diff --git a/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon b/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
index 810dd7515..61e29189e 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/lib/hood/kiln.hoon
@@ -510,10 +510,10 @@
   ++  pause
     |=  lac=desk
     ^+  vats
+    =.  vats  (abed lac)
     ?.  is-tracking
       ~>  %slog.0^leaf/"kiln: {<lac>} already paused, ignoring"
       vats
-    =.  vats  (abed lac)
     ~>  %slog.0^leaf/"kiln: {<lac>} pausing updates"
     =/  rel  ral
     =.  rail.rak  `rel(paused &, aeon 0)
diff --git a/pkg/base-dev/sur/hood.hoon b/pkg/base-dev/sur/hood.hoon
index 40493cbff..e05655438 100644
--- a/pkg/base-dev/sur/hood.hoon
+++ b/pkg/base-dev/sur/hood.hoon
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
 ++  report-vat
   |=  [our=ship now=@da vat]
   ^-  tank
-  =+  .^(=weft %cx /(scot %p our)/[desk]/(scot %da now)/sys/kelvin)
+  =/  kel-path
+    /(scot %p our)/[desk]/(scot %da now)/sys/kelvin
+  ?.  .^(? %cu kel-path)
+    leaf+"bad desk: {<desk>}"
+  =+  .^(=weft %cx kel-path)
   :+  %rose  ["" "{<desk>}" "::"]
   ^-  tang
   =/  meb  (mergebase-hashes our desk now arak)
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@
   :~  leaf/"/sys/kelvin:  {<[lal num]:weft>}"
       leaf/"base hash:    {?.(=(1 (lent meb)) <meb> <(head meb)>)}"
       leaf/"%cz hash:     {<hash>}"
-      leaf/"updates:      {sat}"
+      leaf/"updates:      {poz}"
       leaf/"source ship:  {?~(rail.arak <~> <ship.u.rail.arak>)}"
       leaf/"source desk:  {?~(rail.arak <~> <desk.u.rail.arak>)}"
       leaf/"source aeon:  {?~(rail.arak <~> <aeon.u.rail.arak>)}"