diff --git a/contexts/audioContext.tsx b/contexts/audioContext.tsx
index 67de7b1..748422f 100644
--- a/contexts/audioContext.tsx
+++ b/contexts/audioContext.tsx
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ export default function AudioContextProvider({ children }) {
             messagesByTeamMate[selectedTeammate] &&
             messagesByTeamMate[selectedTeammate].length > 0
           ) {
+            console.log("playing from this cache");
+
+            console.log(messagesByTeamMate);
             setPlayerSrc(messagesByTeamMate[selectedTeammate][0].audioDataUrl);
           } else {
             toast("nothing to play");
diff --git a/contexts/teamDashboardContext.tsx b/contexts/teamDashboardContext.tsx
index d572f33..3035bd1 100644
--- a/contexts/teamDashboardContext.tsx
+++ b/contexts/teamDashboardContext.tsx
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ export function TeamDashboardContextProvider({ children }) {
             // if the map contains the teammate userid already, then cool, just unshift to that array
             const newMap = { ...prevMap };
             if (newMessage.receiverUserId in prevMap) {
+              // won't be in map if I am the receiver
               newMap[newMessage.receiverUserId] = [
                 newMessage,
                 ...prevMap[newMessage.receiverUserId],
@@ -218,6 +219,18 @@ export function TeamDashboardContextProvider({ children }) {
               newMap[newMessage.receiverUserId] = [newMessage];
             }
 
+            // todo: if I am the receiver, still want to put it in the right conversation
+            if (newMessage.receiverUserId == currUser.uid) {
+              if (newMessage.senderUserId in prevMap) {
+                newMap[newMessage.senderUserId] = [
+                  newMessage,
+                  ...prevMap[newMessage.senderUserId],
+                ];
+              } else {
+                newMap[newMessage.senderUserId] = [newMessage];
+              }
+            }
+
             return newMap;
           });
         }