diff --git a/vterm.el b/vterm.el
index 45950de..db8df20 100644
--- a/vterm.el
+++ b/vterm.el
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ the executable."
   :type 'string
   :group 'vterm)
 
-(defcustom vterm-tramp-shells '(("docker" "/bin/sh"))
+(defcustom vterm-tramp-shells '((t login-shell))
   "The shell that gets run in the vterm for tramp.
 
 `vterm-tramp-shells' has to be a list of pairs of the format: