diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/events/ShowSnackbarEvent.java b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/events/ShowSnackbarEvent.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 44e086f1c..000000000
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/events/ShowSnackbarEvent.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package com.habitrpg.android.habitica.events;
-
-import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
-import android.view.View;
-
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaSnackbar;
-
-/**
- * Created by phillip on 26.06.17.
- */
-
-public class ShowSnackbarEvent {
-
-    public Drawable leftImage;
-    public String title;
-    public String text;
-    public HabiticaSnackbar.SnackbarDisplayType type;
-    public View specialView;
-    public Drawable rightIcon;
-    public int rightTextColor;
-    public String rightText;
-}
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/events/ShowSnackbarEvent.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/events/ShowSnackbarEvent.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e3938e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/events/ShowSnackbarEvent.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.habitrpg.android.habitica.events
+
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
+import android.view.View
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaSnackbar.SnackbarDisplayType
+
+/**
+ * Created by phillip on 26.06.17.
+ */
+class ShowSnackbarEvent {
+    constructor(title: String, type: SnackbarDisplayType) {
+        this.title = title
+        this.type = type
+    }
+
+    constructor()
+
+    var leftImage: Drawable? = null
+    var title: String? = null
+    var text: String? = null
+    var type: SnackbarDisplayType = SnackbarDisplayType.NORMAL
+    var specialView: View? = null
+    var rightIcon: Drawable? = null
+    var rightTextColor = 0
+    var rightText: String? = null
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/ChatRecyclerViewHolder.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/ChatRecyclerViewHolder.kt
index af3003de4..81bc748d2 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/ChatRecyclerViewHolder.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/ChatRecyclerViewHolder.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.R
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.databinding.ChatItemBinding
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.databinding.TavernChatIntroItemBinding
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.events.ShowSnackbarEvent
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.extensions.dpToPx
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.extensions.getAgoString
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.extensions.setScaledPadding
@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ import io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Maybe
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.schedulers.Schedulers
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.members.Member
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaSnackbar
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.dialogs.HabiticaAlertDialog
+import org.greenrobot.eventbus.EventBus
 
 open class ChatRecyclerViewHolder(itemView: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(itemView)
 
@@ -69,20 +72,15 @@ class ChatRecyclerMessageViewHolder(itemView: View, private var userId: String,
         itemView.setOnClickListener {
             onShouldExpand?.invoke()
         }
-        binding.tvLikes.setOnClickListener { chatMessage?.let {
-            if(it.uuid != userId) {
-                onLikeMessage?.invoke(it)
-            }
-            else {
-                val context = context
-                if (context != null) {
-                    val alert = HabiticaAlertDialog(context)
-                    alert.setMessage("Can't like your own message. Don't be that person.")
-                    alert.addButton(R.string.ok, true)
-                    alert.show()
+        binding.tvLikes.setOnClickListener {
+            chatMessage?.let {
+                if(it.uuid != userId) {
+                    onLikeMessage?.invoke(it)
+                } else {
+                    val event = ShowSnackbarEvent(context.getString(R.string.cant_like_own_message), HabiticaSnackbar.SnackbarDisplayType.FAILURE)
+                    EventBus.getDefault().post(event)
                 }
             }
-            }
         }
         binding.messageText.setOnClickListener { onShouldExpand?.invoke() }
         binding.messageText.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()