diff --git a/docker/docker.nu b/docker/docker.nu
index d4621fc..ac498f8 100644
--- a/docker/docker.nu
+++ b/docker/docker.nu
@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@
 def docker [
   ...args:string # command to be passed to the real docker command
   ] {
-  ^docker $args --format='{{json .}}'|
-  lines|
-  each {
-    $it|
-    from json
+  let data = (^docker $args --format={{json .}}|lines|each {$it|from json})
+  if Labels in ($data|get) {
+    $data|docker labels
+  } {
+    $data
+  }
+  
+}
+
+# subcommand used to reformat docker labels into their own table
+def 'docker labels' [] {
+  update Labels {
+    get Labels|
+    split row ','|
+    where ($it|str starts-with ' ') == $false|
+    split column '=' name value
   }
 }