diff --git a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
index 4472536..c3051a4 100644
--- a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
+++ b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ module.exports = function (window, sbot, params) {
     // create rpc object
     var rpc = window.rpc = muxrpc(clientApi, sbot.manifest(), serialize)(sbot)
     rpc.authorized = { id: sbot.id, role: 'master' }
-    rpc.permissions({allow: null, deny: null})
     function serialize (stream) { return stream }
 
     // start the stream
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function (window, sbot, params) {
   }
   window.resetRpc = function () {
     console.log('close rpc')
-    window.rpcStream.source(true)
+    window.rpcStream.source('close')
     window.rpc.close()
     window.createRpc()
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f2deba..8f1e854 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "multiblob": "^1.5.0",
     "multicb": "^1.1.0",
-    "muxrpc": "^5.0.1",
+    "muxrpc": "^6.1.1",
     "pull-ipc": "0.0.1",
     "pull-pushable": "^1.1.4",
     "pull-stream": "^2.27.0",