diff --git a/.serena/cache/typescript/document_symbols_cache_v23-06-25.pkl b/.serena/cache/typescript/document_symbols_cache_v23-06-25.pkl
index c2f387e..c4186c2 100644
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diff --git a/test-stream.js b/test-stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db1e8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const { SmartRequest } = require('@push.rocks/smartrequest');
+
+async function test() {
+  try {
+    const response = await SmartRequest.create()
+      .url('http://unix:/run/user/1000/docker.sock:/images/hello-world:latest/get')
+      .header('Host', 'docker.sock')
+      .get();
+    
+    console.log('Response status:', response.status);
+    console.log('Response type:', typeof response);
+    
+    const stream = response.streamNode();
+    console.log('Stream type:', typeof stream);
+    console.log('Has on method:', typeof stream.on);
+    
+    if (stream) {
+      let chunks = 0;
+      stream.on('data', (chunk) => {
+        chunks++;
+        if (chunks <= 3) console.log('Got chunk', chunks, chunk.length);
+      });
+      stream.on('end', () => {
+        console.log('Stream ended, total chunks:', chunks);
+        process.exit(0);
+      });
+      stream.on('error', (err) => {
+        console.error('Stream error:', err);
+        process.exit(1);
+      });
+    } else {
+      console.log('No stream available');
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+test();
diff --git a/test-stream.mjs b/test-stream.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5ece52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-stream.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { SmartRequest } from '@push.rocks/smartrequest';
+
+async function test() {
+  try {
+    const response = await SmartRequest.create()
+      .url('http://unix:/run/user/1000/docker.sock:/images/hello-world:latest/get')
+      .header('Host', 'docker.sock')
+      .get();
+    
+    console.log('Response status:', response.status);
+    console.log('Response type:', typeof response);
+    
+    const stream = response.streamNode();
+    console.log('Stream type:', typeof stream);
+    console.log('Has on method:', typeof stream.on);
+    
+    if (stream) {
+      let chunks = 0;
+      stream.on('data', (chunk) => {
+        chunks++;
+        if (chunks <= 3) console.log('Got chunk', chunks, chunk.length);
+      });
+      stream.on('end', () => {
+        console.log('Stream ended, total chunks:', chunks);
+        process.exit(0);
+      });
+      stream.on('error', (err) => {
+        console.error('Stream error:', err);
+        process.exit(1);
+      });
+      
+      // Set a timeout in case stream doesn't end
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        console.log('Timeout after 5 seconds');
+        process.exit(1);
+      }, 5000);
+    } else {
+      console.log('No stream available');
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+test();
diff --git a/test/test.nonci.node.ts b/test/test.nonci.node.ts
index a5e5e1a..49238d7 100644
--- a/test/test.nonci.node.ts
+++ b/test/test.nonci.node.ts
@@ -139,17 +139,17 @@ tap.test('should export images', async (toolsArg) => {
   await done.promise;
 });
 
-tap.test('should import images', async (toolsArg) => {
-  const done = toolsArg.defer();
+tap.test('should import images', async () => {
   const fsReadStream = plugins.smartfile.fsStream.createReadStream(
     plugins.path.join(paths.nogitDir, 'testimage.tar')
   );
-  await docker.DockerImage.createFromTarStream(testDockerHost, {
+  const importedImage = await docker.DockerImage.createFromTarStream(testDockerHost, {
     tarStream: fsReadStream,
     creationObject: {
       imageUrl: 'code.foss.global/host.today/ht-docker-node:latest',
     }
-  })
+  });
+  expect(importedImage).toBeInstanceOf(docker.DockerImage);
 });
 
 tap.test('should expose a working DockerImageStore', async () => {
diff --git a/ts/classes.host.ts b/ts/classes.host.ts
index b137c86..9f329a7 100644
--- a/ts/classes.host.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.host.ts
@@ -262,12 +262,19 @@ export class DockerHost {
     // Parse the response body based on content type
     let body;
     const contentType = response.headers['content-type'] || '';
-    if (contentType.includes('application/json')) {
+    
+    // Docker's streaming endpoints (like /images/create) return newline-delimited JSON
+    // which can't be parsed as a single JSON object
+    const isStreamingEndpoint = routeArg.includes('/images/create') || 
+                                routeArg.includes('/images/load') ||
+                                routeArg.includes('/build');
+    
+    if (contentType.includes('application/json') && !isStreamingEndpoint) {
       body = await response.json();
     } else {
       body = await response.text();
-      // Try to parse as JSON if it looks like JSON
-      if (body && (body.startsWith('{') || body.startsWith('['))) {
+      // Try to parse as JSON if it looks like JSON and is not a streaming response
+      if (!isStreamingEndpoint && body && (body.startsWith('{') || body.startsWith('['))) {
         try {
           body = JSON.parse(body);
         } catch {
@@ -299,7 +306,8 @@ export class DockerHost {
       .header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
       .header('X-Registry-Auth', this.registryToken)
       .header('Host', 'docker.sock')
-      .options({ keepAlive: false });
+      .timeout(600000) // Set 10 minute timeout for streaming operations
+      .options({ keepAlive: false, autoDrain: false }); // Disable auto-drain for streaming
     
     // If we have a readStream, use the new stream method with logging
     if (readStream) {
diff --git a/ts/classes.image.ts b/ts/classes.image.ts
index 5859319..3dce81e 100644
--- a/ts/classes.image.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.image.ts
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ export class DockerImage {
   public async exportToTarStream(): Promise<plugins.smartstream.stream.Readable> {
     logger.log('info', `Exporting image ${this.RepoTags[0]} to tar stream.`);
     const response = await this.dockerHost.requestStreaming('GET', `/images/${encodeURIComponent(this.RepoTags[0])}/get`);
+    
+    // Check if response is a Node.js stream
+    if (!response || typeof response.on !== 'function') {
+      throw new Error('Failed to get streaming response for image export');
+    }
+    
     let counter = 0;
     const webduplexStream = new plugins.smartstream.SmartDuplex({
       writeFunction: async (chunk, tools) => {
@@ -259,17 +265,25 @@ export class DockerImage {
         return chunk;
       }
     });
+    
     response.on('data', (chunk) => {
       if (!webduplexStream.write(chunk)) {
         response.pause();
         webduplexStream.once('drain', () => {
           response.resume();
-        })
-      };
+        });
+      }
     });
+    
     response.on('end', () => {
       webduplexStream.end();
-    })
+    });
+    
+    response.on('error', (error) => {
+      logger.log('error', `Error during image export: ${error.message}`);
+      webduplexStream.destroy(error);
+    });
+    
     return webduplexStream;
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.service.ts b/ts/classes.service.ts
index 2f5e3d7..3078225 100644
--- a/ts/classes.service.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.service.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ export class DockerService {
     }> = [];
 
     for (const network of serviceCreationDescriptor.networks) {
+      // Skip null networks (can happen if network creation fails)
+      if (!network) {
+        logger.log('warn', 'Skipping null network in service creation');
+        continue;
+      }
       networkArray.push({
         Target: network.Name,
         Aliases: [serviceCreationDescriptor.networkAlias],