diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a586d14..a909a9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1775,6 +1775,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
+ "chrono",
  "crc",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "either",
@@ -1833,6 +1834,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
  "sqlx-core",
  "sqlx-mysql",
+ "sqlx-postgres",
  "sqlx-sqlite",
  "syn 1.0.109",
  "tempfile",
@@ -1850,6 +1852,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
+ "chrono",
  "crc",
  "digest",
  "dotenvy",
@@ -1891,6 +1894,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "byteorder",
+ "chrono",
  "crc",
  "dotenvy",
  "etcetera",
@@ -1926,6 +1930,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b244ef0a8414da0bed4bb1910426e890b19e5e9bccc27ada6b797d05c55ae0aa"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
+ "chrono",
  "flume",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/crates/lavina-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/lavina-core/Cargo.toml
index 92bf798..c49f83d 100644
--- a/crates/lavina-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lavina-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
-sqlx = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["sqlite", "migrate"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["sqlite", "migrate", "chrono"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/lavina-core/src/dialog.rs b/crates/lavina-core/src/dialog.rs
index ab4a434..eae3915 100644
--- a/crates/lavina-core/src/dialog.rs
+++ b/crates/lavina-core/src/dialog.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use tokio::sync::RwLock as AsyncRwLock;
 
 use crate::player::{PlayerId, PlayerRegistry, Updates};
@@ -52,7 +53,13 @@ struct DialogRegistryInner {
 pub struct DialogRegistry(Arc<AsyncRwLock<DialogRegistryInner>>);
 
 impl DialogRegistry {
-    pub async fn send_message(&self, from: PlayerId, to: PlayerId, body: Str) -> Result<()> {
+    pub async fn send_message(
+        &self,
+        from: PlayerId,
+        to: PlayerId,
+        body: Str,
+        created_at: &DateTime<Utc>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         let guard = self.0.read().await;
         let id = DialogId::new(from.clone(), to.clone());
         let dialog = guard.dialogs.get(&id);
@@ -85,13 +92,13 @@ impl DialogRegistry {
             Some(t) => t,
             None => {
                 tracing::info!("Dialog {id:?} does not exist, creating a new one in storage");
-                guard.storage.initialize_dialog(p1.as_inner(), p2.as_inner()).await?
+                guard.storage.initialize_dialog(p1.as_inner(), p2.as_inner(), created_at).await?
             }
         };
         tracing::info!("Dialog {id:?} loaded");
-        guard.storage.increment_dialog_message_count(stored_dialog.storage_id).await?;
+        guard.storage.increment_dialog_message_count(stored_dialog.id).await?;
         let dialog = Dialog {
-            storage_id: stored_dialog.storage_id,
+            storage_id: stored_dialog.id,
             player_storage_id_1: stored_dialog.participant_1,
             player_storage_id_2: stored_dialog.participant_2,
             message_count: stored_dialog.message_count + 1,
diff --git a/crates/lavina-core/src/player.rs b/crates/lavina-core/src/player.rs
index b2265fe..5696f08 100644
--- a/crates/lavina-core/src/player.rs
+++ b/crates/lavina-core/src/player.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,17 @@ impl PlayerConnection {
         self.player_handle.send(ActorCommand::ClientCommand(cmd, self.connection_id.clone())).await;
         Ok(deferred.await?)
     }
+
+    pub async fn send_dialog_message(&self, recipient: PlayerId, body: Str) -> Result<()> {
+        let (promise, deferred) = oneshot();
+        let cmd = ClientCommand::SendDialogMessage {
+            recipient,
+            body,
+            promise,
+        };
+        self.player_handle.send(ActorCommand::ClientCommand(cmd, self.connection_id.clone())).await;
+        Ok(deferred.await?)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Handle to a player actor.
@@ -245,7 +256,7 @@ impl PlayerRegistry {
         };
         Ok(PlayerRegistry(Arc::new(RwLock::new(inner))))
     }
-    
+
     pub async fn get_player(&self, id: &PlayerId) -> Option<PlayerHandle> {
         let inner = self.0.read().await;
         inner.players.get(id).map(|(handle, _)| handle.clone())
@@ -256,7 +267,13 @@ impl PlayerRegistry {
         if let Some((handle, _)) = inner.players.get(id) {
             handle.clone()
         } else {
-            let (handle, fiber) = Player::launch(id.clone(), inner.room_registry.clone(), inner.dialogs.clone(), inner.storage.clone()).await;
+            let (handle, fiber) = Player::launch(
+                id.clone(),
+                inner.room_registry.clone(),
+                inner.dialogs.clone(),
+                inner.storage.clone(),
+            )
+            .await;
             inner.players.insert(id.clone(), (handle.clone(), fiber));
             inner.metric_active_players.inc();
             handle
@@ -305,7 +322,12 @@ struct Player {
     storage: Storage,
 }
 impl Player {
-    async fn launch(player_id: PlayerId, rooms: RoomRegistry, dialogs: DialogRegistry, storage: Storage) -> (PlayerHandle, JoinHandle<Player>) {
+    async fn launch(
+        player_id: PlayerId,
+        rooms: RoomRegistry,
+        dialogs: DialogRegistry,
+        storage: Storage,
+    ) -> (PlayerHandle, JoinHandle<Player>) {
         let (tx, rx) = channel(32);
         let handle = PlayerHandle { tx };
         let handle_clone = handle.clone();
@@ -499,7 +521,7 @@ impl Player {
 
