diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 899a95a..9248186 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ asyncio.get_event_loop().run_forever()
 from aioredis.pubsub import Receiver
 from aioredis.abc import AbcChannel
 
+CHANNELS = [
+  'vocode',
+  'spawn',
+  'testing',
+]
+
 
 print('defining server', flush=True)
 
@@ -87,7 +93,10 @@ async def server(websocket, path):
 
     redis = await aioredis.create_redis_pool('redis://localhost')
 
-    await redis.subscribe(mpsc.channel('channel:1'), mpsc.channel('channel:testing'), mpsc.channel('testing'))
+    #await redis.subscribe(mpsc.channel('channel:1'), mpsc.channel('channel:testing'), mpsc.channel('testing'))
+    channels = [mpsc.channel(ch) for ch in CHANNELS]
+
+    await redis.subscribe(*channels)
 
     print('starting websocket server', flush=True)
     try: