diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf5efeb4..18195b3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ node_modules
 # Go workspaces
 go.work
 go.work.sum
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sync2/client.go b/sync2/client.go
index e072e5b5..7d1dcbd6 100644
--- a/sync2/client.go
+++ b/sync2/client.go
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
@@ -39,16 +41,30 @@ type HTTPClient struct {
 }
 
 func NewHTTPClient(shortTimeout, longTimeout time.Duration, destHomeServer string) *HTTPClient {
+	baseUrl := destHomeServer
+	if strings.HasPrefix(destHomeServer, "/") {
+	     baseUrl = "http://unix"
+	}
+
 	return &HTTPClient{
-		LongTimeoutClient: &http.Client{
-			Timeout:   longTimeout,
-			Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(http.DefaultTransport),
-		},
-		Client: &http.Client{
-			Timeout:   shortTimeout,
-			Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(http.DefaultTransport),
-		},
-		DestinationServer: destHomeServer,
+		LongTimeoutClient: newClient(longTimeout, destHomeServer),
+		Client:            newClient(shortTimeout, destHomeServer),
+		DestinationServer: baseUrl,
+	}
+}
+
+func newClient(timeout time.Duration, destHomeServer string) *http.Client {
+	transport := http.DefaultTransport
+	if strings.HasPrefix(destHomeServer, "/") {
+		transport = &http.Transport{
+			DialContext: func(_ context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+				return net.Dial("unix", destHomeServer)
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	return &http.Client{
+		Timeout:   timeout,
+		Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(transport),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +82,7 @@ func (v *HTTPClient) Versions(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("/versions returned HTTP %d", res.StatusCode)
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -99,7 +115,7 @@ func (v *HTTPClient) WhoAmI(ctx context.Context, accessToken string) (string, st
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("/whoami returned HTTP %d", res.StatusCode)
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
diff --git a/v3.go b/v3.go
index 8040fc6b..5ea5cbda 100644
--- a/v3.go
+++ b/v3.go
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"embed"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -216,12 +219,18 @@ func RunSyncV3Server(h http.Handler, bindAddr, destV2Server, tlsCert, tlsKey str
 
 	// Block forever
 	var err error
-	if tlsCert != "" && tlsKey != "" {
-		logger.Info().Msgf("listening TLS on %s", bindAddr)
-		err = http.ListenAndServeTLS(bindAddr, tlsCert, tlsKey, srv)
+	if strings.HasPrefix(bindAddr, "/") {
+		logger.Info().Msgf("listening on unix socket %s", bindAddr)
+		listener := unixSocketListener(bindAddr)
+		err = http.Serve(listener, srv)
 	} else {
-		logger.Info().Msgf("listening on %s", bindAddr)
-		err = http.ListenAndServe(bindAddr, srv)
+		if tlsCert != "" && tlsKey != "" {
+			logger.Info().Msgf("listening TLS on %s", bindAddr)
+			err = http.ListenAndServeTLS(bindAddr, tlsCert, tlsKey, srv)
+		} else {
+			logger.Info().Msgf("listening on %s", bindAddr)
+			err = http.ListenAndServe(bindAddr, srv)
+		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		sentry.CaptureException(err)
@@ -230,6 +239,22 @@ func RunSyncV3Server(h http.Handler, bindAddr, destV2Server, tlsCert, tlsKey str
 	}
 }
 
+func unixSocketListener(bindAddr string) net.Listener {
+	err := os.Remove(bindAddr)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to remove existing unix socket")
+	}
+	listener, err := net.Listen("unix", bindAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to serve unix socket")
+	}
+	err = os.Chmod(bindAddr, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to set unix socket permissions")
+	}
+	return listener
+}
+
 type HandlerError struct {
 	StatusCode int
 	Err        error