diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 80e1061..b8c5a40 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-11-16 - 4.4.2 - fix(core_base/request)
+Strip 'unix:' prefix when parsing unix socket URLs so socketPath is a clean filesystem path
+
+- CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl now removes a leading 'unix:' prefix and returns socketPath as a filesystem path (e.g., /var/run/docker.sock)
+- Updated tests for Bun, Deno and Node to expect socketPath without the 'unix:' prefix
+- Adjusted comments/documentation in core_base/request.ts to clarify returned socketPath format
+
 ## 2025-11-16 - 4.4.1 - fix(core_node)
 Fix unix socket URL parsing and handling in CoreRequest
 
diff --git a/test/test.unixsocket.bun.ts b/test/test.unixsocket.bun.ts
index abe4793..bf5b001 100644
--- a/test/test.unixsocket.bun.ts
+++ b/test/test.unixsocket.bun.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tap.test('bun: should detect unix socket URLs correctly', async () => {
 
 tap.test('bun: should parse unix socket URLs correctly', async () => {
   const result = CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl('unix:/var/run/docker.sock:/v1.24/version');
-  expect(result.socketPath).toEqual('unix:/var/run/docker.sock');
+  expect(result.socketPath).toEqual('/var/run/docker.sock');
   expect(result.path).toEqual('/v1.24/version');
 });
 
diff --git a/test/test.unixsocket.deno.ts b/test/test.unixsocket.deno.ts
index 23f6d51..b8d9721 100644
--- a/test/test.unixsocket.deno.ts
+++ b/test/test.unixsocket.deno.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tap.test('deno: should detect unix socket URLs correctly', async () => {
 
 tap.test('deno: should parse unix socket URLs correctly', async () => {
   const result = CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl('unix:/var/run/docker.sock:/v1.24/version');
-  expect(result.socketPath).toEqual('unix:/var/run/docker.sock');
+  expect(result.socketPath).toEqual('/var/run/docker.sock');
   expect(result.path).toEqual('/v1.24/version');
 });
 
diff --git a/test/test.unixsocket.node.ts b/test/test.unixsocket.node.ts
index bc2eee0..6965f9c 100644
--- a/test/test.unixsocket.node.ts
+++ b/test/test.unixsocket.node.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tap.test('node: should detect unix socket URLs correctly', async () => {
 
 tap.test('node: should parse unix socket URLs correctly', async () => {
   const result = CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl('unix:/var/run/docker.sock:/v1.24/version');
-  expect(result.socketPath).toEqual('unix:/var/run/docker.sock');
+  expect(result.socketPath).toEqual('/var/run/docker.sock');
   expect(result.path).toEqual('/v1.24/version');
 });
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 5a91150..13674bf 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartrequest',
-  version: '4.4.1',
+  version: '4.4.2',
   description: 'A module for modern HTTP/HTTPS requests with support for form data, file uploads, JSON, binary data, streams, and more.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/core_base/request.ts b/ts/core_base/request.ts
index d375a0d..1ccd8ec 100644
--- a/ts/core_base/request.ts
+++ b/ts/core_base/request.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export abstract class CoreRequest<
   /**
    * Parses socket path and route from unix socket URL
    * Handles both full URLs (http://unix:/path/to/socket:/route) and pre-stripped paths (unix:/path/to/socket:/route)
+   * Returns clean file system path for socketPath (e.g., /var/run/docker.sock)
    */
   static parseUnixSocketUrl(url: string): { socketPath: string; path: string } {
     // Strip http:// or https:// prefix if present
@@ -29,8 +30,13 @@ export abstract class CoreRequest<
       cleanUrl = cleanUrl.substring('https://'.length);
     }
 
+    // Strip unix: prefix if present to get clean file system path
+    if (cleanUrl.startsWith('unix:')) {
+      cleanUrl = cleanUrl.substring('unix:'.length);
+    }
+
     // Parse the socket path and HTTP path
-    // Format: unix:/path/to/socket:/route/path
+    // Format: /path/to/socket:/route/path
     const parseRegex = /(.*):(.*)/;
     const result = parseRegex.exec(cleanUrl);
     return {