diff --git a/ingestion-rate.js b/ingestion-rate.js
index 39a28b6..7de2628 100644
--- a/ingestion-rate.js
+++ b/ingestion-rate.js
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ ws.addEventListener('message', function message(data, flags) {
 document.getElementById("ingestion-rate-update").addEventListener('click', function() {
   if (document.getElementById("ingestion-rate").value != current_ingestion_rate) {
     ws.send(document.getElementById("ingestion-rate").value, {mask: true});
-    current_ingestion_rate = document.getElementById("ingestion-rate").value;
+    current_ingestion_rate = "set::" + document.getElementById("ingestion-rate").value;
   }
 });