diff --git a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
index 2cb5da3..e5d6c3f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
@@ -261,14 +261,14 @@ function Widget() {
 
     // widgetApi.current.requestCapability(MatrixCapabilities.AlwaysOnScreen);
 
-    widgetApi.current.requestCapabilities([
-      WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
-        EventDirection.Send,
-        'm.message',
-      ),
-    ]);
+    // widgetApi.current.requestCapabilities([
+    //   WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
+    //     EventDirection.Send,
+    //     'm.message',
+    //   ),
+    // ]);
 
-    widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
+    // widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
 
     widgetApi.current.on('ready', (e) => {
       console.log('WIDGET READY', e);
@@ -365,13 +365,17 @@ function Widget() {
 
   // TODO: Sign and send a message to the forum-api bot / to a room in matrix
   const registerMatrixIdentity = async () => {
-    // await widgetApi.current.requestCapabilities([
-    //   WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
-    //     EventDirection.Send,
-    //     'm.message',
-    //   ),
-    // ]);
-    await widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message', '!HMoNkuTRLqQGhhlMNO:matrix.dgov.io');
+    const sendMessageCapability = WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
+      EventDirection.Send,
+      'm.message',
+    );
+    widgetApi.current.requestCapability(sendMessageCapability);
+    await widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
+    if (widgetApi.current.hasCapability(sendMessageCapability)) {
+      await widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message', '!HMoNkuTRLqQGhhlMNO:matrix.dgov.io');
+    } else {
+      console.log('Widget has not been granted the send message capability');
+    }
   };
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */