diff --git a/pkg/arvo/gen/kick.hoon b/pkg/arvo/gen/kick.hoon
index e5a469bdd..807b00227 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/gen/kick.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/gen/kick.hoon
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 :-  %say
 |=  $:  [now=@da eny=@uvJ bec=beak]
         ~
-        ~
+        nice=?
+
     ==
-[%kick %kick]
+[%kick nice]
diff --git a/pkg/landscape/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon b/pkg/landscape/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon
index f6c31b1a9..1a134e614 100644
--- a/pkg/landscape/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon
+++ b/pkg/landscape/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /-  *resource
 /+  store=graph-store, graph, default-agent, verb, dbug, pull-hook
+/+  agentio
 ~%  %graph-pull-hook-top  ..part  ~
 |%
 +$  card  card:agent:gall
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
   |=  =vase
   ?:  =(q.vase ~)
     :_  this
-    (poke-self:pass kick+!>(%kick))^~
+    (poke-self:pass kick+!>(%.y))^~
   `this
 ::
 ++  on-poke   on-poke:def
diff --git a/pkg/landscape/lib/pull-hook.hoon b/pkg/landscape/lib/pull-hook.hoon
index f0411895c..d3f6a251f 100644
--- a/pkg/landscape/lib/pull-hook.hoon
+++ b/pkg/landscape/lib/pull-hook.hoon
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
                   diplomatic
               ==
             ~
-          (poke-self:pass kick+!>(%kick))^~
+          (poke-self:pass kick+!>(%.n))^~
         :_  this
         :(weld cards og-cards kick)
        ::
@@ -295,8 +295,9 @@
         ::
           %kick
         ?>  (team:title [our src]:bowl)
+        =+  !<(nice=? vase)
         =^  [cards=(list card:agent:gall) hook=_pull-hook]  state
-          restart-subs:hc
+          (restart-subs:hc nice)
         =.  pull-hook  hook
         [cards this]
       ::
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@
       ver  ~(. versioning [bowl [update-mark version min-version]:config])
   ::
   ++  restart-subs
+    |=  nice=?
     =|  acc-cards=(list card)
     =/  subs=(list resource)
       ~(tap in ~(key by tracking))
@@ -394,7 +396,7 @@
       [[acc-cards pull-hook] state]
     =*  rid  i.subs
     =^  [crds=(list card) hook=_pull-hook]  state
-      tr-abet:tr-on-load:(tr-abed:track-engine rid)
+      tr-abet:(tr-on-load:(tr-abed:track-engine rid) nice)
     =.  pull-hook  hook
     $(subs t.subs, acc-cards (weld acc-cards crds))
 
@@ -431,6 +433,12 @@
       =^  caz  pull-hook
         (ap)
       (tr-emis caz)
+    ::
+    ++  tr-sane
+      ^-  ?
+      ?+  -.status  %.y
+        %active  (~(has by wex.bowl) [tr-sub-wire tr-sub-dock])
+      ==
     ::  +|  %sign: sign handling
     ::
     ::
@@ -539,10 +547,11 @@
       tr-core(status [%sub-ver ver])
     ::
     ++  tr-on-load
+      |=  nice=?
       ?+  -.status  tr-core
         %failed-kick  tr-restart
-        %active       tr-rewatch
-        ::
+        %active       ?:(&(tr-sane nice) tr-core tr-rewatch)
+      ::
           %sub-ver
         ?.  (supported:ver (append-version:ver ver.status))
           tr-core
@@ -577,11 +586,6 @@
       ^-  dock
       [ship push-hook-name.config]
     ::
-    ++  tr-check-sub
-      ?:  (~(has by wex.bowl) [tr-sub-wire tr-sub-dock])
-        tr-core
-      tr-kick
-    ::
     ++  tr-watch-unver
       |=  pax=path
       =/  =path
@@ -646,6 +650,11 @@
   ++  version-wir 
     (make-wire /version)
   ::
+  ++  version-dock
+    |=  =ship
+    ^-  dock
+    [ship push-hook-name.config]
+  ::
   ++  watch-version
     |=  =ship
     (~(watch pass version-wir) [ship push-hook-name.config] /version)