diff --git a/hacking b/hacking
index dc88eab..ff7d0b5 160000
--- a/hacking
+++ b/hacking
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dc88eab70ff44e80df732070523e9047030513c9
+Subproject commit ff7d0b5de9046ddd556fd3dbc1af9eb552dff40a
diff --git a/sys/src/kern/boot/boot.c b/sys/src/kern/boot/boot.c
index d8cc3c6..b420152 100644
--- a/sys/src/kern/boot/boot.c
+++ b/sys/src/kern/boot/boot.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ boot(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/*
 	 *  start /dev/cons
 	 */
-	if(readfile("#ec/console", buf, sizeof(cputype)) >= 0
+	if(readfile("#ec/bootconsole", buf, sizeof(buf)) >= 0
 	&& jehanne_strcmp("comconsole", buf) == 0){
 		if(startcomconsole() < 0)
 			fatal("no console found");