diff --git a/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py b/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
index c01f7bd..419affa 100755
--- a/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
+++ b/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ def add_humbug_subscriptions(verbose):
         zephyr_subscriptions.add(cls)
 
     if len(zephyr_subscriptions) != 0:
-        res = humbug_client.add_subscriptions(list(zephyr_subscriptions))
+        res = humbug_client.add_subscriptions(list({"name": stream} for stream in zephyr_subscriptions))
         if res.get("result") != "success":
             logger.error("Error subscribing to streams:\n%s" % (res["msg"],))
             return
diff --git a/examples/subscribe b/examples/subscribe
index 14b8931..6b4381c 100755
--- a/examples/subscribe
+++ b/examples/subscribe
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@ if options.streams == "":
     print >>sys.stderr, "Usage:", parser.usage
     sys.exit(1)
 
-print client.add_subscriptions(options.streams.split())
+print client.add_subscriptions([{"name": stream_name} for stream_name in
+                                options.streams.split()])