diff --git a/client/proxy.go b/client/proxy.go
index 0acb79031ad0..26d12069c16a 100644
--- a/client/proxy.go
+++ b/client/proxy.go
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ func RPCRoutes(c rpcclient.Client) map[string]*rpc.RPCFunc {
 		// Subscribe/unsubscribe are reserved for websocket events.
 		// We can just use the core tendermint impl, which uses the
 		// EventSwitch we registered in NewWebsocketManager above
-		"subscribe":   rpc.NewWSRPCFunc(core.Subscribe, "event"),
-		"unsubscribe": rpc.NewWSRPCFunc(core.Unsubscribe, "event"),
+		"subscribe":   rpc.NewWSRPCFunc(core.Subscribe, "query"),
+		"unsubscribe": rpc.NewWSRPCFunc(core.Unsubscribe, "query"),
 
 		// info API
 		"status":     rpc.NewRPCFunc(c.Status, ""),