diff --git a/js/models/conversations.js b/js/models/conversations.js
index 189345aa4..933c33176 100644
--- a/js/models/conversations.js
+++ b/js/models/conversations.js
@@ -1410,14 +1410,7 @@
                 }
               );
 
-              const rawMessage = libsession.Utils.MessageUtils.toRawMessage(
-                destinationPubkey,
-                mediumGroupChatMessage
-              );
-              await libsession.Sending.MessageSender.sendToMediumGroup(
-                rawMessage,
-                this.get('id')
-              );
+              await libsession.getMessageQueue().send(destinationPubkey, mediumGroupChatMessage);
             } else {
               const closedGroupChatMessage = new libsession.Messages.Outgoing.ClosedGroupChatMessage(
                 {
diff --git a/ts/session/crypto/MessageEncrypter.ts b/ts/session/crypto/MessageEncrypter.ts
index d3afce99c..bb550e7e8 100644
--- a/ts/session/crypto/MessageEncrypter.ts
+++ b/ts/session/crypto/MessageEncrypter.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { EncryptionType } from '../types/EncryptionType';
 import { SignalService } from '../../protobuf';
 import { UserUtil } from '../../util';
 import { CipherTextObject } from '../../../libtextsecure/libsignal-protocol';
+import { encryptWithSenderKey } from '../../session/medium_group/ratchet';
 import { PubKey } from '../types';
 
 /**
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ function getPaddedMessageLength(originalLength: number): number {
   return messagePartCount * 160;
 }
 
+type EncryptResult = {
+  envelopeType: SignalService.Envelope.Type;
+  cipherText: Uint8Array;
+};
+
 /**
  * Encrypt `plainTextBuffer` with given `encryptionType` for `device`.
  *
@@ -41,14 +47,11 @@ export async function encrypt(
   device: PubKey,
   plainTextBuffer: Uint8Array,
   encryptionType: EncryptionType
-): Promise<{
-  envelopeType: SignalService.Envelope.Type;
-  cipherText: Uint8Array;
-}> {
+): Promise<EncryptResult> {
   const plainText = padPlainTextBuffer(plainTextBuffer);
 
   if (encryptionType === EncryptionType.MediumGroup) {
-    throw new Error('MediumGroup should not be encypted here');
+    return encryptForMediumGroup(device, plainTextBuffer);
   }
 
   const address = new window.libsignal.SignalProtocolAddress(device.key, 1);
@@ -68,6 +71,47 @@ export async function encrypt(
   return encryptUsingSealedSender(device, innerCipherText);
 }
 
+export async function encryptForMediumGroup(
+  device: PubKey,
+  plainTextBuffer: Uint8Array
+): Promise<EncryptResult> {
+
+  const ourKey = await UserUtil.getCurrentDevicePubKey() as string;
+
+  // "Device" does not really make sense for medium groups, but
+  // that's where the group pubkey is currently stored
+  const groupId = device.key;
+
+  const { ciphertext, keyIdx } = await encryptWithSenderKey(
+    plainTextBuffer,
+    groupId,
+    ourKey
+  );
+
+  // We should include ciphertext idx in the message
+  const content = SignalService.MediumGroupCiphertext.encode({
+    ciphertext,
+    source: ourKey,
+    keyIdx,
+  }).finish();
+
+  // Encrypt for the group's identity key to hide source and key idx:
+  const {
+    ciphertext: ciphertextOuter,
+    ephemeralKey,
+  } = await window.libloki.crypto.encryptForPubkey(groupId, content);
+
+  const contentOuter = SignalService.MediumGroupContent.encode({
+    ciphertext: ciphertextOuter,
+    ephemeralKey: new Uint8Array(ephemeralKey),
+  }).finish();
+
+  const envelopeType = SignalService.Envelope.Type.MEDIUM_GROUP_CIPHERTEXT;
+
+  return { envelopeType, cipherText: contentOuter };
+
+}
+
 async function encryptUsingSealedSender(
   device: PubKey,
   innerCipherText: CipherTextObject
diff --git a/ts/session/sending/MessageSender.ts b/ts/session/sending/MessageSender.ts
index db75d1609..6a03b9ffc 100644
--- a/ts/session/sending/MessageSender.ts
+++ b/ts/session/sending/MessageSender.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { OpenGroupMessage } from '../messages/outgoing';
 import { SignalService } from '../../protobuf';
 import { UserUtil } from '../../util';
 import { MessageEncrypter } from '../crypto';
-import { encryptWithSenderKey } from '../../session/medium_group/ratchet';
 import pRetry from 'p-retry';
 import { PubKey } from '../types';
 
@@ -53,56 +52,6 @@ export async function send(
   );
 }
 
-export async function sendToMediumGroup(
-  message: RawMessage,
-  groupId: string,
-  attempts: number = 3
-): Promise<void> {
-  if (!canSendToSnode()) {
-    throw new Error('lokiMessageAPI is not initialized.');
-  }
-
-  const { plainTextBuffer, timestamp, ttl } = message;
-
-  const ourKey = window.textsecure.storage.user.getNumber();
-
-  const { ciphertext, keyIdx } = await encryptWithSenderKey(
-    plainTextBuffer,
-    groupId,
-    ourKey
-  );
-  const envelopeType = SignalService.Envelope.Type.MEDIUM_GROUP_CIPHERTEXT;
-
-  // We should include ciphertext idx in the message
-  const content = SignalService.MediumGroupCiphertext.encode({
-    ciphertext,
-    source: ourKey,
-    keyIdx,
-  }).finish();
-
-  // Encrypt for the group's identity key to hide source and key idx:
-  const {
-    ciphertext: ciphertextOuter,
-    ephemeralKey,
-  } = await window.libloki.crypto.encryptForPubkey(groupId, content);
-
-  const contentOuter = SignalService.MediumGroupContent.encode({
-    ciphertext: ciphertextOuter,
-    ephemeralKey: new Uint8Array(ephemeralKey),
-  }).finish();
-
-  const envelope = await buildEnvelope(envelopeType, timestamp, contentOuter);
-  const data = wrapEnvelope(envelope);
-
-  return pRetry(
-    async () =>
-      window.lokiMessageAPI.sendMessage(groupId, data, timestamp, ttl),
-    {
-      retries: Math.max(attempts - 1, 0),
-      factor: 1,
-    }
-  );
-}
 
 async function buildEnvelope(
   type: SignalService.Envelope.Type,
diff --git a/ts/session/utils/Messages.ts b/ts/session/utils/Messages.ts
index 269275373..5169afdd7 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/Messages.ts
+++ b/ts/session/utils/Messages.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { RawMessage } from '../types/RawMessage';
 import {
   ContentMessage,
-  MediumGroupMessage,
+  MediumGroupChatMessage,
   SessionRequestMessage,
 } from '../messages/outgoing';
 import { EncryptionType, PubKey } from '../types';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export async function toRawMessage(
   const plainTextBuffer = message.plainTextBuffer();
 
   let encryption: EncryptionType;
-  if (message instanceof MediumGroupMessage) {
+  if (message instanceof MediumGroupChatMessage) {
     encryption = EncryptionType.MediumGroup;
   } else if (message instanceof SessionRequestMessage) {
     encryption = EncryptionType.Fallback;