diff --git a/src/signals/messages.nim b/src/signals/messages.nim
index 749eec623c..c410842a38 100644
--- a/src/signals/messages.nim
+++ b/src/signals/messages.nim
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ proc toMessage*(jsonMsg: JsonNode): Message =
       contentType: ContentType(jsonMsg{"contentType"}.getInt),
       ensName: jsonMsg{"ensName"}.getStr,
       fromAuthor: jsonMsg{"from"}.getStr,
-      id: jsonMsg{"identicon"}.getStr,
+      id: jsonMsg{"id"}.getStr,
       identicon: jsonMsg{"identicon"}.getStr,
       lineCount: jsonMsg{"lineCount"}.getInt,
       localChatId: jsonMsg{"localChatId"}.getStr,
diff --git a/src/status/chat/chat.nim b/src/status/chat/chat.nim
index 05a41a67cd..0161a3d260 100644
--- a/src/status/chat/chat.nim
+++ b/src/status/chat/chat.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import message
+import strformat
 
 type ChatType* {.pure.}= enum
   Unknown = 0,
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ type Chat* = ref object
   members*: seq[ChatMember]
   # membershipUpdateEvents # ?
 
+proc `$`*(self: Chat): string =
+  result = fmt"Chat(id:{self.id}, name:{self.name}, active:{self.isActive}, type:{self.chatType})"
+
 proc findIndexById*(self: seq[Chat], id: string): int =
   result = -1
   var idx = -1
diff --git a/src/status/chat/message.nim b/src/status/chat/message.nim
index 77dd2abf33..70af5bf435 100644
--- a/src/status/chat/message.nim
+++ b/src/status/chat/message.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import strformat
+
 type ContentType* {.pure.} = enum
   ChatIdentifier = -1,
   Unknown = 0,
@@ -32,4 +34,7 @@ type Message* = object
   timestamp*: string
   whisperTimestamp*: string
   isCurrentUser*: bool
-  stickerHash*: string
\ No newline at end of file
+  stickerHash*: string
+
+proc `$`*(self: Message): string =
+  result = fmt"Message(id:{self.id}, chatId:{self.chatId}, clock:{self.clock}, from:{self.fromAuthor}, type:{self.contentType})"