diff --git a/briar_wrapper/models/private_chat.py b/briar_wrapper/models/private_chat.py
index 2067fbe6ce0668746de47645faa2f3a3da90e2f8..129cc2f4f1176f3d63e515c7af17d1ce68f9aa9a 100644
--- a/briar_wrapper/models/private_chat.py
+++ b/briar_wrapper/models/private_chat.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
-from requests import get as _get
-from requests import post as _post
+import requests
 
 from briar_wrapper.constants import BASE_HTTP_URL
 from briar_wrapper.model import Model
@@ -15,20 +14,17 @@ class PrivateChat(Model):
 
     API_ENDPOINT = "messages/"
 
-    _contact_id = 0
-    _on_message_received_callback = None
-
     def __init__(self, api, contact_id):
         super().__init__(api)
         self._contact_id = contact_id
 
     def get(self):
         url = urljoin(BASE_HTTP_URL,
-                      self.API_ENDPOINT + "/%d" % self._contact_id)
-        request = _get(url, headers=self._headers)
+                      self.API_ENDPOINT + str(self._contact_id))
+        request = requests.get(url, headers=self._headers)
         return request.json()
 
     def send(self, message):
         url = urljoin(BASE_HTTP_URL,
-                      self.API_ENDPOINT + "/%i" % self._contact_id)
-        _post(url, headers=self._headers, json={"text": message})
+                      self.API_ENDPOINT + str(self._contact_id))
+        requests.post(url, headers=self._headers, json={"text": message})