diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html
index a6d1cbb4..194cef43 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/templates/control/mesh_message_send.html
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 {% block heading %}
     {% if form.recipient %}
-        {% blocktrans trimmed with msg_type=form.msg_type.name recipient=form.get_recipient_display %}
+        {% blocktrans trimmed with msg_type=form.msg_type.pretty_name recipient=form.get_recipient_display %}
             Send {{ msg_type }} message to {{ recipient }}
         {% endblocktrans %}
     {% else %}
-        {% blocktrans trimmed with msg_type=form.msg_type.name %}
+        {% blocktrans trimmed with msg_type=form.msg_type.pretty_name %}
             Send {{ msg_type }} message
         {% endblocktrans %}
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py b/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py
index 00ca6a78..11607389 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/control/views/mesh.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class MeshMessageSendingView(ControlPanelMixin, TemplateView):
             **data,
             "node_name": node_names.get(data["msg_data"].get("address"), ""),
             "recipients": [(address, node_names[address]) for address in data["recipients"]],
-            "msg_type": data["msg_data"]["msg_type"],
+            "msg_type": MeshMessageType[data["msg_data"]["msg_type"]].pretty_name,
         }