diff --git a/src/controllers/api/ditto.ts b/src/controllers/api/ditto.ts
index 899456a4..b9be027f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/ditto.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/ditto.ts
@@ -276,10 +276,12 @@ export const statusZapSplitsController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
     const weight = percentageSchema.catch(0).parse(zapsTag.find((name) => name[1] === pubkey)![3]) ?? 0;
 
+    const message = zapsTag.find((name) => name[1] === pubkey)![4] ?? '';
+
     return {
       account,
-      message: '',
-      weight: weight,
+      message,
+      weight,
     };
   }))).filter((zapSplit) => zapSplit.weight > 0);
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 0b910369..621e26a8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const createStatusController: AppController = async (c) => {
       let totalSplit = 0;
       for (const pubkey in dittoZapSplit) {
         totalSplit += dittoZapSplit[pubkey].weight;
-        tags.push(['zap', pubkey, Conf.relay, dittoZapSplit[pubkey].weight.toString()]);
+        tags.push(['zap', pubkey, Conf.relay, dittoZapSplit[pubkey].weight.toString(), dittoZapSplit[pubkey].message]);
       }
       if (totalSplit) {
         tags.push(['zap', author?.pubkey as string, Conf.relay, Math.max(0, 100 - totalSplit).toString()]);