diff --git a/src/common/connection.py b/src/common/connection.py
index 3c8cf537d..823f56824 100644
--- a/src/common/connection.py
+++ b/src/common/connection.py
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class CommonConnection:
 			resource = Template(resource).safe_substitute({
 				'hostname': socket.gethostname()
 			})
+		return resource
 
 	def dispatch(self, event, data):
 		'''always passes account name as first param'''