diff --git a/main/bin/chat.hoon b/main/bin/chat.hoon
index 3da14aa74..a2bb423b8 100644
--- a/main/bin/chat.hoon
+++ b/main/bin/chat.hoon
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 !:
 ::  /=main=/bin/chat/hoon
 ::
+=*  sed   +
 =>  %=    .
         +
       =>  +
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
             ^-  (unit ,[p=@t q=tank])
             =+  hun=(rush a wide:vast)
             ?~  hun  ~
-            ?~(a ~ [~ a (sell (slap seed u.hun))])
+            ?~(a ~ [~ a (sell (slap !>(sed) u.hun))])
           ::
           ++  mess
             %+  cook  |=(a=^mess a)