diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 38ac631..80e1061 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-11-16 - 4.4.1 - fix(core_node)
+Fix unix socket URL parsing and handling in CoreRequest
+
+- CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl now strips http:// and https:// prefixes so it correctly parses both full URLs (e.g. http://unix:/path/to/socket:/route) and already-stripped unix: paths.
+- Node.js CoreRequest now passes the original request URL to parseUnixSocketUrl instead of options.path, preventing incorrect socketPath/path extraction.
+- Fixes connection failures when using unix socket URLs (for example when targeting Docker via http://unix:/var/run/docker.sock:/v1.24/...).
+
 ## 2025-11-16 - 4.4.0 - feat(core)
 Add Bun and Deno runtime support, unify core loader, unix-socket support and cross-runtime streaming/tests
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index a5d194d..5a91150 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: '4.4.0',
+  version: '4.4.1',
   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 ce2c279..d375a0d 100644
--- a/ts/core_base/request.ts
+++ b/ts/core_base/request.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,22 @@ 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)
    */
   static parseUnixSocketUrl(url: string): { socketPath: string; path: string } {
+    // Strip http:// or https:// prefix if present
+    // This makes the method work with both full URLs and pre-stripped paths
+    let cleanUrl = url;
+    if (cleanUrl.startsWith('http://')) {
+      cleanUrl = cleanUrl.substring('http://'.length);
+    } else if (cleanUrl.startsWith('https://')) {
+      cleanUrl = cleanUrl.substring('https://'.length);
+    }
+
+    // Parse the socket path and HTTP path
+    // Format: unix:/path/to/socket:/route/path
     const parseRegex = /(.*):(.*)/;
-    const result = parseRegex.exec(url);
+    const result = parseRegex.exec(cleanUrl);
     return {
       socketPath: result[1],
       path: result[2],
diff --git a/ts/core_node/request.ts b/ts/core_node/request.ts
index d8c1cc4..dcb918f 100644
--- a/ts/core_node/request.ts
+++ b/ts/core_node/request.ts
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ export class CoreRequest extends AbstractCoreRequest<
 
     // Handle unix socket URLs
     if (CoreRequest.isUnixSocket(this.url)) {
-      const { socketPath, path } = CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl(
-        this.options.path,
-      );
+      const { socketPath, path } = CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl(this.url);
       this.options.socketPath = socketPath;
       this.options.path = path;
     }