diff --git a/Code/Lib/Channel.php b/Code/Lib/Channel.php
index 81772a896..67738f9b2 100644
--- a/Code/Lib/Channel.php
+++ b/Code/Lib/Channel.php
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ class Channel
             // if our role_permissions indicate that we're using a default collection ACL, add it.
 
             if (is_array($role_permissions) && $role_permissions['default_collection']) {
-                $default_collection_str = '<' . $ret['channel']['channel_hash'] . '>';
+                $default_collection_str = '<' . 'connections:' . $ret['channel']['channel_hash'] . '>';
             }
 
             q(