diff --git a/clients/shell/go/src/v.io/x/chat/channel.go b/clients/shell/go/src/v.io/x/chat/channel.go
index c133ea2..aed6b4e 100644
--- a/clients/shell/go/src/v.io/x/chat/channel.go
+++ b/clients/shell/go/src/v.io/x/chat/channel.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
 func newChannel(ctx *context.T, mounttable, proxy, path string) (*channel, error) {
 	// Set the namespace root to the mounttable passed on the command line.
-	newCtx, _, err := v23.SetNewNamespace(ctx, mounttable)
+	newCtx, _, err := v23.WithNewNamespace(ctx, mounttable)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}