diff --git a/libtextsecure/message_receiver.js b/libtextsecure/message_receiver.js
index 545cfcf25..1b5b90727 100644
--- a/libtextsecure/message_receiver.js
+++ b/libtextsecure/message_receiver.js
@@ -645,9 +645,9 @@ MessageReceiver.prototype.extend({
     switch (envelope.type) {
       case textsecure.protobuf.Envelope.Type.CIPHERTEXT:
         window.log.info('message from', this.getEnvelopeId(envelope));
-        promise = sessionCipher
-          .decryptWhisperMessage(ciphertext)
-          .then(this.unpad);
+        promise = Promise.resolve(ciphertext.toArrayBuffer())//;sessionCipher
+          //.decryptWhisperMessage(ciphertext)
+          //.then(this.unpad);
         break;
       case textsecure.protobuf.Envelope.Type.PREKEY_BUNDLE:
         window.log.info('prekey message from', this.getEnvelopeId(envelope));