     async fn send_dialog_message(&self, connection_id: ConnectionId, recipient: PlayerId, body: Str) {
         let created_at = chrono::Utc::now();
-        self.dialogs.send_message(self.player_id.clone(), recipient.clone(), body.clone()).await.unwrap();
+        self.dialogs.send_message(self.player_id.clone(), recipient.clone(), body.clone(), &created_at).await.unwrap();
         let update = Updates::NewDialogMessage {
             sender: self.player_id.clone(),
             receiver: recipient.clone(),
diff --git a/crates/lavina-core/src/repo/dialog.rs b/crates/lavina-core/src/repo/dialog.rs
index 674c9a3..cbe3161 100644
--- a/crates/lavina-core/src/repo/dialog.rs
+++ b/crates/lavina-core/src/repo/dialog.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use sqlx::FromRow;
 
 use crate::repo::Storage;
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@ impl Storage {
     pub async fn retrieve_dialog(&self, participant_1: &str, participant_2: &str) -> Result<Option<StoredDialog>> {
         let mut executor = self.conn.lock().await;
         let res = sqlx::query_as(
-            "select r.participant_1, r.participant_2, r.message_count
-            from rooms r join users u1 on r.participant_1 = u1.id join users u2 on r.participant_2 = u2.id
+            "select r.id, r.participant_1, r.participant_2, r.message_count
+            from dialogs r join users u1 on r.participant_1 = u1.id join users u2 on r.participant_2 = u2.id
             where u1.name = ? and u2.name = ?;",
         )
         .bind(participant_1)
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ impl Storage {
         let mut executor = self.conn.lock().await;
         sqlx::query(
             "update rooms set message_count = message_count + 1
-            where storage_id = ?;",
+            where id = ?;",
         )
         .bind(storage_id)
         .execute(&mut *executor)
@@ -32,19 +33,25 @@ impl Storage {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub async fn initialize_dialog(&self, participant_1: &str, participant_2: &str) -> Result<StoredDialog> {
+    pub async fn initialize_dialog(
+        &self,
+        participant_1: &str,
+        participant_2: &str,
+        created_at: &DateTime<Utc>,
+    ) -> Result<StoredDialog> {
         let mut executor = self.conn.lock().await;
         let res: StoredDialog = sqlx::query_as(
             "insert into dialogs(participant_1, participant_2, created_at)
             values (
-                select id from users where name = ?,
-                select id from users where name = ?,
-                now()
+                (select id from users where name = ?),
+                (select id from users where name = ?),
+                ?
             )
             returning id, participant_1, participant_2, message_count;",
         )
         .bind(participant_1)
         .bind(participant_2)
+        .bind(&created_at)
         .fetch_one(&mut *executor)
         .await?;
 
