@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ func Init(proto, addr, socketGroup string, tlsConfig *tls.Config) ([]net.Listene

 		}

 		ls = append(ls, l)

 	case "unix":

-		l, err := sockets.NewUnixSocket(addr, socketGroup)

+

+		gid, err := strconv.Atoi(socketGroup)

+		if err != nil {

+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse socket group id: should be a number: %v", socketGroup)

+		}

+		l, err := sockets.NewUnixSocket(addr, gid)

 		if err != nil {

 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't create unix socket %s: %v", addr, err)

 		}