diff --git a/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php b/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
index 3bbc37e2..ead82363 100644
--- a/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
+++ b/php/src/ContainerDefinitionFetcher.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ readonly class ContainerDefinitionFetcher {
                             continue;
                         }
                     } elseif ($value['source'] === '%WATCHTOWER_DOCKER_SOCKET_PATH%') {
-                        $value['source'] = $this->configurationManager->GetDockerSocketPath();
+                        $value['source'] = $this->configurationManager->dockerSocketPath;
                         if($value['source'] === '') {
                             continue;
                         }
diff --git a/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php b/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php
index 41097c8d..090762ae 100644
--- a/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php
@@ -667,11 +667,9 @@ class ConfigurationManager
         set { $this->set('fulltextsearch_java_options', $value); }
     }
 
-    public function GetDockerSocketPath() : string {
-        $envVariableName = 'WATCHTOWER_DOCKER_SOCKET_PATH';
-        $configName = 'docker_socket_path';
-        $defaultValue = '/var/run/docker.sock';
-        return $this->GetEnvironmentalVariableOrConfig($envVariableName, $configName, $defaultValue);
+    public string $dockerSocketPath {
+        get => $this->GetEnvironmentalVariableOrConfig('WATCHTOWER_DOCKER_SOCKET_PATH', 'docker_socket_path', '/var/run/docker.sock');
+        set { $this->set('docker_socket_path', $value); }
     }
 
     public function GetTrustedCacertsDir() : string {