diff --git a/whatsapp-gateway/puppeteer-client.js b/whatsapp-gateway/puppeteer-client.js
index 117cb0f..050b9df 100644
--- a/whatsapp-gateway/puppeteer-client.js
+++ b/whatsapp-gateway/puppeteer-client.js
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ async function sendMessage(session_key, phone, message, media_url, audio, mimety
             options.sendAudioAsVoice = true;
         }
     }
+    
+    // Bypass WhatsApp Web's broken sendSeen evaluation
+    options.sendSeen = false;
 
     const sentMsg = await client.sendMessage(chatId, content, options);
     return { messageId: sentMsg.id.id, status: 'sent' };