diff --git a/app/containers/MessageActions/index.tsx b/app/containers/MessageActions/index.tsx
index 1c7ca9536..811d01180 100644
--- a/app/containers/MessageActions/index.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/MessageActions/index.tsx
@@ -291,13 +291,7 @@ const MessageActions = React.memo(
 					});
 					const translatedMessage = getMessageTranslation(message, room.autoTranslateLanguage);
 					if (!translatedMessage) {
-						const m = {
-							_id: message.id,
-							rid: message.subscription ? message.subscription.id : '',
-							u: message.u,
-							msg: message.msg
-						};
-						await Services.translateMessage(m, room.autoTranslateLanguage);
+						await Services.translateMessage(message.id, room.autoTranslateLanguage);
 					}
 				} catch (e) {
 					log(e);
diff --git a/app/definitions/rest/v1/autotranslate.ts b/app/definitions/rest/v1/autotranslate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed39817ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/definitions/rest/v1/autotranslate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export type AutoTranslateEndpoints = {
+	'autotranslate.translateMessage': {
+		POST: (params: { messageId: string; targetLanguage: string }) => void;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/app/definitions/rest/v1/index.ts b/app/definitions/rest/v1/index.ts
index 4289f55c6..385da8927 100644
--- a/app/definitions/rest/v1/index.ts
+++ b/app/definitions/rest/v1/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { VideoConferenceEndpoints } from './videoConference';
 import { CommandsEndpoints } from './commands';
 import { PushTokenEndpoints } from './pushToken';
 import { DirectoryEndpoint } from './directory';
+import { AutoTranslateEndpoints } from './autotranslate';
 
 export type Endpoints = ChannelsEndpoints &
 	ChatEndpoints &
@@ -40,4 +41,5 @@ export type Endpoints = ChannelsEndpoints &
 	VideoConferenceEndpoints &
 	CommandsEndpoints &
 	PushTokenEndpoints &
-	DirectoryEndpoint;
+	DirectoryEndpoint &
+	AutoTranslateEndpoints;
diff --git a/app/lib/services/restApi.ts b/app/lib/services/restApi.ts
index 58eac22c4..1e26271d9 100644
--- a/app/lib/services/restApi.ts
+++ b/app/lib/services/restApi.ts
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ export const saveAutoTranslate = ({
 export const getSupportedLanguagesAutoTranslate = (): Promise<{ language: string; name: string }[]> =>
 	sdk.methodCallWrapper('autoTranslate.getSupportedLanguages', 'en');
 
-export const translateMessage = (message: any, targetLanguage: string) =>
-	sdk.methodCallWrapper('autoTranslate.translateMessage', message, targetLanguage);
+export const translateMessage = (messageId: string, targetLanguage: string) =>
+	sdk.post('autotranslate.translateMessage', { messageId, targetLanguage });
 
 export const findOrCreateInvite = ({ rid, days, maxUses }: { rid: string; days: number; maxUses: number }): any =>
 	// RC 2.4.0