@@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ impl Storage {
 
 #[derive(FromRow)]
 pub struct StoredDialog {
-    pub storage_id: u32,
+    pub id: u32,
     pub participant_1: u32,
     pub participant_2: u32,
     pub message_count: u32,
diff --git a/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs b/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs
index ce450c1..482c095 100644
--- a/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/projection-irc/src/lib.rs
@@ -653,6 +653,32 @@ async fn handle_update(
             .await?;
             writer.flush().await?
         }
+        Updates::NewDialogMessage {
+            sender,
+            receiver,
+            body,
+            created_at,
+        } => {
+            let mut tags = vec![];
+            if user.enabled_capabilities.contains(Capabilities::ServerTime) {
+                let tag = Tag {
+                    key: "time".into(),
+                    value: Some(created_at.to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Millis, true).into()),
+                };
+                tags.push(tag);
+            }
+            ServerMessage {
+                tags,
+                sender: Some(sender.as_inner().clone()),
+                body: ServerMessageBody::PrivateMessage {
+                    target: Recipient::Nick(receiver.as_inner().clone()),
+                    body: body.clone(),
+                },
+            }
+            .write_async(writer)
+            .await?;
+            writer.flush().await?
+        }
     }
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -699,6 +725,10 @@ async fn handle_incoming_message(
                     let room_id = RoomId::from(chan)?;
                     user_handle.send_message(room_id, body).await?;
                 }
+                Recipient::Nick(nick) => {
+                    let receiver = PlayerId::from(nick)?;
+                    user_handle.send_dialog_message(receiver, body).await?;
+                }
                 _ => log::warn!("Unsupported target type"),
             },
             ClientMessage::Topic { chan, topic } => {
diff --git a/crates/projection-xmpp/src/message.rs b/crates/projection-xmpp/src/message.rs
index a737b2b..15a3e0d 100644
--- a/crates/projection-xmpp/src/message.rs
+++ b/crates/projection-xmpp/src/message.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Handling of all client2server message stanzas
 
+use lavina_core::player::PlayerId;
 use quick_xml::events::Event;
 
 use lavina_core::prelude::*;
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ impl<'a> XmppConnection<'a> {
                 }
                 .serialize(output);
                 Ok(())
+            } else if server.0.as_ref() == &*self.hostname && m.r#type == MessageType::Chat {
+                self.user_handle.send_dialog_message(PlayerId::from(name.0.clone())?, m.body.clone()).await?;
+                Ok(())
             } else {
                 todo!()
             }
diff --git a/crates/projection-xmpp/src/updates.rs b/crates/projection-xmpp/src/updates.rs
index fcc62b6..d659467 100644
--- a/crates/projection-xmpp/src/updates.rs
+++ b/crates/projection-xmpp/src/updates.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,34 @@ impl<'a> XmppConnection<'a> {
                 }
                 .serialize(output);
             }
+            Updates::NewDialogMessage {
+                sender,
+                receiver,
+                body,
+                created_at: _,
+            } => {
+                if receiver == self.user.player_id {
+                    Message::<()> {
+                        to: Some(Jid {
+                            name: Some(self.user.xmpp_name.clone()),
+                            server: Server(self.hostname.clone()),
+                            resource: Some(self.user.xmpp_resource.clone()),
+                        }),
+                        from: Some(Jid {
+                            name: Some(Name(sender.as_inner().clone())),
+                            server: Server(self.hostname.clone()),
+                            resource: Some(Resource(sender.into_inner())),
+                        }),
+                        id: None,
+                        r#type: MessageType::Chat,
+                        lang: None,
+                        subject: None,
+                        body: body.into(),
+                        custom: vec![],
+                    }
+                    .serialize(output);
+                }
+            }
             _ => {}
         }
         Ok(())