diff --git a/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js b/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
index b5bf9d500..c037b06a5 100644
--- a/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
+++ b/libtextsecure/sendmessage.js
@@ -1213,17 +1213,6 @@ MessageSender.prototype = {
     });
   },
 
-  requestGroupInfo(groupId, groupNumbers, options) {
-    const proto = new textsecure.protobuf.DataMessage();
-    proto.group = new textsecure.protobuf.GroupContext();
-    proto.group.id = stringToArrayBuffer(groupId);
-    proto.group.type = textsecure.protobuf.GroupContext.Type.REQUEST_INFO;
-    libloki.api.debug.logGroupRequestInfo(
-      `Sending GROUP_TYPES.REQUEST_INFO to: ${groupNumbers}, about groupId ${groupId}.`
-    );
-    return this.sendGroupProto(groupNumbers, proto, Date.now(), options);
-  },
-
   requestSenderKeys(sender, groupId) {
     const proto = new textsecure.protobuf.DataMessage();
     const update = new textsecure.protobuf.MediumGroupUpdate();
@@ -1341,7 +1330,6 @@ textsecure.MessageSender = function MessageSenderWrapper(username, password) {
   this.addNumberToGroup = sender.addNumberToGroup.bind(sender);
   this.setGroupName = sender.setGroupName.bind(sender);
   this.setGroupAvatar = sender.setGroupAvatar.bind(sender);
-  this.requestGroupInfo = sender.requestGroupInfo.bind(sender);
   this.requestSenderKeys = sender.requestSenderKeys.bind(sender);
   this.leaveGroup = sender.leaveGroup.bind(sender);
   this.sendSyncMessage = sender.sendSyncMessage.bind(sender);
diff --git a/ts/receiver/groups.ts b/ts/receiver/groups.ts
index 4c6c178d1..3dfa98655 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/groups.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/groups.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { SignalService } from '../protobuf';
+import { ClosedGroupRequestInfoMessage } from '../session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupRequestInfoMessage';
+import { getMessageQueue } from '../session';
 
 const _ = window.Lodash;
 
@@ -112,9 +114,15 @@ export async function preprocessGroupMessage(
     window.libloki.api.sendSessionRequestsToMembers(group.members);
   } else if (newGroup) {
     // We have an unknown group, we should request info from the sender
-    window.textsecure.messaging.requestGroupInfo(conversationId, [
-      primarySource,
-    ]);
+    const requestInfo = {
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+      groupId: conversationId,
+    };
+    const requestInfoMessage = new ClosedGroupRequestInfoMessage(
+      requestInfo
+    );
+    await getMessageQueue().sendToGroup(requestInfoMessage);
+
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/TypingMessage.ts b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/TypingMessage.ts
index 47ffdbaf8..371d0739f 100644
--- a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/TypingMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/TypingMessage.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class TypingMessage extends ContentMessage {
     const typingMessage = new SignalService.TypingMessage();
     if (this.groupId) {
       typingMessage.groupId = new Uint8Array(
-        StringUtils.encode(this.groupId, 'binary')
+        StringUtils.encode(this.groupId, 'utf8')
       );
     }
     typingMessage.action = action;
diff --git a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupMessage.ts b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupMessage.ts
index ccdb8f121..976f58cea 100644
--- a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupMessage.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import { DataMessage } from '../DataMessage';
 import { SignalService } from '../../../../../../protobuf';
 import { TextEncoder } from 'util';
 import { MessageParams } from '../../../Message';
+import { StringUtils } from '../../../../../utils';
 
-interface ClosedGroupMessageParams extends MessageParams {
+export interface ClosedGroupMessageParams extends MessageParams {
   groupId: string;
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ export abstract class ClosedGroupMessage extends DataMessage {
   protected abstract groupContextType(): SignalService.GroupContext.Type;
 
   protected groupContext(): SignalService.GroupContext {
-    const id = new TextEncoder().encode(this.groupId);
+    const id = new Uint8Array(
+      StringUtils.encode(this.groupId, 'utf8')
+    );
     const type = this.groupContextType();
 
     return new SignalService.GroupContext({ id, type });
diff --git a/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupRequestInfoMessage.ts b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupRequestInfoMessage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddc99abf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/session/messages/outgoing/content/data/group/ClosedGroupRequestInfoMessage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { SignalService } from '../../../../../../protobuf';
+import { ClosedGroupMessage, ClosedGroupMessageParams } from './ClosedGroupMessage';
+
+
+export class ClosedGroupRequestInfoMessage extends ClosedGroupMessage {
+
+  constructor(params: ClosedGroupMessageParams) {
+    super({
+      timestamp: params.timestamp,
+      identifier: params.identifier,
+      groupId: params.groupId,
+    });
+  }
+
+  public ttl(): number {
+    return this.getDefaultTTL();
+  }
+
+  protected groupContextType(): SignalService.GroupContext.Type {
+    return SignalService.GroupContext.Type.REQUEST_INFO;
+  }
+
+  protected dataProto(): SignalService.DataMessage {
+    const messageProto = new SignalService.DataMessage();
+    messageProto.group = this.groupContext();
+
+    return messageProto;
+  }
+}