diff --git a/basis/concurrency/distributed/distributed.factor b/basis/concurrency/distributed/distributed.factor
index 4da079e812..5e2f1bb6d1 100755
--- a/basis/concurrency/distributed/distributed.factor
+++ b/basis/concurrency/distributed/distributed.factor
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ M: remote-process send ( message thread -- )
     send-remote-message ;
 
 M: thread (serialize) ( obj -- )
-    thread-id local-node get-global <remote-process>
+    id>> local-node get-global <remote-process>
     (serialize) ;
 
 : stop-node ( node -- )