diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 28dd11f80212f4c8e1e7749020c54df2d042707b..a5e84631a369ae594a576c36e5a02c3f1924c9f8 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func initClient() *api.Client {
 		viper.GetUint("e2eNumReKeys"))
 	netParams.E2EParams.RekeyThreshold = viper.GetFloat64("e2eRekeyThreshold")
 	netParams.ForceHistoricalRounds = viper.GetBool("forceHistoricalRounds")
-	netParams.FastPolling = viper.GetBool(" slowPolling")
+	netParams.FastPolling = !viper.GetBool("slowPolling")
 	netParams.ForceMessagePickupRetry = viper.GetBool("forceMessagePickupRetry")
 	if netParams.ForceMessagePickupRetry {
 		period := 3 * time.Second