diff --git a/guestfs-inspectd.c b/guestfs-inspectd.c
index 61f1ec8..1d8f8b7 100644
--- a/guestfs-inspectd.c
+++ b/guestfs-inspectd.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   for (int i = 0; i < worker_count; i++) {
     char *path = strtok(argv[i+1], ":");
     worker_map[i].name = strtok(NULL, ":");
-    zactor_new(worker_map[i].worker, path);
+    worker_map[i].worker = zactor_new(worker_task, path);
   }
 
   char *ep = endpoint();