diff --git a/lib/plugin-hub.cjs b/lib/plugin-hub.cjs
index 08a374a..e7146ce 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-hub.cjs
+++ b/lib/plugin-hub.cjs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const bs58 = require('bs58')
 const cat = require('pull-cat')
 const Notify = require('pull-notify')
 const pull = require('pull-stream')
@@ -19,13 +18,16 @@ function ErrorDuplex(message) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {Array<[any, any]>} parsedAddress
+ * @param {string} addresses
  * @returns {string | undefined}
  */
-function extractSHSEPubkey(parsedAddress) {
-  for (const [transport, transform] of parsedAddress) {
-    if (transform.name === 'shse') {
-      return bs58.encode(transform.pubkey)
+function extractSHSEPubkey(addresses) {
+  for (const address of addresses.split(';')) {
+    for (const [transport, transform] of address.split('~')) {
+      const [name, pubkey, extra] = transform.split(':')
+      if (name === 'shse') {
+        return pubkey
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports = {
       pull.filter(
         ({ type }) => type === 'connecting-failed' || type === 'disconnected'
       ),
-      pull.map(({ parsedAddress }) => extractSHSEPubkey(parsedAddress)),
+      pull.map(({ address }) => extractSHSEPubkey(address)),
       pull.filter((pubkey) => !!pubkey && attendants.has(pubkey)),
       pull.drain((pubkey) => {
         debug('farewell %s', pubkey)