diff --git a/src/metabase/metabot.clj b/src/metabase/metabot.clj
index 339e275cd2ca8944d9790583461ace5d3f60c9b1..dde17faf4a2a48fdd3ee89aeaace6f399e5470df 100644
--- a/src/metabase/metabot.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/metabot.clj
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
    This will spin up a background thread that opens and maintains a Slack WebSocket connection."
   []
   (when (and (setting/get :slack-token)
-             (= "true" (setting/get :metabot-enabled)))
+             (= "true" (metabot-enabled)))
     (log/info "Starting MetaBot WebSocket monitor thread...")
     (start-websocket-monitor!)))