diff --git a/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift b/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift
index 4f470d9a..31603f72 100644
--- a/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift
@@ -211,24 +211,32 @@ func encrypt_message(message: String, privkey: String, to_pk: String, encoding:
     
 }
 
-func create_dm(_ message: String, to_pk: String, tags: [[String]], keypair: Keypair, created_at: Int64? = nil) -> NostrEvent?
-{
-    guard let privkey = keypair.privkey else {
-        return nil
-    }
-
+func create_encrypted_event(_ message: String, to_pk: String, tags: [[String]], keypair: FullKeypair, created_at: Int64, kind: Int) -> NostrEvent? {
+    
+    let privkey = keypair.privkey
+    
     guard let enc_content = encrypt_message(message: message, privkey: privkey, to_pk: to_pk) else {
         return nil
     }
     
-    let created = created_at ?? Int64(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)
-    let ev = NostrEvent(content: enc_content, pubkey: keypair.pubkey, kind: 4, tags: tags, createdAt: created)
+    let ev = NostrEvent(content: enc_content, pubkey: keypair.pubkey, kind: kind, tags: tags, createdAt: created_at)
     
     ev.calculate_id()
     ev.sign(privkey: privkey)
     return ev
 }
 
+func create_dm(_ message: String, to_pk: String, tags: [[String]], keypair: Keypair, created_at: Int64? = nil) -> NostrEvent?
+{
+    let created_at = Int64(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)
+    
+    guard let keypair = keypair.to_full() else {
+        return nil
+    }
+    
+    return create_encrypted_event(message, to_pk: to_pk, tags: tags, keypair: keypair, created_at: created_at, kind: 4)
+}
+
 extension View {
 /// Layers the given views behind this ``TextEditor``.
     func textEditorBackground<V>(@ViewBuilder _ content: () -> V) -> some View where V : View {