diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/metadata-hook.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/metadata-hook.hoon
index e3acbd012..e41f1ee75 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/metadata-hook.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/metadata-hook.hoon
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
     `this
   ::
   ++  on-leave  on-leave:def
-  ++  on-peek   on-peek:def
+  ++  on-peek
+    |=  =path
+    ^-  (unit (unit cage))
+    ?.  ?=([%x %synced ~] path)
+      (on-peek:def path)
+    ``noun+!>(~(key by synced))
   ++  on-arvo   on-arvo:def
   ++  on-fail   on-fail:def
   ++  on-poke