diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
index 2ef8e674..ceab62ec 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBConversationalService.ts
@@ -992,9 +992,11 @@ export class GBConversationalService {
       GBLog.verbose(`Translated text(prompt): ${text}.`);
     }
     if (step.activeDialog.state.options['kind'] === 'file') {
+      
       return await step.prompt('attachmentPrompt', {});
     } else {
-      return await step.prompt('textPrompt', text ? text : {});
+      await this.sendText(min, step, text);
+      return await step.prompt('textPrompt',  {});
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts
index 7486b44f..20a6b6b6 100644
--- a/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts
+++ b/packages/core.gbapp/services/GBMinService.ts
@@ -831,10 +831,10 @@ export class GBMinService {
       adapter = min['fbAdapter'];
     }
 
-    // Unifies channel detection.
+    // Unifies channel detection.  Unmarshalls group information.
 
-    req.body.channelId = 
-      (req.body.from.channelIdEx === 'whatsapp' ? 'omnichannel' : req.body.channelId);
+    req.body.channelId = req.body.from.channelIdEx === 'whatsapp' ? 'omnichannel' : req.body.channelId;
+    req.body.group = req.body.from.group;
 
     // Default activity processing and handler.
 
@@ -1322,11 +1322,8 @@ export class GBMinService {
       // If it is a group, spells and sends them back.
 
       const group = step.context.activity['group'];
-      if (textProcessed  !==  text && group){
-        await min.whatsAppDirectLine.sendToDevice(
-          group,
-          `Spell: ${text}`
-        );
+      if (textProcessed !== text && group) {
+        await min.whatsAppDirectLine.sendToDevice(group, `Spell: ${text}`);
       }
 
       // Detects user typed language and updates their locale profile if applies.
diff --git a/packages/kb.gbapp/dialogs/AskDialog.ts b/packages/kb.gbapp/dialogs/AskDialog.ts
index c2064f74..5ed1df23 100644
--- a/packages/kb.gbapp/dialogs/AskDialog.ts
+++ b/packages/kb.gbapp/dialogs/AskDialog.ts
@@ -97,12 +97,14 @@ export class AskDialog extends IGBDialog {
           user.subjects = [];
         }
         let text: string;
+
         // Three forms of asking.
+
         if (step.options && step.options.firstTime) {
           text = Messages[locale].ask_first_time;
-        } else if (step.options && step.options.isReturning) {
+        } else if (step.options && step.options.isReturning && !step.context.activity.group) {
           text = Messages[locale].anything_else;
-        } else if (step.options && step.options.emptyPrompt) {
+        } else if (step.context.activity.group || (step.options && step.options.emptyPrompt)) {
           text = '';
         } else if (user.subjects.length > 0) {
           text = Messages[locale].which_question;
@@ -302,8 +304,7 @@ export class AskDialog extends IGBDialog {
           }
           const CHATGPT_TIMEOUT = 60 * 1000;
           GBLog.info(`ChatGPT being used...`);
-          const response = await GBServer.globals.chatGPT.sendMessage(text, 
-            { timeoutMs: CHATGPT_TIMEOUT });
+          const response = await GBServer.globals.chatGPT.sendMessage(text, { timeoutMs: CHATGPT_TIMEOUT });
 
           if (!response) {
             GBLog.info(`SEARCH called but NO answer could be found (zero results).`);
diff --git a/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts b/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts
index 035346fe..24e978e3 100644
--- a/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts
+++ b/packages/whatsapp.gblib/services/WhatsappDirectLine.ts
@@ -618,7 +618,8 @@ export class WhatsappDirectLine extends GBService {
         from: {
           id: from,
           channelIdEx: 'whatsapp', 
-          name: fromName
+          name: fromName, 
+          group: group
         },
         replyToId: from
       }