diff --git a/.changeset/hot-cheetahs-call.md b/.changeset/hot-cheetahs-call.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aad9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hot-cheetahs-call.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@callstack/byorg-core': patch
+---
+
+Fixed missing references
diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/application.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/application.test.ts
index 64916b2..4301ee7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/application.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/application.test.ts
@@ -137,3 +137,47 @@ test('uses chat model from context', async () => {
   expect(altModel.calls.length).toBe(1);
   expect(baseModel.calls.length).toBe(0);
 });
+
+test('adds unique and returns references', async () => {
+  const baseModel = createMockChatModel({ delay: 0, seed: 3 });
+  const refFunc = vitest.fn();
+
+  const addReferenceMiddlewareMock = vitest.fn(
+    async (context: RequestContext, next: () => Promise<MessageResponse>) => {
+      context.references.addReferences([{ title: 'Test', url: 'test.com' }]);
+      return await next();
+    },
+  );
+
+  const getReferenceMiddlewareMock = vitest.fn(
+    async (context: RequestContext, next: () => Promise<MessageResponse>) => {
+      const response = await next();
+      refFunc(context.references.getReferences());
+      return response;
+    },
+  );
+
+  const app = createApp({
+    chatModel: baseModel,
+    plugins: [
+      {
+        name: 'add',
+        middleware: addReferenceMiddlewareMock,
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'get',
+        middleware: getReferenceMiddlewareMock,
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+
+  expect(refFunc).not.toBeCalled();
+  await app.processMessages(messages);
+  expect(addReferenceMiddlewareMock).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(getReferenceMiddlewareMock).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(refFunc).toBeCalledWith([{ title: 'Test', url: 'test.com' }]);
+  await app.processMessages(messages);
+  expect(addReferenceMiddlewareMock).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+  expect(getReferenceMiddlewareMock).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+  expect(refFunc).toBeCalledWith([{ title: 'Test', url: 'test.com' }]);
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/references.ts b/packages/core/src/references.ts
index 4fc0913..b5aad33 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/references.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/references.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ export const getReferenceStorage = (): ReferenceStorage => {
   const getKey = (ref: DocumentReference) => ref.url;
 
   return {
-    addReferences(references: DocumentReference[]): void {
-      for (const ref of references) {
+    addReferences(referencesToAdd: DocumentReference[]): void {
+      for (const ref of referencesToAdd) {
         const refKey = getKey(ref);
         if (!referencesKeys.has(refKey)) {
           referencesKeys.add(refKey);