diff --git a/cmd/ipfs2/daemon.go b/cmd/ipfs2/daemon.go
index 9ffe96d9d..da3603cad 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs2/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs2/daemon.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	cmds "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/commands"
 	cmdsHttp "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/commands/http"
-	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
+	core "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
 	commands "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core/commands2"
 	daemon "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/daemon2"
 )
diff --git a/core/commands2/add.go b/core/commands2/add.go
index ccb5e86c1..ab22bf3c7 100644
--- a/core/commands2/add.go
+++ b/core/commands2/add.go
@@ -62,14 +62,18 @@ var addCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	},
 	Marshallers: map[cmds.EncodingType]cmds.Marshaller{
 		cmds.Text: func(res cmds.Response) ([]byte, error) {
-			v := res.Output().(*AddOutput).Added
-			if len(v) == 1 {
-				s := fmt.Sprintf("Added object: %s\n", v[0].Hash)
+			val, ok := res.Output().(*AddOutput)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, errors.New("cast err")
+			}
+			added := val.Added
+			if len(added) == 1 {
+				s := fmt.Sprintf("Added object: %s\n", added[0].Hash)
 				return []byte(s), nil
 			}
 
-			s := fmt.Sprintf("Added %v objects:\n", len(v))
-			for _, obj := range v {
+			s := fmt.Sprintf("Added %v objects:\n", len(added))
+			for _, obj := range added {
 				s += fmt.Sprintf("- %s\n", obj.Hash)
 			}
 			return []byte(s), nil