diff --git a/lib/src/room.dart b/lib/src/room.dart
index eb55a8d..77b5295 100644
--- a/lib/src/room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/room.dart
@@ -935,9 +935,8 @@ class Room {
       directChats[userID] = [id];
     }
 
-    await client.api.setRoomAccountData(
+    await client.api.setAccountData(
       client.userID,
-      id,
       'm.direct',
       directChats,
     );
diff --git a/test/fake_matrix_api.dart b/test/fake_matrix_api.dart
index a609771..8e9c01a 100644
--- a/test/fake_matrix_api.dart
+++ b/test/fake_matrix_api.dart
@@ -1827,9 +1827,7 @@ class FakeMatrixApi extends MockClient {
           (var reqI) => {
                 'event_id': '42',
               },
-      '/client/r0/user/%40test%3AfakeServer.notExisting/rooms/%211234%3AfakeServer.notExisting/account_data/m.direct':
-          (var reqI) => {},
-      '/client/r0/user/%40test%3AfakeServer.notExisting/rooms/%21localpart%3Aserver.abc/account_data/m.direct':
+      '/client/r0/user/%40test%3AfakeServer.notExisting/account_data/m.direct':
           (var reqI) => {},
       '/client/r0/directory/list/room/!localpart%3Aexample.com': (var req) =>
           {},