diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/driver_req.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/driver_req.rs
index 2a4c43689..e11fd93b2 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/driver_req.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/driver_req.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ pub(crate) struct SendEventRequest {
     /// Raw content of an event.
     pub(crate) content: Box<RawJsonValue>,
     /// Addition send event parameters to send a future
+    #[serde(flatten)]
     pub(crate) future_parameters: Option<FutureParameters>,
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/from_widget.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/from_widget.rs
index b2efbb926..1644cd5c1 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/from_widget.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/from_widget.rs
@@ -137,15 +137,16 @@ pub(super) struct ReadEventResponse {
 pub struct SendEventResponse {
     /// The room id for the send event.
     pub room_id: Option<OwnedRoomId>,
-    /// The event id of the send event. Its optional because if its a future one does not get
-    /// the event_id at this point.
+    /// The event id of the send event. Its optional because if its a future one
+    /// does not get the event_id at this point.
     pub event_id: Option<OwnedEventId>,
     /// A token to send/insert the future into the DAG.
     pub send_token: Option<String>,
     /// A token to cancel this future. It will never be send if this is called.
     pub cancel_token: Option<String>,
-    /// The `future_group_id` generated for this future. Used to connect multiple futures
-    /// only one of the connected futures will be sent and inserted into the DAG.
+    /// The `future_group_id` generated for this future. Used to connect
+    /// multiple futures only one of the connected futures will be sent and
+    /// inserted into the DAG.
     pub future_group_id: Option<String>,
     /// A token used to refresh the timer of the future. This allows
     /// to implement heartbeat like capabilities. An event is only sent once
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/tests/send_event.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/tests/send_event.rs
index 242c9b94a..c0c6b72ae 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/tests/send_event.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/widget/machine/tests/send_event.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
-use ruma::owned_room_id;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
-use crate::widget::machine::{IncomingMessage, WidgetMachine};
+use ruma::{api::client::future::FutureParameters, events::TimelineEventType};
 
 use super::WIDGET_ID;
+use crate::widget::machine::{
+    from_widget::FromWidgetRequest,
+    incoming::{IncomingWidgetMessage, IncomingWidgetMessageKind},
+};
 
 #[test]
-fn process_send_event() {
-    let (mut machine, _) = WidgetMachine::new(
-        WIDGET_ID.to_owned(),
-        owned_room_id!("!a98sd12bjh:example.org"),
-        true,
-        None,
-    );
-
-    let actions = machine.process(IncomingMessage::WidgetMessage(json_string!({
+fn parse_future_action() {
+    let raw = json_string!({
         "api": "fromWidget",
         "widgetId": WIDGET_ID,
         "requestId": "send_event-request-id",
@@ -25,6 +22,19 @@ fn process_send_event() {
             "state_key": "_@abc:example.org_VFKPEKYWMP",
             "type": "org.matrix.msc3401.call.member",
         },
-    })));
-    println!("{:?}", actions);
+    });
+    if let IncomingWidgetMessageKind::Request(a) =
+        serde_json::from_str::<IncomingWidgetMessage>(&raw).unwrap().kind
+    {
+        if let FromWidgetRequest::SendEvent(b) = a.deserialize().unwrap() {
+            let FutureParameters::Timeout { timeout, group_id } = b.future_parameters.unwrap()
+            else {
+                panic!()
+            };
+            assert_eq!(timeout, Duration::from_millis(10000));
+            assert_eq!(group_id, None);
+            assert_eq!(b.event_type, TimelineEventType::CallMember);
+            assert_eq!(b.state_key.unwrap(), "_@abc:example.org_VFKPEKYWMP".to_owned());
+        }
+    }
 }