diff --git a/basis/bootstrap/bootstrap-error.factor b/basis/bootstrap/bootstrap-error.factor
index 7cae86b186..2530393614 100644
--- a/basis/bootstrap/bootstrap-error.factor
+++ b/basis/bootstrap/bootstrap-error.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ USING: continuations kernel io debugger vocabs words system namespaces ;
 :c
 :error
 
-"listener" vocab
+"listener" lookup-vocab
 [ restarts. vocab-main execute ]
 [ error get die ] if*
 1 exit