diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/TalariaApp.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/TalariaApp.kt
index d8189e9..676a30e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/TalariaApp.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/TalariaApp.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import androidx.navigation.compose.rememberNavController
 import dev.lonami.talaria.ui.screens.ChatScreen
 import dev.lonami.talaria.ui.screens.DialogScreen
 import dev.lonami.talaria.ui.screens.LoginScreen
+import dev.lonami.talaria.ui.state.ChatViewModel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import uniffi.talaria.needLogin
 
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ fun TalariaApp(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
         }
     }
 
+    val chatViewModel = remember { ChatViewModel() }
+
     Scaffold(
         modifier = modifier,
         topBar = {
@@ -193,11 +196,12 @@ fun TalariaApp(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
                 composable(route = TalariaScreen.Dialog.name) {
                     DialogScreen(onDialogSelected = {
                         selectedDialog = it
+                        chatViewModel.loadMessages(it)
                         navController.navigate(TalariaScreen.Chat.name)
                     })
                 }
                 composable(route = TalariaScreen.Chat.name) {
-                    ChatScreen(selectedDialog)
+                    ChatScreen(selectedDialog, chatViewModel = chatViewModel)
                 }
                 composable(route = TalariaScreen.Login.name) {
                     LoginScreen(onConfirmOtp = {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/data/MessageRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/data/MessageRepository.kt
index 3e97ddd..ee6f41c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/data/MessageRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/data/MessageRepository.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,46 @@
 package dev.lonami.talaria.data
 
-import dev.lonami.talaria.models.Message
+import uniffi.talaria.Message
+import uniffi.talaria.getMessages
+import java.time.Instant
 
-object MessageRepository {
-    fun loadMessages(): List<Message> {
-        return generateSequence {
-            Message("Alice", "Testing")
-        }.take(50).toList()
+interface MessageRepository {
+    fun loadMessages(chat: String): List<Message>
+    fun sendMessage(chat: String, message: String): Message
+}
+
+class NativeMessageRepository : MessageRepository {
+    override fun loadMessages(chat: String): List<Message> {
+        return getMessages(chat)
+    }
+
+    override fun sendMessage(chat: String, message: String): Message {
+        return uniffi.talaria.sendMessage(chat, message)
+    }
+}
+
+class MockMessageRepository(private var msgCounter: Int = 50) : MessageRepository {
+    override fun loadMessages(chat: String): List<Message> {
+        return (0 until 50).map {
+            Message(
+                id = it,
+                sender = "Alice",
+                text = "Testing",
+                date = Instant.now(),
+                editDate = null,
+                formatting = listOf(),
+            )
+        }.toList()
+    }
+
+    override fun sendMessage(chat: String, message: String): Message {
+        return Message(
+            id = msgCounter++,
+            sender = "You",
+            text = message,
+            date = Instant.now(),
+            editDate = null,
+            formatting = listOf(),
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/models/Message.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/models/Message.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2192574..0000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/models/Message.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package dev.lonami.talaria.models
-
-data class Message(val sender: String, val text: String)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/screens/ChatScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/screens/ChatScreen.kt
index 4583348..fef1bbb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/screens/ChatScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/screens/ChatScreen.kt
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.compose.viewModel
 import dev.lonami.talaria.R
-import dev.lonami.talaria.models.Message
+import dev.lonami.talaria.data.MockMessageRepository
 import dev.lonami.talaria.ui.state.ChatViewModel
 import dev.lonami.talaria.ui.theme.TalariaTheme
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import uniffi.talaria.Message
 
 @Composable
 fun MessageCard(message: Message, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
@@ -110,7 +111,9 @@ fun ChatScreen(
 @Preview
 @Composable
 fun ChatPreview() {
+    val viewModel = remember { ChatViewModel(MockMessageRepository()).apply { loadMessages("") } }
+
     TalariaTheme {
-        ChatScreen("")
+        ChatScreen("", chatViewModel = viewModel)
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatUiState.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatUiState.kt
index 9aaa58d..51bd059 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatUiState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatUiState.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package dev.lonami.talaria.ui.state
 
