name)
+        
+        # Iterate over each pod in the list
+        while IFS= read -r pod_name; do
+            # Get the pod info
+            local pod_info=$(oc get pod "$pod_name" -n "$namespace" --no-headers)
+
+            # Extract pod status and ready status from the info
+            local pod_name=$(echo "$pod_info" | awk '{print $1}')
+            local pod_status=$(echo "$pod_info" | awk '{print $3}')
+            local pod_ready=$(echo "$pod_info" | awk '{print $2}')
+            local ready_containers=$(echo "$pod_ready" | cut -d'/' -f1)
+
+            # Check if the pod is Running and all containers are ready
+            if [[ $pod_status == "Running" ]] && [[ $ready_containers -eq $expected_ready_containers ]]; then
+                echo -e "${GREEN}✔ Success:${NC} Pod $pod_name is running and $ready_containers out of $expected_ready_containers containers are ready"
+                return 0  # Success
+            else
+                echo -e "${YELLOW}! Info:${NC} Pod $pod_name is not running or does not have $expected_ready_containers containers ready"
+            fi
+        done <<< "$pod_list"
+
+        sleep 5  # Wait for 5 seconds before checking again
+    done
+
+    echo -e "${RED}X Failure:${NC} Timeout reached. No pod matching '$pod_name_partial' became ready within $timeout seconds"
+    return 1  # Failure
+}
+
+check_route_status() {
+    local namespace="$1"
+    local route_name="$2"
+    local key="items"
+    local interval=5
+    local timeout=300
+    local start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+    while (( $(date +%s) - start_time < timeout )); do
+        # Get the route URL
+        local route=$(oc get route -n "$namespace" "$route_name" -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}')
+        local route_url="http://$route"
+
+        if [[ -z "$route_url" ]]; then
+             echo -e "${RED}X Fail:${NC} Route '$route_name' does not exist in namespace '$namespace'"
+            return 1
+        else 
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✔ Success:${NC} Route '$route_name' exists in namespace '$namespace'"
+        fi
+
+        # Test if the route is live
+        local response=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$route_url/api/model_registry/v1alpha2/registered_models")
+
+        # Check if the response status code is 200 OK or 404 Not Found
+        if [[ "$response" == "200" ]]; then
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✔ Success:${NC} Route server is reachable. Status code: 200 OK"
+            return 0
+        elif [[ "$response" == "404" ]]; then
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✔ Success:${NC} Route server is reachable. Status code: 404 Not Found"
+            return 0
+        else
+            echo -e "${RED}X Fail:${NC} Route server is unreachable. Status code: $response"
+        fi
+
+        sleep "$interval"
+    done
+
+    echo -e "${RED}X Fail:${NC} Timeout reached. Route '$route_name' did not become live within $timeout seconds."
+    return 1
+}
+
+# Run the deployment tests.
+run_deployment_tests() {
+    check_deployment_availability default model-registry-db
+    check_deployment_availability default modelregistry-sample
+    check_pod_status default "-l name=model-registry-db" 1
+    check_pod_status default "-l app=modelregistry-sample" 2
+    check_route_status "default" "modelregistry-sample-http"
+}
+
 # Main function for orchestrating deployments
-main() {
-    deploy_resource $MODEL_REGISTRY_DEPLOY_MANIFEST
-    deploy_resource $DSC_INITIALIZATION_MANIFEST
+main() {   
+    deploy_and_wait $OPENDATAHUB_CATALOGUE_SOURCE_CREATE
+    deploy_resource $OPENDATAHUB_DEPLOY_MANIFEST
     deploy_resource $DATA_SCIENCE_CLUSTER_MANIFEST
+    check_pod_status "opendatahub" "-l component.opendatahub.io/name=model-registry-operator" 2
+    clone_deploy_model_registry_operator_crd_files
+    run_deployment_tests
 }
 
 # Execute main function