diff --git a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
index 7679ff8..8b7e2f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
@@ -274,16 +274,16 @@ function Widget() {
 
     widgetApi.current.on('ready', (e) => {
       console.log('WIDGET READY', e);
+
+      const sendMessageCapability = WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
+        EventDirection.Send,
+        'm.room.message',
+      );
+      widgetApi.current.requestCapability(sendMessageCapability.raw);
+      widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
     });
 
     widgetApi.current.start();
-
-    const sendMessageCapability = WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
-      EventDirection.Send,
-      'm.room.message',
-    );
-    widgetApi.current.requestCapability(sendMessageCapability.raw);
-    widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
   }, []);
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ function Widget() {
 
   // TODO: Sign and send a message to the forum-api bot / to a room in matrix
   const registerMatrixIdentity = async () => {
-    await widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message', '!HMoNkuTRLqQGhhlMNO:matrix.dgov.io');
+    await widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message');
   };
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */