diff --git a/app/sender/sender.go b/app/sender/sender.go
index 8c423b5daac913d5378f0dfa508a10b35acecd99..b87212507c18274a2cbb5c6dc55e569e855e783d 100644
--- a/app/sender/sender.go
+++ b/app/sender/sender.go
@@ -114,9 +114,15 @@ func SendVoteRequestToNode(clientConfig Config, transIDInt int64, address string
 
 	conn := manage_connection.CreateConnection(address)
 
+	trans := Transaction{
+		Id:       strconv.FormatInt(transIDInt, 10),
+		Sender:   "",
+		Receiver: "",
+		Amount:   "",
+	}
 	mess := Message{
 		MessageType: "voteRequest",
-		MessageBody: transIDInt,
+		MessageBody: trans,
 	}
 	fmt.Println("Sending vote request to node", mess)
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(conn)
@@ -135,10 +141,17 @@ func SendFakeRequestToNode(clientConfig Config, transIDInt int64, address string
 
 	conn := manage_connection.CreateConnection(address)
 
+	trans := Transaction{
+		Id:       strconv.FormatInt(transIDInt, 10),
+		Sender:   "",
+		Receiver: "",
+		Amount:   "",
+	}
 	mess := Message{
 		MessageType: "fakeRequest",
-		MessageBody: transIDInt,
+		MessageBody: trans,
 	}
+
 	fmt.Println("Sending vote request to node", mess)
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(conn)
 	err := encoder.Encode(mess)