diff --git a/src/c3nav/mesh/templates/mesh/mesh_message_sending.html b/src/c3nav/mesh/templates/mesh/mesh_message_sending.html
index 174ad84a..faf8d8bd 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/mesh/templates/mesh/mesh_message_sending.html
+++ b/src/c3nav/mesh/templates/mesh/mesh_message_sending.html
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 {% block subcontent %}
     <p><a class="button" href="{{ success_url }}">Go back</a></p>
-    {% if msg_type == "MESH_ROUTE_REQUEST" %}
-        <p>Route to <a href="{% url "mesh.node.detail" pk=msg_data.address %}">{{ msg_data.address }} {% if node_name %} ({{ node_name }}){% endif %}</a></p>
+    {{ msg_type_raw }}
+    {% if msg_type_raw == "MESH_ROUTE_REQUEST" %}
+        <p>Route to <a href="{% url "mesh.node.detail" pk=msg_data.content.address %}">{{ msg_data.content.address }} {% if node_name %} ({{ node_name }}){% endif %}</a></p>
     {% endif %}
     <div class="columns">
         <div>
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
                 {% endfor %}
             </table>
         </div>
-        {% if msg_type == "MESH_ROUTE_REQUEST" %}
+        {% if msg_type_raw == "MESH_ROUTE_REQUEST" %}
             <div style="min-width: 12vw;">
                 <h4>Routes</h4>
                 <table>
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mesh/views/messages.py b/src/c3nav/mesh/views/messages.py
index 14868b36..9c14e241 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/mesh/views/messages.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/mesh/views/messages.py
@@ -130,4 +130,5 @@ class MeshMessageSendingView(MeshControlMixin, TemplateView):
             "node_name": node_names.get(data["msg_data"]["content"].get("address"), ""),
             "recipients": [(address, node_names[address]) for address in data["recipients"]],
             "msg_type": MeshMessageType[data["msg_data"]["content"]["msg_type"]].pretty_name,
+            "msg_type_raw": MeshMessageType[data["msg_data"]["content"]["msg_type"]],
         }