diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py
index 43e9ab6..544a8bd 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ class RedisArchivist(RedisBase):
         "setting",
     ]
 
-    def set_message(self, key, message, expire=True):
+    def set_message(self, key, message, path=".", expire=True):
         """write new message to redis"""
         self.conn.execute_command(
-            "JSON.SET", self.NAME_SPACE + key, ".", json.dumps(message)
+            "JSON.SET", self.NAME_SPACE + key, path, json.dumps(message)
         )
 
         if expire: