diff --git a/piker/brokers/ib/_util.py b/piker/brokers/ib/_util.py
index 1cf50926..00b2d233 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/ib/_util.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/ib/_util.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ async def vnc_click_hack(
         4002 = {host = 'localhost', port = 5900, pw = 'doggy'}
 
     '''
-    api_port: str = str(client.client.port)
+    api_port: str = str(client.ib.client.port)
     conf: dict = client.conf
     vnc_addrs: dict[int, tuple] = conf.get('vnc_addrs')
     if not vnc_addrs: