diff --git a/src/Socket/chats.ts b/src/Socket/chats.ts
index 90e413e..e9dbf26 100644
--- a/src/Socket/chats.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/chats.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { SocketConfig, WAPresence, PresenceData, Chat, WAPatchCreate, WAMediaUpload, ChatMutation, WAPatchName, LTHashState, ChatModification, Contact } from "../Types";
-import { BinaryNode, getBinaryNodeChild, getBinaryNodeChildren, jidNormalizedUser, S_WHATSAPP_NET } from "../WABinary";
+import { BinaryNode, getBinaryNodeChild, getBinaryNodeChildren, jidNormalizedUser, S_WHATSAPP_NET, reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary } from "../WABinary";
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto'
 import { generateProfilePicture, toNumber, encodeSyncdPatch, decodePatches, extractSyncdPatches, chatModificationToAppPatch, decodeSyncdSnapshot, newLTHashState } from "../Utils";
 import { makeMessagesSocket } from "./messages-send";
@@ -465,6 +465,56 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
             }
         )
     }
+    /** sending abt props may fix QR scan fail if server expects */
+    const fetchAbt = async() => {
+        const abtNode = await query({
+            tag: 'iq',
+            attrs: {
+                to: S_WHATSAPP_NET,
+                xmlns: 'abt',
+                type: 'get',
+                id: generateMessageTag(),
+            },
+            content: [
+                { tag: 'props', attrs: { protocol: '1' } }
+            ]
+        })
+
+        const propsNode = getBinaryNodeChild(abtNode, 'props')
+        
+        let props: { [_: string]: string } = { }
+        if(propsNode) {
+            props = reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary(propsNode, 'prop')
+        }
+        logger.debug('fetched abt')
+
+        return props
+    }
+    /** sending non-abt props may fix QR scan fail if server expects */
+    const fetchProps = async() => {
+        const resultNode = await query({
+            tag: 'iq',
+            attrs: {
+                to: S_WHATSAPP_NET,
+                xmlns: 'w',
+                type: 'get',
+                id: generateMessageTag(),
+            },
+            content: [
+                { tag: 'props', attrs: { } }
+            ]
+        })
+
+        const propsNode = getBinaryNodeChild(resultNode, 'props')
+        
+        let props: { [_: string]: string } = { }
+        if(propsNode) {
+            props = reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary(propsNode, 'prop')
+        }
+        logger.debug('fetched props')
+
+        return props
+    }
     /**
      * modify a chat -- mark unread, read etc.
      * lastMessages must be sorted in reverse chronologically
@@ -514,6 +564,8 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
             sendPresenceUpdate('available')
             fetchBlocklist()
             fetchPrivacySettings()
+            fetchAbt()
+            fetchProps()
         }
     })
 
diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
index eb45b51..cd988b7 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-send.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 import got from "got"
 import { Boom } from "@hapi/boom"
-import { SocketConfig, MediaConnInfo, AnyMessageContent, MiscMessageGenerationOptions, WAMediaUploadFunction, MessageRelayOptions, WAMessageKey } from "../Types"
+import { SocketConfig, MediaConnInfo, AnyMessageContent, MiscMessageGenerationOptions, WAMediaUploadFunction, MessageRelayOptions } from "../Types"
 import { encodeWAMessage, generateMessageID, generateWAMessage, encryptSenderKeyMsgSignalProto, encryptSignalProto, extractDeviceJids, jidToSignalProtocolAddress, parseAndInjectE2ESession } from "../Utils"
-import { BinaryNode, getBinaryNodeChild, getBinaryNodeChildren, isJidGroup, jidDecode, jidEncode, jidNormalizedUser, S_WHATSAPP_NET, BinaryNodeAttributes, JidWithDevice } from '../WABinary'
+import { BinaryNode, getBinaryNodeChild, getBinaryNodeChildren, isJidGroup, jidDecode, jidEncode, jidNormalizedUser, S_WHATSAPP_NET, BinaryNodeAttributes, JidWithDevice, reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary } from '../WABinary'
 import { proto } from "../../WAProto"
 import { WA_DEFAULT_EPHEMERAL, DEFAULT_ORIGIN, MEDIA_PATH_MAP } from "../Defaults"
 import { makeGroupsSocket } from "./groups"
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ export const makeMessagesSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
                     { tag: 'privacy', attrs: { } }
                 ]
             })
-            const nodes = getBinaryNodeChildren(result, 'category')
-            privacySettings = nodes.reduce(
-                (dict, { attrs }) => {
-                    dict[attrs.name] = attrs.value
-                    return dict
-                }, { } as { [_: string]: string }
-            )
+            privacySettings = reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary(result, 'category')
         }
         return privacySettings
     }
diff --git a/src/WABinary/index.ts b/src/WABinary/index.ts
index e9d677c..644a870 100644
--- a/src/WABinary/index.ts
+++ b/src/WABinary/index.ts
@@ -308,5 +308,16 @@ export const assertNodeErrorFree = (node: BinaryNode) => {
 	}
 }
 
+export const reduceBinaryNodeToDictionary = (node: BinaryNode, tag: string) => {
+    const nodes = getBinaryNodeChildren(node, tag)
+    const dict = nodes.reduce(
+        (dict, { attrs }) => {
+            dict[attrs.name || attrs.config_code] = attrs.value || attrs.config_value
+            return dict
+        }, { } as { [_: string]: string }
+    )
+    return dict
+}
+
 export * from './jid-utils'
 export { Binary } from '../../WABinary/Binary'
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