diff --git a/tarback/docker.sh b/tarback/docker.sh
index b6c7fc4..f277d56 100644
--- a/tarback/docker.sh
+++ b/tarback/docker.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 _tarback_plugin_docker_cmd='docker run -i --rm --workdir=/mnt --volume="$1":/mnt/"$1" alpine '
-TARBACK_TAR_CREATE_COMMAND="$_tarback_plugin_docker_cmd "'tar c -C "/mnt/$1" .'
-TARBACK_TAR_EXTRACT_COMMAND="$_tarback_plugin_docker_cmd "'tar x -C "/mnt/$1"'
-
-# Can set file to same as directory command since a docker volume is always a directory
 TARBACK_TAR_CREATE_COMMAND_FILE="$_tarback_plugin_docker_cmd "'tar c -C "/mnt/$1" .'
 TARBACK_TAR_EXTRACT_COMMAND_FILE="$_tarback_plugin_docker_cmd "'tar x -C "/mnt/$1"'
diff --git a/tests/common.sh b/tests/common.sh
index f7801f8..56c734a 100755
--- a/tests/common.sh
+++ b/tests/common.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,34 @@ create_directories() {
     mkdir -p "$workdir/source"
     mkdir -p "$workdir/dest"
     mkdir -p "$workdir/restore"
+
+    if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+        filename_len=$1
+    else
+        filename_len=255
+    fi
     # generate a filename with every possible byte in it to test
     # escaping, the only character not included is `/` since that is
     # illegal for filenames (obviously)
-    echo 'Hello World!' > "$workdir/source/$(for i in $(seq 0 255); do printf '%x' "$i" | xxd -r -p; done | tr -d '/')"
+    echo 'Hello World!' > "$workdir/source/$(for i in $(seq 0 $filename_len); do printf '%x' "$i" | xxd -r -p; done | tr -d '/')"
     echo "$workdir"
 }
+
+create_docker_volume() {
+    volumename="tarback-docker-volume-test-$(shuf -i 1000-9999 -n 1)"
+    # use shorter name because alpine runs into a filename length limit
+    if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
+        workdir="$1"
+        filename="$2"
+        docker run --rm -i -v "$volumename:/mnt" alpine tee "/mnt/$filename" < "$workdir/source/$filename" 1>/dev/null
+    fi
+    echo "$volumename"
+}
+
+extract_docker_volume() {
+    volumename="$1"
+    workdir="$2"
+    filename="$3"
+    #docker run --rm -v "$volumename:/mnt" alpine find /
+    docker run --rm -v "$volumename:/mnt" alpine cat "/mnt/$filename" > "$workdir/restore/$filename"
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-002-docker.sh b/tests/test-002-docker.sh
index e69c38e..9f7b5cb 100755
--- a/tests/test-002-docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test-002-docker.sh
@@ -5,25 +5,27 @@ set -eu
 . ./tests/common.sh
 
 # archive whole directory
-workdir="$(create_directories)"
-./tarback.sh -p docker create "$workdir/source" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
-./tarback.sh -p docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$workdir/restore"
+workdir="$(create_directories 127)"
+filename="$(basename "$(find "$workdir/source" -type f)")"
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume "$workdir" "$filename")"
+./tarback.sh -p docker create "$docker_volume" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume)"
+./tarback.sh -p docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$docker_volume"
+extract_docker_volume "$docker_volume" "$workdir" "$filename"
 diff "$workdir/source" "$workdir/restore"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
 rm -rf "$workdir"
 
-# archive single file
-workdir="$(create_directories)"
+workdir="$(create_directories 127)"
 filename="$(basename "$(find "$workdir/source" -type f)")"
-./tarback.sh -p docker create "$workdir/source/$filename" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
-./tarback.sh -p docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$workdir/restore/$filename"
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume "$workdir" "$filename")"
+TARBACK_SPLIT='split -b 10 -' ./tarback.sh -p docker create "$docker_volume" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume)"
+TARBACK_SPLIT='split -b 10 -' ./tarback.sh -p docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$docker_volume"
+extract_docker_volume "$docker_volume" "$workdir" "$filename"
 diff "$workdir/source" "$workdir/restore"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
 rm -rf "$workdir"
 
-# split archive
-workdir="$(create_directories)"
-filename="$(basename "$(find "$workdir/source" -type f)")"
-TARBACK_SPLIT="split -b 10 -" ./tarback.sh -p docker create "$workdir/source/$filename" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
-TARBACK_SPLIT="split -b 10 -" ./tarback.sh -p docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$workdir/restore/$filename"
-diff "$workdir/source" "$workdir/restore"
-[ "$(ls -1 "$workdir/dest/"*.part* | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]
-rm -rf "$workdir"
diff --git a/tests/test-003-ssh-docker.sh b/tests/test-003-ssh-docker.sh
index aae6ba4..f735438 100755
--- a/tests/test-003-ssh-docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test-003-ssh-docker.sh
@@ -7,25 +7,27 @@ set -eu
 export TARBACK_REMOTE='ssh localhost'
 
 # archive whole directory
-workdir="$(create_directories)"
-./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker create "$workdir/source" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
-./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$workdir/restore"
+workdir="$(create_directories 127)"
+filename="$(basename "$(find "$workdir/source" -type f)")"
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume "$workdir" "$filename")"
+./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker create "$docker_volume" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume)"
+./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$docker_volume"
+extract_docker_volume "$docker_volume" "$workdir" "$filename"
 diff "$workdir/source" "$workdir/restore"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
 rm -rf "$workdir"
 
-# archive single file
-workdir="$(create_directories)"
+workdir="$(create_directories 127)"
 filename="$(basename "$(find "$workdir/source" -type f)")"
-./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker create "$workdir/source/$filename" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
-./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$workdir/restore/$filename"
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume "$workdir" "$filename")"
+TARBACK_SPLIT='split -b 10 -' ./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker create "$docker_volume" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+docker_volume="$(create_docker_volume)"
+TARBACK_SPLIT='split -b 10 -' ./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$docker_volume"
+extract_docker_volume "$docker_volume" "$workdir" "$filename"
 diff "$workdir/source" "$workdir/restore"
+docker volume rm "$docker_volume" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
 rm -rf "$workdir"
 
-# split archive
-workdir="$(create_directories)"
-filename="$(basename "$(find "$workdir/source" -type f)")"
-TARBACK_SPLIT="split -b 10 -" ./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker create "$workdir/source/$filename" "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz"
-TARBACK_SPLIT="split -b 10 -" ./tarback.sh -p ssh,docker restore "$workdir/dest/source.tar.xz" "$workdir/restore/$filename"
-diff "$workdir/source" "$workdir/restore"
-[ "$(ls -1 "$workdir/dest/"*.part* | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]
-rm -rf "$workdir"