-import dev.lonami.talaria.models.Message
+import uniffi.talaria.Message
 
 data class ChatUiState(val messages: MutableList<Message> = mutableListOf())
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatViewModel.kt
index 1cabbd9..0608891 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/lonami/talaria/ui/state/ChatViewModel.kt
@@ -2,29 +2,30 @@ package dev.lonami.talaria.ui.state
 
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import dev.lonami.talaria.data.MessageRepository
-import dev.lonami.talaria.models.Message
+import dev.lonami.talaria.data.NativeMessageRepository
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.update
 
-class ChatViewModel : ViewModel() {
+class ChatViewModel(private val repository: MessageRepository = NativeMessageRepository()) :
+    ViewModel() {
     private val _uiState = MutableStateFlow(ChatUiState())
     val uiState: StateFlow<ChatUiState> = _uiState.asStateFlow()
 
-    private fun loadMessages() {
-        _uiState.value = ChatUiState(MessageRepository.loadMessages().toMutableList())
-    }
-
-    fun sendMessage(dialog: String, message: String) {
-        sendMessage(dialog, message)
-        _uiState.update { state ->
-            state.messages.add(Message("You", message))
-            state
+    fun loadMessages(chat: String) {
+        _uiState.update {
+            it.messages.clear()
+            it.messages.addAll(repository.loadMessages(chat))
+            it
         }
     }
 
-    init {
-        loadMessages()
+    fun sendMessage(dialog: String, message: String) {
+        val sent = repository.sendMessage(dialog, message)
+        _uiState.update {
+            it.messages.add(sent)
+            it
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/native/src/lib.rs b/native/src/lib.rs
index d228272..ca89e75 100644
--- a/native/src/lib.rs
+++ b/native/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 mod db;
 
-use grammers_client::types::LoginToken;
+use grammers_client::types::{LoginToken, Message as OgMessage};
 use grammers_client::{Client, Config, InitParams};
 use grammers_session::{PackedChat, Session, UpdateState};
 use grammers_tl_types as tl;
@@ -75,6 +75,48 @@ pub enum MessageAck {
     Sent,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum Formatting {
+    Unknown,
+    Mention,
+    HashTag,
+    BotCommand,
+    Url,
+    Email,
+    Bold,
+    Italic,
+    Code,
+    Pre,
+    TextUrl,
+    MentionName,
+    Phone,
+    CashTag,
+    Underline,
+    Strike,
+    Blockquote,
+    BankCard,
+    Spoiler,
+    CustomEmoji,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct TextFormat {
+    format: Formatting,
+    offset: i32,
+    length: i32,
+    extra: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Message {
+    id: i32,
+    sender: String,
+    text: String,
+    date: SystemTime,
+    edit_date: Option<SystemTime>,
+    formatting: Vec<TextFormat>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct MessagePreview {
     sender: String,
@@ -323,9 +365,87 @@ pub fn get_dialogs() -> Result<Vec<Dialog>> {
     })
 }
 
