diff --git a/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj b/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
index 00dc0f8fa7..d245e3278f 100644
--- a/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
+++ b/compute/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/compute.clj
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ See http://code.google.com/p/jclouds for details."
   (cond
    (compute-service? (first args)) (first args)
    (compute-context? (first args)) (.getComputeService (first args))
-   :else (apply compute-context args)))
+   :else (apply compute-service args)))
 
 (def *compute*)