diff --git a/cmd/redka/main.go b/cmd/redka/main.go
index ff866ea..d434aa9 100644
--- a/cmd/redka/main.go
+++ b/cmd/redka/main.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pragma foreign_keys = on;`
 type Config struct {
 	Host    string
 	Port    string
-	FIFO    string
+	Sock    string // unix socket
 	Path    string
 	Verbose bool
 }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 	flag.StringVar(&config.Host, "h", "localhost", "server host")
 	flag.StringVar(&config.Port, "p", "6379", "server port")
-	flag.StringVar(&config.FIFO, "F", "", "server FIFO")
+	flag.StringVar(&config.Sock, "s", "", "server socket (overrides host and port)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.Verbose, "v", false, "verbose logging")
 
 	// Register an SQLite driver with custom pragmas.
@@ -122,13 +122,12 @@ func main() {
 	slog.Info("data source", "path", config.Path)
 
 	// Start the server.
-
-        var srv *server.Server
-        if config.FIFO == "" {
-	  srv = server.New("tcp", config.Addr(), db)
-        } else {
-	  srv = server.New("unix", config.FIFO, db)
-        }
+	var srv *server.Server
+	if config.Sock != "" {
+		srv = server.New("unix", config.Sock, db)
+	} else {
+		srv = server.New("tcp", config.Addr(), db)
+	}
 	srv.Start()
 
 	// Wait for a shutdown signal.
diff --git a/docs/usage-standalone.md b/docs/usage-standalone.md
index 07f2752..378e01b 100644
--- a/docs/usage-standalone.md
+++ b/docs/usage-standalone.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Redka server is a single-file binary. After [downloading and unpacking](install-standalone.md) the release asset, run it as follows:
 
 ```
-redka [-h host] [-p port] [db-path]
+redka [-h host] [-p port] [-s unix-socket] [db-path]
 ```
 
 For example:
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ For example:
 ./redka
 ./redka data.db
 ./redka -h 0.0.0.0 -p 6379 data.db
+./redka -s /tmp/redka.sock data.db
 ```
 
-Server defaults are host `localhost`, port `6379` and empty DB path.
+Server defaults are host `localhost`, port `6379` and empty DB path. The unix socket path, if given, overrides the host/port arguments.
 
 Running without a DB path creates an in-memory database. The data is not persisted in this case, and will be gone when the server is stopped.
 
diff --git a/internal/server/server.go b/internal/server/server.go
index 3187a36..5d99f90 100644
--- a/internal/server/server.go
+++ b/internal/server/server.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func New(net string, addr string, db *redka.DB) *Server {
 			slog.Debug("close connection", "client", conn.RemoteAddr())
 		}
 	}
-        return &Server{
-                net: net,
+	return &Server{
+		net:  net,
 		addr: addr,
 		srv:  redcon.NewServerNetwork(net, addr, handler, accept, closed),
 		db:   db,