diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py
index 2377421..719053c 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import json
 
 import zmq
 import zmq.asyncio as azmq
+from pydantic import ValidationError
 from zmq.asyncio import Context
 
 from control_backend.agents import BaseAgent
 from control_backend.agents.actuation.robot_gesture_agent import RobotGestureAgent
 from control_backend.core.config import settings
 from control_backend.schemas.internal_message import InternalMessage
+from control_backend.schemas.ri_message import PauseCommand
 
 from ..actuation.robot_speech_agent import RobotSpeechAgent
 from ..perception import VADAgent
@@ -320,12 +322,9 @@ class RICommunicationAgent(BaseAgent):
             self.connected = True
 
     async def handle_message(self, msg: InternalMessage):
-        """
-        Handle an incoming message.
-
-        Currently not implemented for this agent.
-
-        :param msg: The received message.
-        :raises NotImplementedError: Always, since this method is not implemented.
-        """
-        self.logger.warning("custom warning for handle msg in ri coms %s", self.name)
+        try:
+            pause_command = PauseCommand.model_validate_json(msg.body)
+            self._req_socket.send_json(pause_command.model_dump())
+            self.logger.debug(self._req_socket.recv_json())
+        except ValidationError:
+            self.logger.warning("Incorrect message format for PauseCommand.")
diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
index 4dee823..05af28a 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ class UserInterruptAgent(BaseAgent):
                     await self._send_experiment_update(payload)
                     self.logger.info(f"UI Update: Goal {goal_name} started (ID: {ui_id})")
             case "active_norms_update":
-                self.logger.info(f"msg.bodyy{msg.body}")
                 norm_list = [s.strip("() '\",") for s in msg.body.split(",") if s.strip("() '\",")]
 
                 await self._broadcast_cond_norms(norm_list)