diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java
index 443a65fad..dc65cf8d5 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java
@@ -165,11 +165,10 @@ public class MessageController {
       @HeaderParam("User-Agent") String userAgent,
       @HeaderParam("X-Forwarded-For") String forwardedFor,
       @PathParam("destination") UUID destinationUuid,
+      @QueryParam("story") boolean isStory,
       @NotNull @Valid IncomingMessageList messages)
       throws RateLimitExceededException {
 
-    boolean isStory = messages.story();
-
     if (source.isEmpty() && accessKey.isEmpty() && !isStory) {
       throw new WebApplicationException(Response.Status.UNAUTHORIZED);
     }
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/entities/IncomingMessageList.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/entities/IncomingMessageList.java
index 7631f70f8..d5bb2af4e 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/entities/IncomingMessageList.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/entities/IncomingMessageList.java
@@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ import javax.validation.Valid;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 public record IncomingMessageList(@NotNull @Valid List<@NotNull IncomingMessage> messages,
-                                  boolean online, boolean urgent, boolean story, long timestamp) {
+                                  boolean online, boolean urgent, long timestamp) {
 
   @JsonCreator
   public IncomingMessageList(@JsonProperty("messages") @NotNull @Valid List<@NotNull IncomingMessage> messages,
       @JsonProperty("online") boolean online,
       @JsonProperty("urgent") Boolean urgent,
-      @JsonProperty("story") Boolean story,
       @JsonProperty("timestamp") long timestamp) {
 
-    this(messages, online, urgent == null || urgent, story != null && story, timestamp);
+    this(messages, online, urgent == null || urgent, timestamp);
   }
 }
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageControllerTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageControllerTest.java
index fb40d7c2a..5cc87eaaf 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageControllerTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageControllerTest.java
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ class MessageControllerTest {
             .request()
             .header(OptionalAccess.UNIDENTIFIED, Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(UNIDENTIFIED_ACCESS_BYTES))
             .put(Entity.entity(new IncomingMessageList(
-                    List.of(new IncomingMessage(1, 1L, 1, new String(contentBytes))), false, true, false,
+                    List.of(new IncomingMessage(1, 1L, 1, new String(contentBytes))), false, true,
                     System.currentTimeMillis()),
                 MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE));