diff --git a/desks/realm/app/bedrock.hoon b/desks/realm/app/bedrock.hoon
index 130414dc08..efc782359f 100644
--- a/desks/realm/app/bedrock.hoon
+++ b/desks/realm/app/bedrock.hoon
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@
                     state
                   $(index +(index), state (process-db-change:db dbpath change state bowl), result-cards (weld (weld result-cards new-scry) pokes))
               %db-path
-                ~&  %here
                 =/  full=fullpath   !<(fullpath +.+.sign)
                 :: insert pathrow
                 =.  received-at.path-row.full  now.bowl
diff --git a/desks/realm/lib/db.hoon b/desks/realm/lib/db.hoon
index 12d10ec572..1283b49005 100644
--- a/desks/realm/lib/db.hoon
+++ b/desks/realm/lib/db.hoon
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@
       =/  pr   (snag index prs)
       =/  prole  role:(need space.pr)
       ?:  ?|  =(prole %member)
+              =(prole %initiate)
               ?&  =(prole %admin)
                   |(=(max-role %host) =(max-role %admin))
               ==
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@
         =/  new  (add-peer [path.pr ship max-role] +.cs bowl)
         $(index +(index), cs [(weld -.cs -.new) +.new])
       :: else, move on
-      $(index +(index))
+      $(index +(index), cs cs)
   ::
   ++  on-kicked
     |=  [path=space-path:sstore =ship]