diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/request_message.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/request_message.cljs
index d467483b1c..05df2a70d0 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/request_message.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/request_message.cljs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
                                                 animated-view
                                                 text
                                                 image
+                                                icon
                                                 touchable-highlight]]
             [status-im.chat.styles.message :as st]
             [status-im.models.commands :refer [parse-command-request]]
@@ -64,9 +65,8 @@
              :style               st/command-request-image-touchable
              :accessibility-label (label command)}
             [animated-view {:style (st/command-request-image-view command scale-anim-val)}
-             (if command-icon
-               [image {:source {:uri command-icon}
-                       :style  st/command-request-image}])]]))})))
+             (when command-icon
+               [icon command-icon st/command-request-image])]]))})))
 
 (defn message-content-command-request
   [{:keys [message-id content from incoming-group]}]
diff --git a/src/status_im/data_store/messages.cljs b/src/status_im/data_store/messages.cljs
index b5fcdc8ea0..6dbc9ffbfd 100644
--- a/src/status_im/data_store/messages.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/data_store/messages.cljs
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
 
 (defn- str-to-map
   [s]
-  (keywordize-keys (apply hash-map (split s #"[;=]"))))
+  (->> (keywordize-keys (apply hash-map (split s #"[;=]")))
+       (map (fn [[k v]]
+              [k (if (= k :params)
+                   (read-string v)
+                   v)]))
+       (into {})))
 
 (defn- user-statuses-to-map
   [user-statuses]
@@ -76,9 +81,9 @@
                      (map-to-str content))
           message' (merge default-values
                           message
-                          {:chat-id         chat-id
-                           :content         content'
-                           :timestamp       (timestamp)})]
+                          {:chat-id   chat-id
+                           :content   content'
+                           :timestamp (timestamp)})]
       (data-store/save message'))))
 
 (defn update