diff --git a/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js b/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js
index 42317065e..11ca19351 100644
--- a/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js
+++ b/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js
@@ -564,7 +564,9 @@ const ChatSource = new Lang.Class({
     open: function(notification) {
           if (this._client.is_handling_channel(this._channel)) {
               // We are handling the channel, try to pass it to Empathy
-              this._client.delegate_channels_async([this._channel], global.get_current_time(), '', null);
+              this._client.delegate_channels_async([this._channel],
+                  global.get_current_time(),
+                  'org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Client.Empathy.Chat', null);
           }
           else {
               // We are not the handler, just ask to present the channel