diff --git a/signald-cli/cmd/root.go b/signald-cli/cmd/root.go
index 1b8048c..0ace430 100644
--- a/signald-cli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/signald-cli/cmd/root.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func Execute() {
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.signald-cli.yaml)")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&socketPath, "socket", "s", "/var/run/signald/signald.socket", "the path to the signald socket file")
-	s = &signald.Signald{}
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&socketPath, "socket", "s", "/var/run/signald/signald.sock", "the path to the signald socket file")
+	s = &signald.Signald{SocketPath: socketPath,}
 	s.Connect()
 }
 
diff --git a/signald/signald.go b/signald/signald.go
index 6ba6d31..705665e 100644
--- a/signald/signald.go
+++ b/signald/signald.go
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ package signald
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"net"
 	"log"
+	"net"
 )
 
-
 // Signald is a connection to a signald instance.
 type Signald struct {
-	socket	net.Conn
+	socket     net.Conn
+	SocketPath string
 }
 
 func crash(err error) {
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ func crash(err error) {
 
 // Connect connects to the signad socket
 func (s *Signald) Connect() {
-	socket, err := net.Dial("unix", "/var/run/signald/signald.sock")
+	if s.SocketPath == "" {
+		s.SocketPath = "/var/run/signald/signald.sock"
+	}
+	socket, err := net.Dial("unix", s.SocketPath)
 	crash(err)
 	s.socket = socket
 	log.Print("Connected to signald socket ", socket.RemoteAddr().String())