diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index 6708a731..777a3643 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -11,30 +11,33 @@ import (
 
 // New initiates a new Docker client.
 func New(contextName string) (*client.Client, error) {
-	context, err := GetContext(contextName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	ctxEndpoint, err := GetContextEndpoint(context)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	helper := newConnectionHelper(ctxEndpoint)
-	httpClient := &http.Client{
-		// No tls, no proxy
-		Transport: &http.Transport{
-			DialContext: helper.Dialer,
-		},
-	}
-
 	var clientOpts []client.Opt
-	clientOpts = append(clientOpts,
-		client.WithHTTPClient(httpClient),
-		client.WithHost(helper.Host),
-		client.WithDialContext(helper.Dialer),
-	)
+
+	if contextName != "default" {
+		context, err := GetContext(contextName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		ctxEndpoint, err := GetContextEndpoint(context)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		helper := newConnectionHelper(ctxEndpoint)
+		httpClient := &http.Client{
+			// No tls, no proxy
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				DialContext: helper.Dialer,
+			},
+		}
+
+		clientOpts = append(clientOpts,
+			client.WithHTTPClient(httpClient),
+			client.WithHost(helper.Host),
+			client.WithDialContext(helper.Dialer),
+		)
+	}
 
 	version := os.Getenv("DOCKER_API_VERSION")
 	if version != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/client/connection.go b/pkg/client/connection.go
index bb4e28e9..ec8020d4 100644
--- a/pkg/client/connection.go
+++ b/pkg/client/connection.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 
 func newConnectionHelper(daemonURL string) *connhelper.ConnectionHelper {
 	helper, err := connhelper.GetConnectionHelper(daemonURL)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
 	return helper
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/client/context.go b/pkg/client/context.go
index 5422f876..bf7ff311 100644
--- a/pkg/client/context.go
+++ b/pkg/client/context.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	context "github.com/docker/cli/cli/context"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/context/docker"
 	contextStore "github.com/docker/cli/cli/context/store"
+	cliflags "github.com/docker/cli/cli/flags"
 	"github.com/moby/term"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ func GetContext(contextName string) (contextStore.Metadata, error) {
 }
 
 func GetContextEndpoint(ctx contextStore.Metadata) (string, error) {
-	// safe to use docker key hardcoded since abra doesn't use k8s... yet...
 	endpointmeta, ok := ctx.Endpoints["docker"].(context.EndpointMetaBase)
 	if !ok {
 		err := errors.New("context lacks Docker endpoint")
@@ -108,21 +108,20 @@ func newContextStore(dir string, config contextStore.Config) contextStore.Store
 }
 
 func NewDefaultDockerContextStore() *command.ContextStoreWithDefault {
-	// Grabbing the stderr from Docker commands
-	// Much easier to fit this into the code we are using to replicate docker cli commands
 	_, _, stderr := term.StdStreams()
-	// TODO: Look into custom docker configs in case users want that
 	dockerConfig := dConfig.LoadDefaultConfigFile(stderr)
 	contextDir := dConfig.ContextStoreDir()
 	storeConfig := command.DefaultContextStoreConfig()
 	store := newContextStore(contextDir, storeConfig)
 
+	opts := &cliflags.CommonOptions{Context: "default"}
+
 	dockerContextStore := &command.ContextStoreWithDefault{
 		Store: store,
 		Resolver: func() (*command.DefaultContext, error) {
-			// nil for the Opts because it works without it and its a cli thing
-			return command.ResolveDefaultContext(nil, dockerConfig, storeConfig, stderr)
+			return command.ResolveDefaultContext(opts, dockerConfig, storeConfig, stderr)
 		},
 	}
+
 	return dockerContextStore
 }