diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx
index 068004749..7ff0eaac5 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationRequestButtons.tsx
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export const ConversationMessageRequestButtons = () => {
     const { id } = selectedConversation;
     const convo = getConversationController().get(selectedConversation.id);
     await convo.setDidApproveMe(true);
+    await convo.addOutgoingApprovalMessage(Date.now());
     await approveConvoAndSendResponse(id, true);
   };
 
diff --git a/ts/models/conversation.ts b/ts/models/conversation.ts
index 1f31e9964..6a1f0d0db 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversation.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversation.ts
@@ -633,16 +633,7 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
         await this.setIsApproved(true);
         if (hasIncomingMessages) {
           // have to manually add approval for local client here as DB conditional approval check in config msg handling will prevent this from running
-          await this.addSingleOutgoingMessage({
-            sent_at: Date.now(),
-            messageRequestResponse: {
-              isApproved: 1,
-            },
-            unread: 1, // 1 means unread
-            expireTimer: 0,
-          });
-          this.updateLastMessage();
-
+          await this.addOutgoingApprovalMessage(Date.now());
           if (!this.didApproveMe()) {
             await this.setDidApproveMe(true);
           }
@@ -729,6 +720,39 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param timestamp for determining the order for this message to appear like a regular message
+   */
+  public async addOutgoingApprovalMessage(timestamp: number) {
+    await this.addSingleOutgoingMessage({
+      sent_at: timestamp,
+      messageRequestResponse: {
+        isApproved: 1,
+      },
+      unread: 1, // 1 means unread
+      expireTimer: 0,
+    });
+
+    this.updateLastMessage();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param timestamp For determining message order in conversation
+   * @param source For determining the conversation name used in the message.
+   */
+  public async addIncomingApprovalMessage(timestamp: number, source: string) {
+    await this.addSingleIncomingMessage({
+      sent_at: timestamp, // TODO: maybe add timestamp to messageRequestResponse? confirm it doesn't exist first
+      source,
+      messageRequestResponse: {
+        isApproved: 1,
+      },
+      unread: 1, // 1 means unread
+      expireTimer: 0,
+    });
+    this.updateLastMessage();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method to evalute if a convo contains the right values
    * @param values Required properties to evaluate if this is a message request
diff --git a/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts b/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts
index d968d15a6..b1b4dd6a5 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ async function handleGroupsAndContactsFromConfigMessage(
 ) {
   const lastConfigUpdate = await getItemById(hasSyncedInitialConfigurationItem);
   const lastConfigTimestamp = lastConfigUpdate?.timestamp;
-  console.warn({ lastConfigUpdate });
-  console.warn({ lastConfigTimestamp });
   const isNewerConfig = lastConfigTimestamp && lastConfigTimestamp < _.toNumber(envelope.timestamp);
 
   // const didWeHandleAConfigurationMessageAlready =
@@ -158,15 +156,7 @@ const handleContactReceived = async (
       if (!contactConvo.isApproved()) {
         // TODO: add message search in convo for pre-existing msgRequestResponse msg only happens once per convo
         await contactConvo.setIsApproved(Boolean(contactReceived.isApproved));
-        await contactConvo.addSingleOutgoingMessage({
-          sent_at: _.toNumber(envelope.timestamp),
-          messageRequestResponse: {
-            isApproved: 1,
-          },
-          unread: 1, // 1 means unread
-          expireTimer: 0,
-        });
-        contactConvo.updateLastMessage();
+        await contactConvo.addOutgoingApprovalMessage(_.toNumber(envelope.timestamp));
       }
 
       if (contactReceived.didApproveMe === true) {
diff --git a/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts b/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts
index e46c67994..2775d7603 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/contentMessage.ts
@@ -605,16 +605,10 @@ async function handleMessageRequestResponse(
   await conversationToApprove.setDidApproveMe(isApproved);
   if (isApproved === true) {
     // Conversation was not approved before so a sync is needed
-    await conversationToApprove.addSingleIncomingMessage({
-      sent_at: _.toNumber(envelope.timestamp), // TODO: maybe add timestamp to messageRequestResponse? confirm it doesn't exist first
-      source: envelope.source,
-      messageRequestResponse: {
-        isApproved: 1,
-      },
-      unread: 1, // 1 means unread
-      expireTimer: 0,
-    });
-    conversationToApprove.updateLastMessage();
+    await conversationToApprove.addIncomingApprovalMessage(
+      _.toNumber(envelope.timestamp),
+      envelope.source
+    );
   }
 
   await removeFromCache(envelope);