diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dce676fd..5f7af836 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
     "detect-node": "^2.0.3",
     "hapi": "^16.6.2",
     "hat": "0.0.3",
-    "ipfs-api": "^17.2.5",
     "ipfs-repo": "^0.18.5",
     "joi": "^13.0.2",
     "lodash.clone": "^4.5.0",
@@ -93,6 +92,7 @@
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "0.4.13",
     "ipfs": "^0.27.5",
+    "ipfs-api": "^17.3.0",
     "is-running": "1.0.5",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
diff --git a/src/remote-node/routes.js b/src/remote-node/routes.js
index 2ca40467..42f55332 100644
--- a/src/remote-node/routes.js
+++ b/src/remote-node/routes.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = (server) => {
     path: '/spawn',
     handler: (request, reply) => {
       const payload = request.payload || {}
-      const ctrl = new CtrlFactory(payload.type)
+      const ctrl = new CtrlFactory({ type: payload.type })
       ctrl.spawn(payload.opts, (err, ipfsd) => {
         if (err) {
           return reply(boom.badRequest(err))
diff --git a/test/start-stop.js b/test/start-stop.js
index f716d44f..d7599a3f 100644
--- a/test/start-stop.js
+++ b/test/start-stop.js
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ module.exports = (type) => {
           expect(ipfsd).to.exist()
         })
 
+        it('daemon exec path should match type', () => {
+          let execPath = type === 'js'
+            ? 'ipfs/src/cli/bin.js'
+            : 'go-ipfs-dep/go-ipfs/ipfs'
+
+          expect(ipfsd.exec).to.have.string(execPath)
+        })
+
         it('daemon should not be running', (done) => {
           ipfsd.pid((pid) => {
             expect(pid).to.not.exist()