diff --git a/src/snek/static/app.js b/src/snek/static/app.js
index a5c52de..8810952 100644
--- a/src/snek/static/app.js
+++ b/src/snek/static/app.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class App extends EventHandler {
   async forcePing(...arg) {
     await this.rpc.ping(...args);
   }
-
+  starField = null
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.ws = new Socket();
diff --git a/src/snek/static/message-list.js b/src/snek/static/message-list.js
index 672a9e9..341ec5c 100644
--- a/src/snek/static/message-list.js
+++ b/src/snek/static/message-list.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class MessageList extends HTMLElement {
     textElement.style.display = message.text == "" ? "none" : "block";
   }
   triggerGlow(uid,color) {
-    app.startField.glowColor(color)
+    app.starField.glowColor(color)
       let lastElement = null;
     this.querySelectorAll(".avatar").forEach((el) => {
       const div = el.closest("a");