diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/chat-cli.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/chat-cli.hoon
index 4a0e54cfe..8bbfad046 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/chat-cli.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/chat-cli.hoon
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       ?-    -.sign
           %poke-ack   [- all-state]:(on-agent:def wire sign)
           %watch-ack  [- all-state]:(on-agent:def wire sign)
-          %kick       [?:(?=([%chat-store ~] wire) ~[connect] ~) all-state]
+          %kick       [?:(?=([%chat-store ~] wire) ~[connect:tc] ~) all-state]
           %fact
         ?+  p.cage.sign  ~|([%chat-cli-bad-sub-mark wire p.cage.sign] !!)
           %chat-update  (diff-chat-update:tc wire !<(chat-update q.cage.sign))