diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/DiscourseCreateThread.php b/app/Console/Commands/DiscourseCreateThread.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f99251ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/DiscourseCreateThread.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use App\Events\ApproveEvent;
+use App\Group;
+use App\Helpers\Geocoder;
+use App\Listeners\CreateDiscourseThreadForEvent;
+use App\Party;
+use App\Services\DiscourseService;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Riverline\MultiPartParser\Part;
+
+class DiscourseCreateThread extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'discourse:create:thread {partyid}';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Retry creating a Discourse thread for a party';
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new command instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(DiscourseService $discourseService)
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function handle(DiscourseService $discourseService)
+    {
+        $id = $this->argument('partyid');
+
+        $party = Party::findOrFail($id);
+        $event = new ApproveEvent($party);
+        (new CreateDiscourseThreadForEvent())->handle($event);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Listeners/CreateDiscourseThreadForEvent.php b/app/Listeners/CreateDiscourseThreadForEvent.php
index 8c4a36f7f..6ca1205cc 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/CreateDiscourseThreadForEvent.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/CreateDiscourseThreadForEvent.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function handle(ApproveEvent $event)
                 $params = [
                     'raw' => $intro,
                     'title' => $theParty->venue.' '.$theParty->event_date_local,
-                    'target_usernames' => $host->username,
+                    'target_recipients' => $host->username,
                     'archetype' => 'private_message',
                 ];