diff --git a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
index 779d946..0eec76f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import Container from 'react-bootstrap/Container';
 import Row from 'react-bootstrap/Row';
 import Col from 'react-bootstrap/Col';
 import Stack from 'react-bootstrap/Stack';
-import { WidgetApi, EventDirection, WidgetEventCapability } from 'matrix-widget-api';
+import {
+  WidgetApi, EventDirection, WidgetEventCapability, MatrixCapabilities,
+} from 'matrix-widget-api';
 // import { MuiCapabilitiesGuard } from '@matrix-widget-toolkit/mui';
 // import { useWidgetApi } from '@matrix-widget-toolkit/react';
 
@@ -255,6 +257,15 @@ function Widget() {
 
     widgetApi.current = new WidgetApi();
 
+    widgetApi.current.requestCapability(MatrixCapabilities.AlwaysOnScreen);
+
+    // widgetApi.current.requestCapabilities([
+    //   WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
+    //     EventDirection.Send,
+    //     'm.message',
+    //   ),
+    // ]);
+
     widgetApi.current.on('ready', (e) => {
       console.log('WIDGET READY', e);
     });
@@ -356,7 +367,7 @@ function Widget() {
         'm.message',
       ),
     ]);
-    widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message');
+    await widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message');
   };
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */