diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx
index f31a40338..30d975b2d 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const ConversationMessageRequestButtons = () => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   const handleDeclineConversationRequest = () => {
-    window.inboxStore?.dispatch(
+    dispatch(
       updateConfirmModal({
         okText: window.i18n('decline'),
         cancelText: window.i18n('cancel'),
diff --git a/ts/models/conversation.ts b/ts/models/conversation.ts
index 7df5f5e5c..9eecf7fb1 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversation.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversation.ts
@@ -705,6 +705,10 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
   }
 
   public async sendMessageRequestResponse(isApproved: boolean) {
+    if (!this.isPrivate()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const publicKey = getOurPubKeyStrFromCache();
     const timestamp = Date.now();
 
@@ -715,13 +719,10 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
     };
 
     const messageRequestResponse = new MessageRequestResponse(messageRequestResponseParams);
-
-    if (this.isPrivate()) {
-      const pubkeyForSending = new PubKey(this.id);
-      await getMessageQueue()
-        .sendToPubKey(pubkeyForSending, messageRequestResponse)
-        .catch(window?.log?.error);
-    }
+    const pubkeyForSending = new PubKey(this.id);
+    await getMessageQueue()
+      .sendToPubKey(pubkeyForSending, messageRequestResponse)
+      .catch(window?.log?.error);
   }
 
   public async sendMessage(msg: SendMessageType) {