diff --git a/channels/eventModel.go b/channels/eventModel.go
index 403287adb7ab71fd3164d4bbbe5eb6931f357de4..08ef48f227bc126c04677d48703be1692a764e52 100644
--- a/channels/eventModel.go
+++ b/channels/eventModel.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package channels
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/cmix/identity/receptionID"
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ func (e *events) receiveTextMessage(channelID *id.ID,
 	senderUsername string, content []byte, timestamp time.Time,
 	lease time.Duration, round rounds.Round) {
 	txt := &CMIXChannelText{}
+
 	if err := proto.Unmarshal(content, txt); err != nil {
 		jww.ERROR.Printf("Failed to text unmarshal message %s from %s on "+
 			"channel %s, type %s, ts: %s, lease: %s, round: %d: %+v",
@@ -235,9 +237,12 @@ func (e *events) receiveTextMessage(channelID *id.ID,
 	}
 
 	if txt.ReplyMessageID != nil {
+
 		if len(txt.ReplyMessageID) == cryptoChannel.MessageIDLen {
 			var replyTo cryptoChannel.MessageID
 			copy(replyTo[:], txt.ReplyMessageID)
+			e.model.ReceiveReply(channelID, messageID, replyTo,
+				senderUsername, txt.Text, timestamp, lease, round)
 			return
 
 		} else {
@@ -251,6 +256,8 @@ func (e *events) receiveTextMessage(channelID *id.ID,
 		}
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println(channelID)
+
 	e.model.ReceiveMessage(channelID, messageID, senderUsername, txt.Text,
 		timestamp, lease, round)
 }
diff --git a/channels/eventModel_test.go b/channels/eventModel_test.go
index a144be353192276de837fac237de9a5e0ba3a5d2..b15dfd2501d5b9f023362837d117ef65efb37169 100644
--- a/channels/eventModel_test.go
+++ b/channels/eventModel_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package channels
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/cmix/identity/receptionID"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/cmix/rounds"
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ func (m *MockEvent) ReceiveReply(channelID *id.ID, messageID cryptoChannel.Messa
 	replyTo cryptoChannel.MessageID, senderUsername string,
 	text string, timestamp time.Time, lease time.Duration,
 	round rounds.Round) {
+	fmt.Println(replyTo)
 	m.eventReceive = eventReceive{
 		channelID:      channelID,
 		messageID:      messageID,
@@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ func TestEvents_receiveTextMessage_Reply(t *testing.T) {
 	r.Timestamps[states.QUEUED] = time.Now()
 
 	//call the handler
-	e.receiveTextMessage(chID, msgID, 0, senderUsername,
+	e.receiveTextMessage(chID, msgID, Text, senderUsername,
 		textMarshaled, ts, lease, r)
 
 	//check the results on the model