diff --git a/lib/shared/messages/delete-entry-message-spec.js b/lib/shared/messages/delete-entry-message-spec.js
index 320003bd4..36926e4d0 100644
--- a/lib/shared/messages/delete-entry-message-spec.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages/delete-entry-message-spec.js
@@ -1,128 +1,153 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import { messageTypes } from '../../types/message-types';
-import type { MessageInfo } from '../../types/message-types';
+import type {
+  MessageInfo,
+  ClientDBMessageInfo,
+} from '../../types/message-types';
 import type {
   DeleteEntryMessageData,
   DeleteEntryMessageInfo,
   RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo,
 } from '../../types/messages/delete-entry';
 import type { NotifTexts } from '../../types/notif-types';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../../types/thread-types';
 import type { RelativeUserInfo } from '../../types/user-types';
 import { prettyDate } from '../../utils/date-utils';
 import {
   robotextToRawString,
   robotextForMessageInfo,
   removeCreatorAsViewer,
 } from '../message-utils';
 import { stringForUser } from '../user-utils';
 import type {
   MessageSpec,
   MessageTitleParam,
   NotificationTextsParams,
 } from './message-spec';
 import { assertSingleMessageInfo } from './utils';
 
 export const deleteEntryMessageSpec: MessageSpec<
   DeleteEntryMessageData,
   RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo,
   DeleteEntryMessageInfo,
 > = Object.freeze({
   messageContentForServerDB(
     data: DeleteEntryMessageData | RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo,
   ): string {
     return JSON.stringify({
       entryID: data.entryID,
       date: data.date,
       text: data.text,
     });
   },
 
   messageTitle({
     messageInfo,
     threadInfo,
     viewerContext,
   }: MessageTitleParam<DeleteEntryMessageInfo>) {
     let validMessageInfo: DeleteEntryMessageInfo = (messageInfo: DeleteEntryMessageInfo);
     if (viewerContext === 'global_viewer') {
       validMessageInfo = removeCreatorAsViewer(validMessageInfo);
     }
     return robotextToRawString(
       robotextForMessageInfo(validMessageInfo, threadInfo),
     );
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromServerDBRow(row: Object): RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo {
     const content = JSON.parse(row.content);
     return {
       type: messageTypes.DELETE_ENTRY,
       id: row.id.toString(),
       threadID: row.threadID.toString(),
       time: row.time,
       creatorID: row.creatorID.toString(),
       entryID: content.entryID,
       date: content.date,
       text: content.text,
     };
   },
 
+  rawMessageInfoFromClientDB(
+    clientDBMessageInfo: ClientDBMessageInfo,
+  ): RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo {
+    invariant(
+      clientDBMessageInfo.content !== undefined &&
+        clientDBMessageInfo.content !== null,
+      'content must be defined',
+    );
+    const content = JSON.parse(clientDBMessageInfo.content);
+    const rawDeleteEntryMessageInfo: RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo = {
+      type: messageTypes.DELETE_ENTRY,
+      id: clientDBMessageInfo.id,
+      threadID: clientDBMessageInfo.thread,
+      time: parseInt(clientDBMessageInfo.time),
+      creatorID: clientDBMessageInfo.user,
+      entryID: content.entryID,
+      date: content.date,
+      text: content.text,
+    };
+    return rawDeleteEntryMessageInfo;
+  },
+
   createMessageInfo(
     rawMessageInfo: RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo,
     creator: RelativeUserInfo,
   ): DeleteEntryMessageInfo {
     return {
       type: messageTypes.DELETE_ENTRY,
       id: rawMessageInfo.id,
       threadID: rawMessageInfo.threadID,
       creator,
       time: rawMessageInfo.time,
       entryID: rawMessageInfo.entryID,
       date: rawMessageInfo.date,
       text: rawMessageInfo.text,
     };
   },
 
   rawMessageInfoFromMessageData(
     messageData: DeleteEntryMessageData,
     id: ?string,
   ): RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo {
     invariant(id, 'RawDeleteEntryMessageInfo needs id');
     return { ...messageData, id };
   },
 
   robotext(messageInfo: DeleteEntryMessageInfo, creator: string): string {
     const date = prettyDate(messageInfo.date);
     return (
       `${creator} deleted an event scheduled for ${date}: ` +
       `"${encodeURI(messageInfo.text)}"`
     );
   },
 
   notificationTexts(
     messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo>,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     params: NotificationTextsParams,
   ): NotifTexts {
     const messageInfo = assertSingleMessageInfo(messageInfos);
     invariant(
       messageInfo.type === messageTypes.DELETE_ENTRY,
       'messageInfo should be messageTypes.DELETE_ENTRY!',
     );
     const prefix = stringForUser(messageInfo.creator);
     const body =
       `deleted an event in ${params.notifThreadName(threadInfo)} ` +
       `scheduled for ${prettyDate(messageInfo.date)}: "${messageInfo.text}"`;
     const merged = `${prefix} ${body}`;
     return {
       merged,
       title: threadInfo.uiName,
       body,
       prefix,
     };
   },
 
   generatesNotifs: true,
 });