diff --git a/ctrl/json-service.ini b/ctrl/json-service.ini
index 44b0709b3b5636899e3f08dccdc8dd73202a12e6..16d03ff21308949e6c88498380a1a6ed9bac4cb1 100644
--- a/ctrl/json-service.ini
+++ b/ctrl/json-service.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ;replace working_directory with the 
 ;location of the main executable for each
 ;program you add to this file
-[chat]
-working_directory=../ctrl/
 [chess]
 working_directory=../xtrn/chess/
 handler=handler.js