diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/contact-pull-hook.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/contact-pull-hook.hoon
index ad4aae0cb..ce880de68 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/contact-pull-hook.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/contact-pull-hook.hoon
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 --
 ::
 %-  agent:dbug
+%+  verb  |
 ^-  agent:gall
 %-  (agent:pull-hook config)
 ^-  (pull-hook:pull-hook config)
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon
index 826bb2703..431ac1c1d 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-pull-hook.hoon
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 --
 ::
 %-  agent:dbug
+%+  verb  |
 ^-  agent:gall
 %-  (agent:pull-hook config)
 ^-  (pull-hook:pull-hook config)
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-push-hook.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-push-hook.hoon
index 4501aa03f..84e2907c3 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-push-hook.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-push-hook.hoon
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-/-  *group
-/-  metadata=metadata-store
-/+  store=graph-store
-/+  mdl=metadata
-/+  res=resource
-/+  graph
-/+  group
-/+  default-agent
-/+  dbug
-/+  push-hook
+/-  *group, metadata=metadata-store
+/+  store=graph-store, mdl=metadata, res=resource, graph, group, default-agent,
+    dbug, verb, push-hook
+::
 ~%  %graph-push-hook-top  ..part  ~
 |%
 +$  card  card:agent:gall
@@ -32,6 +26,7 @@
 =|  state-zero
 =*  state  -
 %-  agent:dbug
+%+  verb  |
 ^-  agent:gall
 %-  (agent:push-hook config)
 ^-  agent
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@
 ++  initial-watch
   |=  [=path =resource:res]
   ^-  vase
-  ?>  (is-allowed resource)
+  ?>  (is-allowed:hc resource)
   !>  ^-  update:store
   ?~  path
     ::  new subscribe
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
index db6daabd0..57dbb5e82 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/graph-store.hoon
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ::  graph-store [landscape]
 ::
 ::
-/+  store=graph-store, sigs=signatures, res=resource, default-agent, dbug,
+/+  store=graph-store, sigs=signatures, res=resource, default-agent, dbug, verb,
     *migrate
 ~%  %graph-store-top  ..part  ~
 |%
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 =*  state  -
 ::
 %-  agent:dbug
+%+  verb  |
 ^-  agent:gall
 ~%  %graph-store-agent  ..card  ~
 |_  =bowl:gall