diff --git a/example/src/ConversationScreen.tsx b/example/src/ConversationScreen.tsx
index fbf60e171..9a6e89809 100644
--- a/example/src/ConversationScreen.tsx
+++ b/example/src/ConversationScreen.tsx
@@ -1084,10 +1084,13 @@ function MessageContents({
     const actualReplyContent = codec.decode(replyContent.content)
 
     return (
-      <MessageContents
-        contentTypeId={replyContentType}
-        content={actualReplyContent}
-      />
+      <View>
+        <Text style={{ color: 'gray' }}>Reply</Text>
+        <MessageContents
+          contentTypeId={replyContentType}
+          content={actualReplyContent}
+        />
+      </View>
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts b/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts
index 807347f1b..10cecb4ce 100644
--- a/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 export type ReplyContent = {
   reference: string
   content: any
-  contentType: ContentTypeId
+  contentType: string
 }
 
 export class ReplyCodec implements NativeContentCodec<ReplyContent> {