diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/list-groups.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/list-groups.go
index 6c53bb9..35a99a5 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/list-groups.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/list-groups.go
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v0"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v1"
 )
 
 // listGroupsCmd represents the listGroups command
@@ -31,26 +31,15 @@ var listGroupsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "list of all the groups that the user is in.",
 	Long:  `Prints a list of all groups the user is in to stdout.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		requestID := fmt.Sprint("signaldctl-", rand.Intn(1000))
-		err := s.RawRequest(v0.LegacyRequest{
-			Type:     "list_groups",
-			Username: username,
-			ID:       requestID,
-		})
+		go s.Listen(nil)
+		req := v1.ListGroupsRequest{Account: username}
+		resp, err := req.Submit(s)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal("error sending request: ", err)
+			log.Fatal(err, "error communicating with signald")
 		}
-
-		c := make(chan v0.LegacyResponse)
-		go s.Listen(c)
-		for {
-			message := <-c
-			if message.ID == requestID {
-				for _, group := range message.Data.Groups {
-					fmt.Println(group.Name)
-				}
-				break
-			}
+		err = json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(resp)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err, "error encoding response to stdout")
 		}
 	},
 }
diff --git a/signald/signald.go b/signald/signald.go
index 4e1fa5d..ba19a48 100644
--- a/signald/signald.go
+++ b/signald/signald.go
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
+	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v0"
 )
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ var (
 	debugSignaldIO, _ = strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("DEBUG_SIGNALD_IO"))
 )
 
+func init() {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
+}
+
 // Signald is a connection to a signald instance.
 type Signald struct {
 	socket     net.Conn