diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/network/ForgeNetworkHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/network/ForgeNetworkHandler.java
index 6ca2f79f33..b1d5dec097 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/network/ForgeNetworkHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/network/ForgeNetworkHandler.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class ForgeNetworkHandler
 
     public static void registerChannel(ForgeModContainer forgeModContainer, Side side)
     {
-        channelPair = NetworkRegistry.INSTANCE.newChannel(forgeModContainer, "FML", new FMLRuntimeCodec(), new HandshakeCompletionHandler());
+        channelPair = NetworkRegistry.INSTANCE.newChannel(forgeModContainer, "FORGE", new ForgeRuntimeCodec(), new HandshakeCompletionHandler());
         EmbeddedChannel embeddedChannel = channelPair.get(Side.SERVER);
         embeddedChannel.attr(FMLOutboundHandler.FML_MESSAGETARGET).set(OutboundTarget.NOWHERE);