diff --git a/src/auth/serializer/src/operations.js b/src/auth/serializer/src/operations.js
index c7c4624b04fccdf0007e87405154e27afe26e01e..b5ccae99e6ede50609b433bbf8335758f94cc282 100644
--- a/src/auth/serializer/src/operations.js
+++ b/src/auth/serializer/src/operations.js
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ let comment_options = new Serializer(
     author: string,
     permlink: string,
     max_accepted_payout: asset,
-    ["percent_" + hiveVar() ? "hbd" : "steem_dollars"]: uint16,
+    ["percent_" + (hiveVar() === "hive" ? "hbd" : "steem_dollars")]: uint16,
     allow_votes: bool,
     allow_curation_rewards: bool,
     extensions: set(static_variant([