diff --git a/src/controllers/sessionController.js b/src/controllers/sessionController.js
index 6e37b6e..b392646 100644
--- a/src/controllers/sessionController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/sessionController.js
@@ -363,9 +363,10 @@ const requestPairingCode = async (req, res) => {
       },
     }
   */
+  const sessionId = req.params.sessionId
   try {
     const { phoneNumber, showNotification = true } = req.body
-    const client = sessions.get(req.params.sessionId)
+    const client = sessions.get(sessionId)
     if (!client) {
       return res.json({ success: false, message: 'session_not_found' })
     }
@@ -374,37 +375,11 @@ const requestPairingCode = async (req, res) => {
       client.emit('code', code)
       return code
     })
-
-    // WhatsApp Web may initially expose only the QR flow. Switch the page to
-    // phone-number login before invoking the internal pairing API.
-    await client.pupPage.evaluate(() => {
-      const labels = [
-        'Log in with phone number',
-        'Inloggen met telefoonnummer',
-      ]
-      const element = [...document.querySelectorAll('div,button,a,span')].find((node) =>
-        labels.includes(node.textContent.trim()),
-      )
-      if (element) element.click()
-    })
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
-
-    // Drive the WhatsApp Web module directly in this Puppeteer page. This is
-    // intentionally kept here until the public wrapper handles this flow reliably.
-    const result = await client.pupPage.evaluate(
-      async (phoneNumber, showNotification) => {
-        const api = window.require('WAWebAltDeviceLinkingApi')
-        api.setPairingType('ALT_DEVICE_LINKING')
-        await api.initializeAltDeviceLinking()
-        return api.startAltLinkingFlow(phoneNumber, showNotification)
-      },
-      phoneNumber,
-      showNotification,
-    )
+    const result = await client.requestPairingCode(phoneNumber, showNotification)
     res.json({ success: true, result })
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.error({ sessionId: req.params.sessionId, err: error }, 'Failed to request pairing code')
-    sendErrorResponse(res, 500, error.message)
+    logger.error({ sessionId, err: error }, 'Failed to request pairing code')
+    res.status(500).json({ success: false, error: error.message })
   }
 }