diff --git a/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/component.ts b/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/component.ts
index dd8ae9442e..2268909b0c 100644
--- a/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/component.ts
+++ b/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/component.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export default class InstitutionalUsersList extends Component<InstitutionalUsers
     @tracked filteredUsers = [];
     @tracked messageModalShown = false;
     @tracked messageText = '';
+    @tracked bcc_sender = false;
+    @tracked replyTo = false;
     @tracked selectedUserId = null;
     @service toast!: Toast;
 
@@ -289,26 +291,11 @@ export default class InstitutionalUsersList extends Component<InstitutionalUsers
     @action
     resetModalFields() {
         this.messageText = '';
-        this.cc = false;
+        this.bcc_sender = false;
         this.replyTo = false;
         this.selectedUserId = null;
     }
 
-    @action
-    updateMessageText(event: Event) {
-        this.messageText = (event.target as HTMLTextAreaElement).value;
-    }
-
-    @action
-    toggleCc() {
-        this.cc = !this.cc;
-    }
-
-    @action
-    toggleReplyTo() {
-        this.replyTo = !this.replyTo;
-    }
-
     @task
     @waitFor
     async sendMessage() {
@@ -321,7 +308,7 @@ export default class InstitutionalUsersList extends Component<InstitutionalUsers
             const userMessage = this.store.createRecord('user-message', {
                 messageText: this.messageText.trim(),
                 messageType: MessageTypeChoices.InstitutionalRequest,
-                cc: this.cc,
+                bcc_sender: this.bcc_sender,
                 replyTo: this.replyTo,
                 institution: this.args.institution,
                 user: this.selectedUserId,
diff --git a/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/template.hbs b/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/template.hbs
index e95d0256a8..a049ed56f4 100644
--- a/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/template.hbs
+++ b/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/institutional-users-list/template.hbs
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@
                 </div>
                 <div local-class='checkbox-container'>
                     <label local-class='checkbox-item'>
-                        <input type='checkbox' checked={{this.cc}} {{on 'change' this.toggleCc}} />
+                        <Input @type='checkbox' @checked={{this.bcc_sender}} />
                         {{t 'institutions.dashboard.send_message_modal.cc_label'}}
                     </label>
                     <label local-class='checkbox-item'>
-                        <input type='checkbox' checked={{this.replyTo}} {{on 'change' this.toggleReplyTo}} />
+                        <Input @type='checkbox' @checked={{this.replyTo}} />
                         {{t 'institutions.dashboard.send_message_modal.reply_to_label'}}
                     </label>
                 </div>
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@
                 @type='primary'
                 @disabled={{not this.messageText.trim}}
                 {{on 'click' (queue (perform this.sendMessage))}}
-                {{on 'click' this.toggleMessageModal}}
 
             >
                 {{t 'institutions.dashboard.send_message_modal.send'}}
diff --git a/app/models/user-message.ts b/app/models/user-message.ts
index 7154f15fe3..9e66b3fa8f 100644
--- a/app/models/user-message.ts
+++ b/app/models/user-message.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export enum MessageTypeChoices {
 export default class UserMessageModel extends Model {
   @attr('string') messageText;
   @attr('string') messageType: MessageTypeChoices;
-  @attr('boolean') cc;
+  @attr('boolean') bcc_sender;
   @attr('boolean') replyTo;
   @belongsTo('institution') institution;
 }