diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 01c3a069..add61f17 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ atuin-server-sqlite    SQLite implementation (sqlx)
 
 - Rust 2024 edition, toolchain 1.93.1.
 - Errors: `eyre::Result` in binaries, `thiserror` for typed errors in libraries.
-- Derive boilerplate: `derive_more` (workspace dep) for `Display`, `From`, `Into`, `AsRef`, `Deref`, `Debug` on newtypes and simple enums. Prefer `derive_more` over manual `impl` when the formatting/conversion is a straight delegation. Use `thiserror` (not `derive_more`) for error types. Use `#[as_ref(forward)]` on string newtypes for `AsRef<str>`.
+- Derive boilerplate: `derive_more` (workspace dep) for `Display`, `From`, `Into`, `AsRef`, `Deref`, `Debug` on newtypes and simple enums. Prefer `derive_more` over manual `impl` when the formatting/conversion is a straight delegation. Use `thiserror` (not `derive_more`) for error types. Use `#[as_ref(str)]` on string newtypes for `AsRef<str>`.
 - Async: tokio. Client uses `current_thread`; server uses `multi_thread`.
 - `#![deny(unsafe_code)]` on client/common, `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` on server.
 - Clippy: `pedantic` + `nursery` on main crate. CI enforces `-D warnings -D clippy::redundant_clone`.
diff --git a/crates/atuin-client/src/settings.rs b/crates/atuin-client/src/settings.rs
index 6512df0b..3f871420 100644
--- a/crates/atuin-client/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/atuin-client/src/settings.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mod scripts;
 pub mod watcher;
 
 #[derive(derive_more::AsRef)]
-#[as_ref(forward)]
+#[as_ref(str)]
 pub struct HubEndpoint(String);
 
 /// Default sync address for Atuin's hosted service
diff --git a/crates/atuin-daemon/src/components/semantic.rs b/crates/atuin-daemon/src/components/semantic.rs
index bb0448c0..6ab563db 100644
--- a/crates/atuin-daemon/src/components/semantic.rs
+++ b/crates/atuin-daemon/src/components/semantic.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct SemanticState {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, derive_more::Display, derive_more::AsRef)]
 #[display("{_0}")]
-#[as_ref(forward)]
+#[as_ref(str)]
 struct SessionId(String);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]