diff --git a/frontend/src/App.jsx b/frontend/src/App.jsx
index c444445..ad17e76 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.jsx
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ function App() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     widgetApi.current = new WidgetApi();
-    // const api = widgetApi.current;
+    const api = widgetApi.current;
     // api.requestCapability(MatrixCapabilities.)
+    api.start();
   }, []);
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ function App() {
 
   // TODO: Sign and send a message to the forum-api bot / to a room in matrix
   const registerMatrixIdentity = async () => {
-    widgetApi.current.send('m.message', 'test message');
+    widgetApi.current.transport.send('m.message', 'test message');
   };
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */