diff --git a/cli/server/add.go b/cli/server/add.go
index cea1be415..22b89214c 100644
--- a/cli/server/add.go
+++ b/cli/server/add.go
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ You may omit flags to avoid performing this provisioning logic.
 			}
 		}
 
+		if _, err := cl.Info(c.Context); err != nil {
+			cleanUp(domainName)
+			logrus.Fatalf("couldn't make a remote docker connection to %s?", domainName)
+		}
+
 		if traefik {
 			if err := deployTraefik(c, cl, domainName); err != nil {
 				logrus.Fatal(err)