diff --git a/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs b/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs
index 0443a7c9..ab908629 100644
--- a/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs
+++ b/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function queueReader({ root, env = process.env, timeoutMs = 30000, maxByt
       if (status === null) return done(reject, new ReadError('read-failed', 'the queue read did not finish'));
       // 2 is the store's "invalid data or refused": fail closed. Anything
       // else failed to run; the view keeps its last read.
-      if (status === 2) return done(reject, new ReadError('queue-refused', said || 'the queue refused the read'));
+      if (status === 3) return done(reject, new ReadError('queue-refused', said || 'the queue refused the read'));
       if (status !== 0) return done(reject, new ReadError('read-failed', said || `the queue read exited ${status}`));
       try {
         const doc = JSON.parse(Buffer.concat(out).toString('utf8'));