diff --git a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
index 4e42221..45ef910 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ function Widget() {
       EventDirection.Send,
       'm.room.message',
     );
-    widgetApi.current.requestCapability(sendMessageCapability);
+    widgetApi.current.requestCapability(sendMessageCapability.raw);
     await widgetApi.current.updateRequestedCapabilities();
     if (widgetApi.current.hasCapability(sendMessageCapability)) {
       await widgetApi.current.sendRoomEvent('m.message', 'test message', '!HMoNkuTRLqQGhhlMNO:matrix.dgov.io');