diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/wormhole.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/wormhole.rb
index f2341ae..40063a9 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/wormhole.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/wormhole.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ application app_path do
         "HUBOT_WORMHOLE_XMPP_PASSWORD" => data_bag['xmpp_password'],
         "HUBOT_WORMHOLE_XMPP_HOST"     => "xmpp.kosmos.org",
         "HUBOT_WORMHOLE_XMPP_PORT"     => "5222",
+        "HUBOT_WORMHOLE_XMPP_NICKNAME" => "wormhole",
         "HUBOT_WORMHOLE_XMPP_ROOMS"    => "kosmos@kosmos.chat,kosmos-dev@kosmos.chat,kosmos-random@kosmos.chat,sockethub@kosmos.chat"
       }
     )