diff --git a/src/Handler.php b/src/Handler.php
index 51050f7fc9deefbc7bf82f25876ae32e6f2b9b26..85fdf2eb1fef5e5861854cc267a98f5df2a714cc 100644
--- a/src/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Handler.php
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ class Handler extends BaseHandler {
     $this->config->setValue('relatedprojectdomains', $relatedprojectdomains, FALSE);
 
     // Get ID of Docker group
-    $docker_group_id = explode(':', shell_exec('getent group docker'));
-    $this->config->setValue('docker_group_id', $docker_group_id[2], FALSE);
+    $docker_group_id = shell_exec('stat -c "%g" /var/run/docker.sock');
+    $this->config->setValue('docker_group_id', $docker_group_id, FALSE);
 
     if ($alerta_api_key = getenv('ALERTA_APIKEY')) {
       $alerta = [