diff --git a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
index af30a53..23716d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@ function Widget() {
 
     // widgetApi.current.requestCapability(MatrixCapabilities.AlwaysOnScreen);
 
-    // widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
+    widgetApi.current.requestCapabilities([
+      WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
+        EventDirection.Send,
+        'm.message',
+      ),
+    ]);
 
-    // widgetApi.current.requestCapabilities([
-    //   WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
-    //     EventDirection.Send,
-    //     'm.message',
-    //   ),
-    // ]);
+    widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
 
     widgetApi.current.on('ready', (e) => {
       console.log('WIDGET READY', e);
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@ 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.requestCapabilities([
+    //   WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(
+    //     EventDirection.Send,
+    //     'm.message',
+    //   ),
+    // ]);
     await widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message', '!HMoNkuTRLqQGhhlMNO:matrix.dgov.io');
   };