diff --git a/lib/x11/xcore.js b/lib/x11/xcore.js
index 0ed03a3..270a11f 100644
--- a/lib/x11/xcore.js
+++ b/lib/x11/xcore.js
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ module.exports.createClient = function(initCb, display)
     // try local socket on non-windows platforms
     if ( ['cygwin', 'win32', 'win64'].indexOf(process.platform) < 0 )
     {
-        if (process.platform == 'darwin')
+        console.log(['here1', display, process.platform]);
+        if (process.platform == 'darwin' || process.platform == 'mac')
         {
             // socket path on OSX is /tmp/launch-(some id)/org.x:0
             if (display[0] == '/') 
@@ -352,7 +353,6 @@ module.exports.createClient = function(initCb, display)
         } else if(host == '127.0.0.1')
             socketPath = '/tmp/.X11-unix/X' + displayNum;
     } 
-    socketPath = display;
     if(socketPath)
     {
     	stream = net.createConnection(socketPath);