diff --git a/Myriad/Gateway/Shard.cs b/Myriad/Gateway/Shard.cs
index 720ca17d..65aa3019 100644
--- a/Myriad/Gateway/Shard.cs
+++ b/Myriad/Gateway/Shard.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace Myriad.Gateway
                 _worker = ShardLoop();
 
             // we can probably TCS this instead of spin loop but w/e
-            while (State != ShardState.Connected) 
+            while (State != ShardState.Identifying) 
                 await Task.Delay(100);
         }