diff --git a/src/bot.zig b/src/bot.zig
index ee3ab49..26d1ea6 100644
--- a/src/bot.zig
+++ b/src/bot.zig
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ test "hear and deinit has no leaks" {
     defer bot.deinit();
 
     const testMessage = try newTestMessage(allocator, "test");
-    bot.hear(testMessage);
+    bot.store(testMessage);
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(0, bot.backlog.top);
 }
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ test "a few hears and deinit has no leaks" {
 
     for (0..2) |_| {
         const testMessage = try newTestMessage(std.testing.allocator, "test");
-        bot.hear(testMessage);
+        bot.store(testMessage);
     }
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(1, bot.backlog.top);
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ test "hear wraps" {
 
     for (0..1025) |_| {
         const testMessage = try newTestMessage(std.testing.allocator, "test");
-        bot.hear(testMessage);
+        bot.store(testMessage);
     }
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(0, bot.backlog.top);
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ test "execute substitution" {
 
     // hear original message with typo
     const msg = try newTestMessage(allocator, "What");
-    bot.hear(msg);
+    bot.store(msg);
 
     // execute substitution
     const cmd = UserCommand.init_substitute("jassob", "What", "what", false);
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ test "execute substitution with no matching needle" {
 
     // hear original message
     const msg = try newTestMessage(std.testing.allocator, "original");
-    bot.hear(msg);
+    bot.store(msg);
 
     // execute substitution
     const cmd = UserCommand.init_substitute("jassob", "something else", "weird", false);
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ test "recursive substitutions does not cause issues" {
 
     // hear original message
     const msg = try newTestMessage(std.testing.allocator, "original");
-    bot.hear(msg);
+    bot.store(msg);
 
     // execute substitution
     const cmd = UserCommand.init_substitute("jassob", "original", "something else", false);
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 2ef1980..43f2880 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub const BotAdapter = struct {
                     msg.targets,
                     msg.text,
                 ) catch |err| return report_error(err);
-                self.bot.hear(bot_msg);
+                self.bot.store(bot_msg);
                 return null;
             },
             .JOIN => |msg| {