diff --git a/src/Stipple.jl b/src/Stipple.jl
index 4240aba..e424fee 100644
--- a/src/Stipple.jl
+++ b/src/Stipple.jl
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ end
 # no longer needed, replaced by initscript
 function channelscript(channel::String) :: String
   Genie.Renderer.Html.script(["""
-  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => window.Genie.initWebChannel('$dchannel') );
+  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => window.Genie.initWebChannel('$channel') );
   """])
 end
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 909837e..22e1754 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function string_get(x; kwargs...)
 end
 
 function get_channel(s::String)
-    match(r"initWebChannel\('([^']+)'", s).captures[1]
+    match(r"\(\) => window.create[^']+'([^']+)'", s).captures[1]
 end
 
 function get_debounce(port, modelname)