diff --git a/syncapi/storage/postgres/output_room_events_table.go b/syncapi/storage/postgres/output_room_events_table.go
index bd7aa018d..44de02c92 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/postgres/output_room_events_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/postgres/output_room_events_table.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const updateEventJSONSQL = "" +
 
 // In order for us to apply the state updates correctly, rows need to be ordered in the order they were received (id).
 const selectStateInRangeSQL = "" +
-	"SELECT id, headered_event_json, exclude_from_sync, add_state_ids, remove_state_ids" +
+	"SELECT event_id, id, headered_event_json, exclude_from_sync, add_state_ids, remove_state_ids" +
 	" FROM syncapi_output_room_events" +
 	" WHERE (id > $1 AND id <= $2) AND (add_state_ids IS NOT NULL OR remove_state_ids IS NOT NULL)" +
 	" AND ( $3::text[] IS NULL OR     sender  = ANY($3)  )" +
@@ -221,13 +221,14 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) SelectStateInRange(
 
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var (
+			eventID         string
 			streamPos       types.StreamPosition
 			eventBytes      []byte
 			excludeFromSync bool
 			addIDs          pq.StringArray
 			delIDs          pq.StringArray
 		)
-		if err := rows.Scan(&streamPos, &eventBytes, &excludeFromSync, &addIDs, &delIDs); err != nil {
+		if err := rows.Scan(&eventID, &streamPos, &eventBytes, &excludeFromSync, &addIDs, &delIDs); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		// Sanity check for deleted state and whine if we see it. We don't need to do anything
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) SelectStateInRange(
 
 		// TODO: Handle redacted events
 		var ev gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(eventBytes, &ev); err != nil {
+		if err := ev.UnmarshalJSONWithEventID(eventBytes, eventID); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		needSet := stateNeeded[ev.RoomID()]
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) SelectStateInRange(
 		}
 		stateNeeded[ev.RoomID()] = needSet
 
-		eventIDToEvent[ev.EventID()] = types.StreamEvent{
+		eventIDToEvent[eventID] = types.StreamEvent{
 			HeaderedEvent:   &ev,
 			StreamPosition:  streamPos,
 			ExcludeFromSync: excludeFromSync,
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go
index 37f7ea003..afdbe55ce 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const updateEventJSONSQL = "" +
 	"UPDATE syncapi_output_room_events SET headered_event_json=$1 WHERE event_id=$2"
 
 const selectStateInRangeSQL = "" +
-	"SELECT id, headered_event_json, exclude_from_sync, add_state_ids, remove_state_ids" +
+	"SELECT event_id, id, headered_event_json, exclude_from_sync, add_state_ids, remove_state_ids" +
 	" FROM syncapi_output_room_events" +
 	" WHERE (id > $1 AND id <= $2)" +
 	" AND ((add_state_ids IS NOT NULL AND add_state_ids != '') OR (remove_state_ids IS NOT NULL AND remove_state_ids != ''))"
@@ -173,13 +173,14 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) SelectStateInRange(
 
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var (
+			eventID         string
 			streamPos       types.StreamPosition
 			eventBytes      []byte
 			excludeFromSync bool
 			addIDsJSON      string
 			delIDsJSON      string
 		)
-		if err := rows.Scan(&streamPos, &eventBytes, &excludeFromSync, &addIDsJSON, &delIDsJSON); err != nil {
+		if err := rows.Scan(&eventID, &streamPos, &eventBytes, &excludeFromSync, &addIDsJSON, &delIDsJSON); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) SelectStateInRange(
 
 		// TODO: Handle redacted events
 		var ev gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(eventBytes, &ev); err != nil {
+		if err := ev.UnmarshalJSONWithEventID(eventBytes, eventID); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		needSet := stateNeeded[ev.RoomID()]
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) SelectStateInRange(
 		}
 		stateNeeded[ev.RoomID()] = needSet
 
-		eventIDToEvent[ev.EventID()] = types.StreamEvent{
+		eventIDToEvent[eventID] = types.StreamEvent{
 			HeaderedEvent:   &ev,
 			StreamPosition:  streamPos,
 			ExcludeFromSync: excludeFromSync,