diff --git a/ts/jobs/helpers/sendStory.ts b/ts/jobs/helpers/sendStory.ts
index 15acb6977b..8fe3c9eb02 100644
--- a/ts/jobs/helpers/sendStory.ts
+++ b/ts/jobs/helpers/sendStory.ts
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ export async function sendStory(
       return;
     }
 
-    const messageTimestamp = message.get('timestamp');
     const messageConversation = message.getConversation();
     if (messageConversation !== conversation) {
       log.error(
-        `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): Message conversation '${messageConversation?.idForLogging()}' does not match job conversation ${conversation.idForLogging()}`
+        `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): Message conversation '${messageConversation?.idForLogging()}' does not match job conversation ${conversation.idForLogging()}`
       );
       return;
     }
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ export async function sendStory(
 
     if (!attachment) {
       log.info(
-        `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): message does not have any attachments to send. Giving up on sending it`
+        `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): message does not have any attachments to send. Giving up on sending it`
       );
       return;
     }
@@ -177,18 +176,26 @@ export async function sendStory(
         return;
       }
 
-      const messageTimestamp = message.get('timestamp');
+      if (message.get('timestamp') !== timestamp) {
+        log.error(
+          `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): Message timestamp ${message.get(
+            'timestamp'
+          )} does not match job timestamp`
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+
       const messageConversation = message.getConversation();
       if (messageConversation !== conversation) {
         log.error(
-          `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): Message conversation '${messageConversation?.idForLogging()}' does not match job conversation ${conversation.idForLogging()}`
+          `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): Message conversation '${messageConversation?.idForLogging()}' does not match job conversation ${conversation.idForLogging()}`
         );
         return;
       }
 
       if (message.isErased() || message.get('deletedForEveryone')) {
         log.info(
-          `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): message was erased. Giving up on sending it`
+          `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): message was erased. Giving up on sending it`
         );
         return;
       }
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ export async function sendStory(
 
       if (!receiverId) {
         log.info(
-          `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): did not get a valid recipient ID for message. Giving up on sending it`
+          `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): did not get a valid recipient ID for message. Giving up on sending it`
         );
         return;
       }
@@ -227,7 +234,7 @@ export async function sendStory(
 
       if (!shouldContinue) {
         log.info(
-          `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): ran out of time. Giving up on sending it`
+          `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): ran out of time. Giving up on sending it`
         );
         await markMessageFailed(message, [
           new Error('Message send ran out of time'),
@@ -257,7 +264,7 @@ export async function sendStory(
             }
           );
           throw new Error(
-            `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): sending blocked because ${untrustedUuids.length} conversation(s) were untrusted. Failing this attempt.`
+            `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): sending blocked because ${untrustedUuids.length} conversation(s) were untrusted. Failing this attempt.`
           );
         }
 
@@ -282,7 +289,7 @@ export async function sendStory(
         );
 
         log.info(
-          `stories.sendStory(${messageTimestamp}): sending story to ${receiverId}`
+          `stories.sendStory(${timestamp}): sending story to ${receiverId}`
         );
 
         const storyMessage = new Proto.StoryMessage();
diff --git a/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts b/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts
index a6a672f33d..199a311cee 100644
--- a/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ export async function sendStoryMessage(
           type: conversationQueueJobEnum.enum.Story,
           conversationId,
           messageIds: [messageAttributes.id],
-          timestamp,
+          // using the group timestamp, which will differ from the 1:1 timestamp
+          timestamp: messageAttributes.timestamp,
         },
         async jobToInsert => {
           const model = new window.Whisper.Message(messageAttributes);