diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
index 9185b417..48c0b32c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ export async function main() {
 
   // Create a new chat on startup.
   try {
-    const topic = execFileSync('/home/jcarr/go/bin/regex', ['--get-next-auto-topic'], { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    execFileSync('/home/jcarr/go/bin/regex', ['--new-chat', sessionId, topic.trim()]);
+    // const topic = execFileSync('/home/jcarr/go/bin/regex', ['--get-next-auto-topic'], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    execFileSync('/home/jcarr/go/bin/regex', ['--uuid', sessionId, '--topic', 'blah', 'newchat']);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`Error creating new chat: ${e}`);
   }