diff --git a/check_docker_info b/check_docker_info
index b84e04b6ecdb09cd07c855eabc85c5f3f8088551..e558395b6ac36767a7d3f2080a00d6844eaaf272 100755
--- a/check_docker_info
+++ b/check_docker_info
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 2024-01-18  v1.0  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      init
 # 2024-01-22  v1.1  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      detect DOCKER; use sudo; add debug
+# 2024-01-23  v1.2  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      Show a list of docker containers; add path
 # ======================================================================
 
 
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
 . $(dirname $0)/inc_dockerfunctions.sh
 
-self_APPVERSION=1.1
+self_APPVERSION=1.2
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # FUNCTIONS
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ self_APPVERSION=1.1
 
 
 # show help
-function _usage(){
+function _showHelp(){
     local _self=$( basename $0 )
     cat <<EOH
 $( ph.showImlHelpHeader )
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ Show docker version and count of containers total and by its status.
 
 It returns 
   CRITICAL if a created container is not running.
-  OK if no container was created yet or all conmtainers are running
+  OK if no container was created yet or all conmtainers are running.
   UNKNOWM if
     - docker or jq were not found
     - docker data were not fetched
@@ -48,15 +49,30 @@ USAGE:
   $_self [OPTIONS]
 
 OPTIONS:
-  -h  this help
-  -d  Debug; Flag: show all docker system infos
+  -h, --help        this help
+  -c, --containers  Flag: Show containers (slow)
+  -e, --errors      Flag: Show containers on error only (slow)
+  -d, --debug       Debug; Flag: show all docker system infos
+  -p, --path        Custom directory for docker binary
 
 EXAMPLES:
   $_self
     Show Status of all containers
 
+  $_self -c
+    Show Status of all containers and a list of container names with its
+    status. Warning: this feature uses docker ps --all and can be slow.
+
+  $_self -e
+    Show Status of all containers. If not all containers are running you
+    get a list of container names with its status.
+
+  $_self -p /usr/bin
+    Show Status of all containers. The docker binary will be searched in
+    given path first - then in all other dirs of \$PATH
+
   $_self -d
-    Show Status of all containers and json with all docker system infos
+    Show Status of all containers and json with all docker system infos.
 
 EOH
 }
@@ -65,13 +81,22 @@ EOH
 # MAIN
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ph.hasParamoption "h" "$@"; bOptHelp=$?
-ph.hasParamoption "d" "$@"; bOptDebug=$?
+bOptContainers=0
+bOptContOnErrors=0
+bOptDebug=0
+
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do case $1 in
+    -h|--help)        _showHelp; exit 0;;
+    -c|--containers)  bOptContainers=1; shift;;
+    -d|--debug)       bOptDebug=1; shift;;
+    -e|--errors)      bOptContOnErrors=1; shift;;
+    -p|--path)        if ! grep ":{$2}:" <<< ":{$PATH}:" >/dev/null; then
+                        PATH="$2:$PATH"; 
+                      fi
+                      shift; shift;;
+    *) echo "ERROR: Unknown parameter: $1"; showHelp; exit 1;
+esac; done
 
-if [ $bOptHelp -eq 0 ]; then
-    _usage
-    exit 0
-fi
 
 ph.require "docker"
 ph.require "jq"
@@ -95,15 +120,21 @@ sLicense=$( _getString "$data" ".ProductLicense" )
 # --- generate result
 
 if [ "$iCTotal" -eq "0" ]; then
-    out+="No container was created yet."
+    out+="Welcome to Docker! No container was created yet."
 else
     if [ "$iCRunning" -eq "0" ]; then
         ph.setStatus critical
         out+="No container is running"
+
+        # if -e was given: enable to show containers
+        test $bOptContOnErrors -eq 1 && bOptContainers=1
     else
         if [ "$iCRunning" -ne "$iCTotal" ]; then
             ph.setStatus critical
             out+="Not all containers are running"
+
+            # if -e was given: enable to show containers
+            test $bOptContOnErrors -eq 1 && bOptContainers=1
         else
             out+="All containers are running"
         fi
@@ -120,8 +151,28 @@ ph.perfadd "images"   "$iImages"
 ph.status "Docker $sVersion ($sLicense) .. containers: $iCTotal running: $iCRunning paused: $iCPaused stopped: $iCStopped .. images: $iImages"
 echo "$out"
 
+if [ $bOptContainers -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "Containers:"
+    containers=$( sudo -n --preserve-env docker ps --all --format "{{ json . }}" --all 2>/dev/null )
+    echo "$containers" | while read -r line; do    
+      sName=$(   _getString "$line" ".Names" )
+      sState=$(  _getString "$line" ".State" )
+      sStatus=$( _getString "$line" ".Status" )
+
+      sIco="🔶"
+      grep "exited"  <<< "${sState}" >/dev/null && sIco="❌"
+      grep "running" <<< "${sState}" >/dev/null && sIco="✅"
+
+      printf "  %-14s %-40s %-20s\n" "$sIco $sState" "$sName" "$sStatus" 
+      # echo "$line" | jq
+    done 
+    echo
+
+fi
+
 # if -d was given then show debug infos too
-test $bOptDebug -eq 0 && ( echo; echo "DEBUG: full docker system infos as json"; echo "$data" | jq )
+test $bOptDebug -eq 1 && ( echo; echo "DEBUG: full docker system infos as json"; echo "$data" | jq )
 
 ph.exit
 
diff --git a/docs/20_Checks/check_docker_info.md b/docs/20_Checks/check_docker_info.md
index e10d9b9bc683b7a736615875f7b5f148dbab5ac4..b2f331b17af18d272a30383d3e13551d6fcbe97a 100644
--- a/docs/20_Checks/check_docker_info.md
+++ b/docs/20_Checks/check_docker_info.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ icingaclient ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:SETENV: /usr/bin/docker
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
 CHECK_DOCKER_INFO
-v1.1
+v1.2
 
 (c) Institute for Medical Education - University of Bern
 Licence: GNU GPL 3
@@ -45,15 +45,30 @@ USAGE:
   check_docker_info [OPTIONS]
 
 OPTIONS:
-  -h  this help
-  -d  Debug; Flag: show all docker system infos
+  -h, --help        this help
+  -c, --containers  Flag: Show containers (slow)
+  -e, --errors      Flag: Show containers on error only (slow)
+  -d, --debug       Debug; Flag: show all docker system infos
+  -p, --path        Custom directory for docker binary
 
 EXAMPLES:
   check_docker_info
     Show Status of all containers
 
+  check_docker_info -c
+    Show Status of all containers and a list of container names with its
+    status. Warning: this feature uses docker ps --all and can be slow.
+
+  check_docker_info -e
+    Show Status of all containers. If not all containers are running you
+    get a list of container names with its status.
+
+  check_docker_info -p /usr/bin
+    Show Status of all containers. The docker binary will be searched in
+    given path first - then in all other dirs of $PATH
+
   check_docker_info -d
-    Show Status of all containers and json with all docker system infos
+    Show Status of all containers and json with all docker system infos.
 
 ```
 
@@ -84,3 +99,9 @@ Solution: you did not set SETENV in the sudoers config file
 
 icingaclient ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:**SETENV:** /usr/bin/docker
 
+### Docker not found
+
+If you get an error message that docker was not found then it is not reachable in ofe of the directories of $PATH.
+This can happen especialy in rootless docker instances.
+
+Solution: Use the parameter `-p /usr/bin` to define a target. Copy the docker binary there.