diff --git a/cmd/bsky-activity/main.go b/cmd/bsky-activity/main.go
--- a/cmd/bsky-activity/main.go
+++ b/cmd/bsky-activity/main.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ // if collection starts with one of the Atproto allowlist keys, incr
 		for k, _ := range AtprotoAllowlist {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(collection, k) {
 				ckey := strings.ReplaceAll(k, ".", "_")
-				if err := pipe.Incr(ctx, "dev.edavis.atproto.collection."+ckey); err != nil {
+				if err := pipe.Incr(ctx, "dev.edavis.atproto.collection."+ckey).Err(); err != nil {
 					log.Printf("failed incrementing an atproto collection: %v\n", err)
 				}
 			}