-pub fn send_message(packed: String, text: String) -> Result<()> {
+fn adapt_message(m: OgMessage) -> Message {
+    Message {
+        id: m.id(),
+        sender: if let Some(sender) = m.sender() {
+            sender.name().to_string()
+        } else {
+            "unknown".to_string()
+        },
+        text: m.text().to_string(),
+        date: m.date().into(),
+        edit_date: m.edit_date().map(|d| d.into()),
+        formatting: if let Some(entities) = m.fmt_entities() {
+            use tl::enums::MessageEntity as ME;
+
+            macro_rules! tf {
+                ($formatting:ident($entity:ident)) => {
+                    tf!($formatting($entity).extra(None))
+                };
+                ($formatting:ident($entity:ident).extra($extra:expr)) => {
+                    TextFormat {
+                        format: Formatting::$formatting,
+                        offset: $entity.offset,
+                        length: $entity.length,
+                        extra: $extra,
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+            entities
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|e| match e {
+                    ME::Unknown(e) => tf!(Unknown(e)),
+                    ME::Mention(e) => tf!(Mention(e)),
+                    ME::Hashtag(e) => tf!(HashTag(e)),
+                    ME::BotCommand(e) => tf!(BotCommand(e)),
+                    ME::Url(e) => tf!(Url(e)),
+                    ME::Email(e) => tf!(Email(e)),
+                    ME::Bold(e) => tf!(Bold(e)),
+                    ME::Italic(e) => tf!(Italic(e)),
+                    ME::Code(e) => tf!(Code(e)),
+                    ME::Pre(e) => tf!(Pre(e).extra(Some(e.language.to_string()))),
+                    ME::TextUrl(e) => tf!(TextUrl(e).extra(Some(e.url.to_string()))),
+                    ME::MentionName(e) => tf!(MentionName(e).extra(Some(e.user_id.to_string()))),
+                    ME::InputMessageEntityMentionName(e) => tf!(Unknown(e)),
+                    ME::Phone(e) => tf!(Phone(e)),
+                    ME::Cashtag(e) => tf!(CashTag(e)),
+                    ME::Underline(e) => tf!(Underline(e)),
+                    ME::Strike(e) => tf!(Strike(e)),
+                    ME::Blockquote(e) => tf!(Blockquote(e)),
+                    ME::BankCard(e) => tf!(BankCard(e)),
+                    ME::Spoiler(e) => tf!(Spoiler(e)),
+                    ME::CustomEmoji(e) => {
+                        tf!(CustomEmoji(e).extra(Some(e.document_id.to_string())))
+                    }
+                })
+                .collect()
+        } else {
+            Vec::new()
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn get_messages(packed: String) -> Result<Vec<Message>> {
     let chat = PackedChat::from_hex(&packed).unwrap();
     let client = CLIENT.get().ok_or(NativeError::Initialization)?;
-    block_on(client.send_message(chat, text)).map_err(|_| NativeError::Network)?;
-    Ok(())
+
+    block_on(async {
+        let mut result = Vec::new();
+        let mut messages = client.iter_messages(chat);
+        while let Some(message) = messages.next().await.map_err(|_| NativeError::Network)? {
+            result.push(message);
+        }
+        Ok(result)
+    })
+    .map(|messages| messages.into_iter().map(adapt_message).collect())
+}
+
+pub fn send_message(packed: String, text: String) -> Result<Message> {
+    let chat = PackedChat::from_hex(&packed).unwrap();
+    let client = CLIENT.get().ok_or(NativeError::Initialization)?;
+    block_on(client.send_message(chat, text))
+        .map(adapt_message)
+        .map_err(|_| NativeError::Network)
 }
diff --git a/native/src/talaria.udl b/native/src/talaria.udl
index 9532124..fc7fe45 100644
--- a/native/src/talaria.udl
+++ b/native/src/talaria.udl
@@ -11,6 +11,45 @@ enum MessageAck {
     "Sent",
 };
 
+enum Formatting {
+    "Unknown",
+    "Mention",
+    "HashTag",
+    "BotCommand",
+    "Url",
+    "Email",
+    "Bold",
+    "Italic",
+    "Code",
+    "Pre",  // language:string
+    "TextUrl",  // url:string
+    "MentionName",  // user_id:long
+    "Phone",
+    "CashTag",
+    "Underline",
+    "Strike",
+    "Blockquote",
+    "BankCard",
+    "Spoiler",
+    "CustomEmoji",  // document_id:long
+};
+
+dictionary TextFormat {
+    Formatting format;
+    i32 offset;
+    i32 length;
+    string? extra;
+};
+
+dictionary Message {
+    i32 id;
+    string sender;
+    string text;
+    timestamp date;
+    timestamp? edit_date;
+    sequence<TextFormat> formatting;
+};
+
 dictionary MessagePreview {
     string sender;
     string text;
@@ -43,5 +82,7 @@ namespace talaria {
     [Throws=NativeError]
     sequence<Dialog> get_dialogs();
     [Throws=NativeError]
-    void send_message(string packed, string text);
+    sequence<Message> get_messages(string packed);
+    [Throws=NativeError]
+    Message send_message(string packed, string text);
 };