diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TradeBox/EncryptedChat/index.tsx b/frontend/src/components/TradeBox/EncryptedChat/index.tsx
index 8bb4bcbb..899dbeee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TradeBox/EncryptedChat/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TradeBox/EncryptedChat/index.tsx
@@ -46,11 +46,32 @@ const EncryptedChat: React.FC<Props> = ({
   const { federation } = useContext<UseFederationStoreType>(FederationContext);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    // const slot = garage.getSlot();
     const coordinator = federation.getCoordinator(order.shortAlias);
     federation.roboPool.connect([coordinator.getRelayUrl()]);
+
+    // const since = new Date(order.created_at);
+    // since.setDate(since.getDate() - 2);
+
+    // federation.roboPool.subscribeChat(
+    //   [order.maker_nostr_pubkey, order.taker_nostr_pubkey],
+    //   Math.floor((since.getTime() / 1000)),
+    //   {
+    //     oneose: () => {},
+    //     onevent(event) {
+    //       if (slot?.nostrSecKey) {
+    //         console.log(nip17.unwrapEvent(event, slot.nostrSecKey))
+    //       }
+    //     },
+    //   }
+    // )
   }, []);
 
   const onSendMessage = (content: string): void => {
+    sendToNostr(content);
+  };
+
+  const sendToNostr = (content: string): void => {
     const slot = garage.getSlot();
     const coordinator = federation.getCoordinator(order.shortAlias);
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/RoboPool/index.ts b/frontend/src/services/RoboPool/index.ts
index 264052dd..d21a288c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/RoboPool/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/RoboPool/index.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class RoboPool {
     this.sendMessage(JSON.stringify(requestSuccess));
   };
 
-  subscribeRatings = (events: RoboPoolEvents, coordinators?: string[]): void => {
+  subscribeRatings = (events: RoboPoolEvents): void => {
     const pubkeys = Object.values(defaultFederation)
       .map((f) => f.nostrHexPubkey)
       .filter((item) => item !== undefined);
@@ -150,6 +150,20 @@ class RoboPool {
     this.sendMessage(JSON.stringify(requestRatings));
   };
 
+  subscribeChat = (hexPubKeys: string[], since: number, events: RoboPoolEvents): void => {
+    const requestRatings = ['REQ', 'subscribeChat', { kinds: [1059], '#p': hexPubKeys, since }];
+
+    this.messageHandlers.push((_url: string, messageEvent: MessageEvent) => {
+      const jsonMessage = JSON.parse(messageEvent.data);
+      if (jsonMessage[0] === 'EVENT') {
+        events.onevent(jsonMessage[2]);
+      } else if (jsonMessage[0] === 'EOSE') {
+        events.oneose();
+      }
+    });
+    this.sendMessage(JSON.stringify(requestRatings));
+  };
+
   sendEvent = (event: Event): void => {
     const message = ['EVENT', event];