diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba3c93f..625bbd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.joshicodes</groupId>
     <artifactId>rja</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-alpha.8d</version>
+    <version>1.0-alpha.8e</version>
 
     <description>
         Simple Java API for Revolt.
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/object/channel/GenericChannel.java b/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/object/channel/GenericChannel.java
index 142c6df..98458a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/object/channel/GenericChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/object/channel/GenericChannel.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import de.joshicodes.rja.RJA;
 import de.joshicodes.rja.object.IMentionable;
 import de.joshicodes.rja.object.message.MessageReceiver;
+import de.joshicodes.rja.requests.rest.channel.info.FetchChannelRequest;
 import de.joshicodes.rja.rest.RestAction;
 import de.joshicodes.rja.util.JsonUtil;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,16 @@ public static GenericChannel from(final RJA rja, final JsonObject object) {
 
     abstract public ChannelType getType();
 
+    public RestAction<GenericChannel> fetch() {
+        return new RestAction<GenericChannel>(getRJA()) {
+            @Override
+            protected GenericChannel execute() {
+                FetchChannelRequest request = new FetchChannelRequest(getId());
+                return getRJA().getRequestHandler().sendRequest(getRJA(), request);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getAsMention() {
         return "<#" + getId() + ">";
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/requests/rest/message/MessageSendRequest.java b/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/requests/rest/message/MessageSendRequest.java
index 8eb74d6..6ad9589 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/requests/rest/message/MessageSendRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/joshicodes/rja/requests/rest/message/MessageSendRequest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ public MessageSendRequest(String channel) {
     public Message fetch(RJA rja, int responseCode, JsonElement data) {
         if(!data.isJsonObject())
             return null;
-        return Message.from(rja, data.getAsJsonObject(), null);
+        Message m = Message.from(rja, data.getAsJsonObject(), null);
+        rja.cacheMessage(m);
+        // update cached channel
+        rja.getChannelCache().stream().filter(c -> c.getId().equals(m.getChannelId())).findFirst().ifPresent(c -> rja.cacheChannel(c.fetch().complete()));
+        return m;
     }
 
 }