diff --git a/src/transport_layer/node_conn_direct.c b/src/transport_layer/node_conn_direct.c
index 1da89626f..a1844aff0 100644
--- a/src/transport_layer/node_conn_direct.c
+++ b/src/transport_layer/node_conn_direct.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static int ncd_open_node(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t node_id, ncd_callb
         char name[MAX_CONN_NAME_LEN];
         if (copy->node_name && copy->node_name[0]) snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", copy->node_name);
         else snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "n_%016llx", (unsigned long long)node_id);
-        conn = etcp_connection_create(inst, name);
+        conn = etcp_connection_create(inst, name, 0);
         if (!conn) { DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_NCD, "[ncd] transport allocation failed node=%016llx", (unsigned long long)node_id); goto done; }
         created_conn = 1; conn->peer_node_id = node_id; etcp_update_log_name(conn);
         if (sc_init_ctx(&conn->crypto_ctx, &inst->my_keys) != SC_OK ||
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_socket_dynamic.c b/tests/test_auto_socket_dynamic.c
index 8d3c00ba6..677fc45e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_auto_socket_dynamic.c
+++ b/tests/test_auto_socket_dynamic.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static void phase_del_prev(void* arg) {
         struct ETCP_SOCKET* sock = ctx.client->etcp_sockets;
         while (sock && (!sock->is_tcp || sock->netif_index != if_nametoindex(ctx.prev_iface))) sock = sock->next;
         if (!sock) { fail("missing TCP socket for lifecycle probe"); return; }
-        ctx.tcp_probe = etcp_connection_create(ctx.client, "tcp_remove_probe");
+        ctx.tcp_probe = etcp_connection_create(ctx.client, "tcp_remove_probe", 0);
         if (!ctx.tcp_probe || etcp_conn_ref_take(ctx.tcp_probe) != 0) { fail("cannot create TCP lifecycle probe"); return; }
         struct sockaddr_storage addr = {0};
         struct sockaddr_in* sin = (struct sockaddr_in*)&addr;
diff --git a/tests/test_etcp_windows.c b/tests/test_etcp_windows.c
index 3d7345fce..a3f395302 100644
--- a/tests/test_etcp_windows.c
+++ b/tests/test_etcp_windows.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static void setup(void) {
     inst.data_pool = memory_pool_init(PACKET_DATA_SIZE, "window_data");
     inst.ack_pool = memory_pool_init(sizeof(struct ACK_PACKET), "window_acks");
     CHECK(inst.connections && inst.pkt_pool && inst.data_pool && inst.ack_pool);
-    conn = etcp_connection_create(&inst, "windows"); CHECK(conn);
+    conn = etcp_connection_create(&inst, "windows", 0); CHECK(conn);
     conn->peer_node_id = 2; conn->links_up = 1;
     etcp_conn_ready(conn);
     a = u_calloc(1, sizeof(*a)); b = u_calloc(1, sizeof(*b)); CHECK(a && b);