diff --git a/frontend/src/App.jsx b/frontend/src/App.jsx
index 9c6eae7..c444445 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.jsx
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ function App() {
   const [showAddPost, setShowAddPost] = useState(false);
   const [showViewPost, setShowViewPost] = useState(false);
   const [viewPost, setViewPost] = useState({});
-  const [widgetId, setWidgetId] = useState();
-  const [matrixUserId, setMatrixUserId] = useState();
   const widgetApi = useRef();
   const web3ProviderValue = useMemo(() => ({
     provider,
@@ -244,18 +242,11 @@ function App() {
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const params = new URL(document.location).searchParams;
-    console.log('params', params.toString());
-    setWidgetId(params.get('widgetId'));
-    setMatrixUserId(params.get('userId'));
+    widgetApi.current = new WidgetApi();
+    // const api = widgetApi.current;
+    // api.requestCapability(MatrixCapabilities.)
   }, []);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (widgetId) {
-      widgetApi.current = new WidgetApi(widgetId);
-    }
-  }, [widgetId]);
-
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
   /* --------------------------- BEGIN UI ACTIONS ----------------------------------- */
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -340,7 +331,7 @@ function App() {
 
   // TODO: Sign and send a message to the forum-api bot / to a room in matrix
   const registerMatrixIdentity = async () => {
-    console.log('matrix user id', matrixUserId);
+    widgetApi.current.send('m.message', 'test message');
   };
 
   /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -394,11 +385,9 @@ function App() {
                   <div>
                     <Button onClick={() => disconnect()}>Disconnect</Button>
                     <Button onClick={() => watchReputationToken()}>Watch REP in MetaMask</Button>
-                    {!!widgetId && (
-                      <Button onClick={() => registerMatrixIdentity()}>
-                        Register Matrix Identity
-                      </Button>
-                    )}
+                    <Button onClick={() => registerMatrixIdentity()}>
+                      Register Matrix Identity
+                    </Button>
                   </div>
                 </Stack>
               </Col>