diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py b/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py
index 5abc0be93..caeca3f4d 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/src/deltachat_rpc_client/rpc.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Rpc:
 
     async def __aenter__(self):
         self.__enter__()
-        return AsyncRpc(self)
+        return self.get_async_rpc()
 
     async def __aexit__(self, _exc_type, _exc, _tb):
         self.__exit__(_exc_type, _exc, _tb)