diff --git a/test/test.nonci.node.ts b/test/test.nonci.node.ts
index a621acc..71428dc 100644
--- a/test/test.nonci.node.ts
+++ b/test/test.nonci.node.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as docker from '../ts/index.js';
 let testDockerHost: docker.DockerHost;
 
 tap.test('should create a new Dockersock instance', async () => {
-  testDockerHost = new docker.DockerHost('http://unix:/var/run/docker.sock:');
+  testDockerHost = new docker.DockerHost();
   return expect(testDockerHost).toBeInstanceOf(docker.DockerHost);
 });
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 293e698..c6c7cf0 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@apiclient.xyz/docker',
-  version: '1.0.106',
+  version: '1.0.107',
   description: 'easy communication with docker remote api from node, TypeScript ready'
 }
diff --git a/ts/docker.classes.host.ts b/ts/docker.classes.host.ts
index ec8a6de..b5dd8c9 100644
--- a/ts/docker.classes.host.ts
+++ b/ts/docker.classes.host.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { DockerContainer } from './docker.classes.container.js';
 import { DockerNetwork } from './docker.classes.network.js';
 import { DockerService } from './docker.classes.service.js';
 import { logger } from './docker.logging.js';
+import path from 'path';
 
 export interface IAuthData {
   serveraddress: string;
@@ -25,11 +26,17 @@ export class DockerHost {
     let pathToUse: string;
     if (pathArg) {
       pathToUse = pathArg;
+    } else if (process.env.DOCKER_HOST) {
+      pathToUse = process.env.DOCKER_HOST;
     } else if (process.env.CI) {
       pathToUse = 'http://docker:2375/';
     } else {
       pathToUse = 'http://unix:/var/run/docker.sock:';
     }
+    if (pathToUse.startsWith('unix:///')) {
+      pathToUse = pathToUse.replace('unix://', 'http://unix:') + ':';
+    }
+    console.log(`using docker sock at ${pathToUse}`);
     this.socketPath = pathToUse;
   }