diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/term/app.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/term/app.tsx
index 69a2f8222..3524ee897 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/term/app.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/term/app.tsx
@@ -393,8 +393,6 @@ export default function TermApp(props: TermAppProps) {
 
       //  open subscription
       //
-      // TODO  start default session alongside other landscape subscriptions,
-      //      once subscription refactor is in.
       api.subscribe({ app: 'herm', path: '/session/'+selected,
         event: (e) => {
           const ses = useTermState.getState().sessions[selected];
@@ -402,7 +400,7 @@ export default function TermApp(props: TermAppProps) {
             console.log('on blit: no such session', selected, sessions, useTermState.getState().sessions);
             return;
           }
-          showBlit(ses.term, e.data);
+          showBlit(ses.term, e);
         },
         quit: () => {  //  quit
           // TODO  show user a message
diff --git a/pkg/npm/api/term/lib.ts b/pkg/npm/api/term/lib.ts
index 86db547d8..e6ae877ea 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/api/term/lib.ts
+++ b/pkg/npm/api/term/lib.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 import { Scry } from '../lib'
-import { Enc, Path, Patp, PatpNoSig, Poke, Thread } from '../lib/types';
+import { Poke } from '../lib/types';
 import { Belt, Task, SessionTask } from './types';
 
 export const pokeTask = (session: string, task: Task): Poke<SessionTask> => ({
   app: 'herm',
   mark: 'herm-task',
-  json: { session, task }
+  json: { session, ...task }
 });
 
 export const pokeBelt = (
diff --git a/pkg/npm/api/term/types.ts b/pkg/npm/api/term/types.ts
index 5ffd920a6..8bcdd302f 100644
--- a/pkg/npm/api/term/types.ts
+++ b/pkg/npm/api/term/types.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,4 @@ export type Task =
   | { hail: null }
   | { hook: null }
 
-export type SessionTask = {
-  session: string,
-  task: Task
-}
+export type SessionTask = { session: string } & Task