diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/client_test.go b/pkg/apiclient/client_test.go
index a19dc46a0..0a4fec955 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/client_test.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestNewClientOk_UnixSocket(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := NewClient(&Config{
 		MachineID:     "test_login",
 		Password:      "test_password",
-		UserAgent:     fmt.Sprintf("crowdsec/%s", cwversion.VersionStr()),
+		UserAgent:     fmt.Sprintf("crowdsec/%s", version.String()),
 		URL:           apiURL,
 		VersionPrefix: "v1",
 	})
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func TestNewClientRegisterOK_UnixSocket(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := RegisterClient(&Config{
 		MachineID:     "test_login",
 		Password:      "test_password",
-		UserAgent:     fmt.Sprintf("crowdsec/%s", cwversion.VersionStr()),
+		UserAgent:     fmt.Sprintf("crowdsec/%s", version.String()),
 		URL:           apiURL,
 		VersionPrefix: "v1",
 	}, &http.Client{})
diff --git a/test/bats/09_socket.bats b/test/bats/09_socket.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e31da07c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bats/09_socket.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# vim: ft=bats:list:ts=8:sts=4:sw=4:et:ai:si:
+
+set -u
+
+setup_file() {
+    load "../lib/setup_file.sh"
+}
+
+teardown_file() {
+    load "../lib/teardown_file.sh"
+}
+
+setup() {
+    load "../lib/setup.sh"
+    load "../lib/bats-file/load.bash"
+    ./instance-data load
+}
+
+teardown() {
+    ./instance-crowdsec stop
+}
+
+#----------
+
+@test "cscli - connects with socket" {
+    sockdir=$(TMPDIR="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}" mktemp -u)
+    mkdir -p "${sockdir}"
+    export socket="${sockdir}/crowdsec_api.sock"
+
+    config_set ".api.server.listen_uri=strenv(socket)"
+
+    LOCAL_API_CREDENTIALS=$(config_get '.api.client.credentials_path')
+    config_set "${LOCAL_API_CREDENTIALS}" ".url=strenv(socket)"
+
+    ./instance-crowdsec start
+    rune -0 cscli lapi status
+    assert_stderr --partial "You can successfully interact with Local API (LAPI)"
+}
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