diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/mod.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/mod.rs
index c64d1b4c45..3555df8200 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/mod.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use super::config::locator;
 pub mod add;
 pub mod ls;
 pub mod rm;
+pub mod shared;
 pub mod start;
 pub mod stop;
 
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/shared.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/shared.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fc34a04d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/shared.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use core::fmt;
+
+use bollard::{ClientVersion, Docker};
+use clap::ValueEnum;
+
+// DEFAULT_TIMEOUT and API_DEFAULT_VERSION are from the bollard crate
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: u64 = 120;
+const API_DEFAULT_VERSION: &ClientVersion = &ClientVersion {
+    major_version: 1,
+    minor_version: 40,
+};
+
+#[derive(ValueEnum, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Network {
+    Local,
+    Testnet,
+    Futurenet,
+    Pubnet,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Network {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        let variant_str = match self {
+            Network::Local => "local",
+            Network::Testnet => "testnet",
+            Network::Futurenet => "futurenet",
+            Network::Pubnet => "pubnet",
+        };
+
+        write!(f, "{}", variant_str)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn connect_to_docker(docker_socket_path: Option<String>) -> Docker {
+    if docker_socket_path.is_some() {
+        let socket = docker_socket_path.as_ref().unwrap();
+        Docker::connect_with_socket(socket, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, API_DEFAULT_VERSION).unwrap()
+    } else {
+        Docker::connect_with_socket_defaults().unwrap()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs
index aacf9b7e10..b920a32030 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs
@@ -9,40 +9,15 @@ use core::fmt;
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use crate::commands::network::shared::connect_to_docker;
+use crate::commands::network::shared::Network;
+
 const DEFAULT_PORT_MAPPING: &str = "8000:8000";
 const DOCKER_IMAGE: &str = "docker.io/stellar/quickstart";
 
-// DEFAULT_TIMEOUT and API_DEFAULT_VERSION are from the bollard crate
-const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: u64 = 120;
-const API_DEFAULT_VERSION: &ClientVersion = &ClientVersion {
-    major_version: 1,
-    minor_version: 40,
-};
-
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {}
 
-#[derive(ValueEnum, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub enum Network {
-    Local,
-    Testnet,
-    Futurenet,
-    Pubnet,
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for Network {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        let variant_str = match self {
-            Network::Local => "local",
-            Network::Testnet => "testnet",
-            Network::Futurenet => "futurenet",
-            Network::Pubnet => "pubnet",
-        };
-
-        write!(f, "{}", variant_str)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser, Clone)]
 pub struct Cmd {
     /// network to start
@@ -82,7 +57,7 @@ impl Cmd {
 }
 
 async fn run_docker_command(cmd: &Cmd) {
-    let docker = connect_to_docker(cmd);
+    let docker = connect_to_docker(cmd.docker_socket_path.clone());
 
     let image = get_image_name(cmd);
     let create_image_options = Some(CreateImageOptions {
@@ -124,15 +99,6 @@ async fn run_docker_command(cmd: &Cmd) {
         .await;
 }
 
-fn connect_to_docker(cmd: &Cmd) -> Docker {
-    if cmd.docker_socket_path.is_some() {
-        let socket = cmd.docker_socket_path.as_ref().unwrap();
-        Docker::connect_with_socket(socket, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, API_DEFAULT_VERSION).unwrap()
-    } else {
-        Docker::connect_with_socket_defaults().unwrap()
-    }
-}
-
 fn get_container_args(cmd: &Cmd) -> Vec<String> {
     let enable_soroban_rpc = if cmd.disable_soroban_rpc {
         String::new()
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs
index ebe34bd82d..637bb80b3c 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-use core::fmt;
-
-use bollard::{ClientVersion, Docker};
-use clap::ValueEnum;
+use crate::commands::network::shared::connect_to_docker;
+use crate::commands::network::shared::Network;
 
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -9,35 +7,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     StopContainerError(#[from] bollard::errors::Error),
 }
 
-// DEFAULT_TIMEOUT and API_DEFAULT_VERSION are from the bollard crate
-const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: u64 = 120;
-const API_DEFAULT_VERSION: &ClientVersion = &ClientVersion {
-    major_version: 1,
-    minor_version: 40,
-};
-
-// TODO: move to a shared module
-#[derive(ValueEnum, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub enum Network {
-    Local,
-    Testnet,
-    Futurenet,
-    Pubnet,
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for Network {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        let variant_str = match self {
-            Network::Local => "local",
-            Network::Testnet => "testnet",
-            Network::Futurenet => "futurenet",
-            Network::Pubnet => "pubnet",
-        };
-
-        write!(f, "{}", variant_str)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser, Clone)]
 pub struct Cmd {
     /// network container to stop
@@ -51,20 +20,10 @@ pub struct Cmd {
 impl Cmd {
     pub async fn run(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let container_name = format!("stellar-{}", self.network);
-        let docker = connect_to_docker(self);
+        let docker = connect_to_docker(self.docker_socket_path.clone());
         println!("Stopping container: {container_name}");
         docker.stop_container(&container_name, None).await.unwrap();
 
         Ok(())
     }
 }
-
-//TODO: move to a shared module
-fn connect_to_docker(cmd: &Cmd) -> Docker {
-    if cmd.docker_socket_path.is_some() {
-        let socket = cmd.docker_socket_path.as_ref().unwrap();
-        Docker::connect_with_socket(socket, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, API_DEFAULT_VERSION).unwrap()
-    } else {
-        Docker::connect_with_socket_defaults().unwrap()
-    }
-}