diff --git a/glass/src/libnt/native/cpp/NTStringChooser.cpp b/glass/src/libnt/native/cpp/NTStringChooser.cpp
index 26074fc481..f0fad43843 100644
--- a/glass/src/libnt/native/cpp/NTStringChooser.cpp
+++ b/glass/src/libnt/native/cpp/NTStringChooser.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ NTStringChooserModel::NTStringChooserModel(nt::NetworkTableInstance inst,
           m_inst.GetStringTopic(fmt::format("{}/default", path)).Subscribe("")},
       m_selected{m_inst.GetStringTopic(fmt::format("{}/selected", path))
                      .Subscribe("")},
-      m_selectedPub{m_inst.GetStringTopic(fmt::format("{}/selected", path))
-                        .PublishEx("string", {{"retained", true}})},
+      m_selectedPub{
+          m_inst.GetStringTopic(fmt::format("{}/selected", path))
+              .PublishEx(nt::StringTopic::kTypeString, {{"retained", true}})},
       m_active{
           m_inst.GetStringTopic(fmt::format("{}/active", path)).Subscribe("")},
       m_options{m_inst.GetStringArrayTopic(fmt::format("{}/options", path))