diff --git a/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/+page.svelte b/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/+page.svelte
index 35558ebe46..03d9e36429 100644
--- a/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/+page.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         SearchQuery,
         ViewSelector
     } from '$lib/components';
+    import { Filters, hasPageQueries } from '$lib/components/filters';
     import { Button } from '$lib/elements/forms';
     import {
         TableBody,
@@ -27,12 +28,11 @@
     import { toLocaleDateTime } from '$lib/helpers/date';
     import { Container } from '$lib/layout';
     import type { PageData } from './$types';
-    import { columns, showCreate } from './store';
-    import MessageStatusPill from './messageStatusPill.svelte';
     import CreateMessageDropdown from './createMessageDropdown.svelte';
-    import ProviderType, { ProviderTypes } from './providerType.svelte';
-    import { Filters, hasPageQueries } from '$lib/components/filters';
     import FailedModal from './failedModal.svelte';
+    import MessageStatusPill from './messageStatusPill.svelte';
+    import ProviderType, { ProviderTypes } from './providerType.svelte';
+    import { columns, showCreate } from './store';
 
     export let data: PageData;
     let selected: string[] = [];
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         <!-- TODO: fix width of search input in mobile -->
-        <SearchQuery search={data.search} placeholder="Search by channel, topic, provider, or ID">
+        <SearchQuery
+            search={data.search}
+            placeholder="Search by message ID, description, type, or status">
             <div class="u-flex u-gap-16 is-not-mobile">
                 <!-- TODO: make this not database-specific -->
                 <Filters query={data.query} {columns} />
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@
                 {/each}
             </TableHeader>
             <TableBody>
-                {#each data.messages.messages as message}
+                {#each data.messages.messages as message (message.$id)}
                     <TableRowLink
                         href={`${base}/console/project-${project}/messaging/message-${message.$id}`}>
                         <TableCellCheck bind:selectedIds={selected} id={message.$id} />
diff --git a/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/store.ts b/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/store.ts
index 839c0526b2..6c14fb41e7 100644
--- a/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/store.ts
+++ b/src/routes/console/project-[project]/messaging/store.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const showCreate = writable(false);
 export const columns = writable<Column[]>([
     { id: '$id', title: 'Message ID', type: 'string', show: true, width: 140 },
     { id: 'description', title: 'Description', type: 'string', show: true, width: 140 },
-    { id: 'message', title: 'Message', type: 'string', show: false, width: 140 },
+    { id: 'message', title: 'Message', type: 'string', show: false, filter: false, width: 140 },
     { id: 'providerType', title: 'Type', type: 'string', show: true, width: 100 },
     { id: 'status', title: 'Status', type: 'string', show: true, width: 120 },
     { id: 'scheduledAt', title: 'Scheduled at', type: 'datetime', show: true, width: 120 },