diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go
index 8fac4b4..cd95cca 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/message/send/send-message.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/table"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -49,11 +50,19 @@ var (
 			}
 		},
 		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+			go common.Signald.Listen(nil)
+
 			req := v1.SendRequest{
-				Username:         account,
-				MessageBody:      message,
-				RecipientAddress: &v1.JsonAddress{Number: to},
+				Username:    account,
+				MessageBody: message,
 			}
+
+			if strings.HasPrefix(to, "+") {
+				req.RecipientAddress = &v1.JsonAddress{Number: to}
+			} else {
+				req.RecipientGroupID = to
+			}
+
 			resp, err := req.Submit(common.Signald)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("error sending request to signald: ", err)
@@ -78,8 +87,8 @@ var (
 						t.AppendRow(table.Row{
 							result.Address.Number,
 							result.Address.UUID,
-							result.Success.Duration,
-							nil,
+							fmt.Sprintf("%dms", result.Success.Duration),
+							"",
 						})
 					} else {
 						var sendError string
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ var (
 						if result.UnregisteredFailure {
 							sendError = "not on"
 						}
-						t.AppendRow(table.Row{result.Address.Number, result.Address.UUID, nil, sendError})
+						t.AppendRow(table.Row{result.Address.Number, result.Address.UUID, "", sendError})
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -110,6 +119,6 @@ var (
 
 func init() {
 	SendMessageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "local account to use")
-	SendMessageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&to, "to", "t", "", "account to send the message to")
+	SendMessageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&to, "to", "t", "", "phone number or group ID to send the message to")
 	SendMessageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&message, "message", "m", "", "the body of the message to send")
 }