diff --git a/nrm/daemon.py b/nrm/daemon.py
index 3d852cf68f8dd2b3286e36de8277cc454b3ae623..e3dbebc5846a805c84d88577af01c586fb5ece7a 100644
--- a/nrm/daemon.py
+++ b/nrm/daemon.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class Daemon(object):
             self.upstream_rpc_server.send(
                     client,
                     tag="list",
-                    payload=response)
+                    containers=response)
         else:
             logger.error("invalid command: %r", req.tag)