diff --git a/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon b/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
index be5a2951b..3545aab5d 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@
 ++  on-peek
   |=  =path
   ^-  (unit (unit cage))
-  ?+   path  [~ ~]
-    [%x %kiln %ota ~]        ``noun+!>(ota)
-    [%x %kiln %our ~]        ``noun+!>(our)
-    [%x %kiln %base-hash ~]  ``noun+!>((base-hash:version our now))
+  ?+    path  [~ ~]
+      [%x %kiln %ota ~]        ``noun+!>(ota)
+      [%x %kiln %our ~]        ``noun+!>(our)
+      [%x %kiln %base-hash ~]
+    =/  ver  (base-hash:version our now)
+    ``noun+!>(?~(ver 0v0 i.ver))
   ==
 ::
 ++  poke-commit