diff --git a/clientapi/routing/room_tagging.go b/clientapi/routing/room_tagging.go
index 6e0703377..f9ab9a1a7 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/room_tagging.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/room_tagging.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func GetTags(
 	device *authtypes.Device,
 	userID string,
 	roomID string,
+	syncProducer *producers.SyncAPIProducer,
 ) util.JSONResponse {
 
 	if device.UserID != userID {
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ func GetTags(
 		return httputil.LogThenError(req, err)
 	}
 
+	// send data to syncapi
+	if err := syncProducer.SendData(userID, roomID, "m.tag"); err != nil {
+		return httputil.LogThenError(req, err)
+	}
+
 	return util.JSONResponse{
 		Code: http.StatusOK,
 		JSON: tagContent,
@@ -103,9 +109,9 @@ func PutTag(
 
 	var properties gomatrix.TagProperties
 
-	// if reqErr := httputil.UnmarshalJSONRequest(req, &properties); reqErr != nil {
-	// 	return *reqErr
-	// }
+	if reqErr := httputil.UnmarshalJSONRequest(req, &properties); reqErr != nil {
+		return *reqErr
+	}
 
 	tagContent := newTag()
 	var dataByte []byte
@@ -242,12 +248,3 @@ func saveTagData(
 
 	return accountDB.SaveAccountData(req.Context(), localpart, roomID, "m.tag", string(newTagData))
 }
-
-// extractEventContents is an utility function to obtain "content" from the ClientEvent
-func extractEventContents(data []gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent) []gomatrixserverlib.RawJSON {
-	contentData := make([]gomatrixserverlib.RawJSON, 0, len(data))
-	for i := 0; i < len(data); i++ {
-		contentData = append(contentData, data[i].Content)
-	}
-	return contentData
-}
diff --git a/clientapi/routing/routing.go b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
index 22b9f427e..e7913578c 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func Setup(
 			if err != nil {
 				return util.ErrorResponse(err)
 			}
-			return GetTags(req, accountDB, device, vars["userId"], vars["roomId"])
+			return GetTags(req, accountDB, device, vars["userId"], vars["roomId"],syncProducer)
 		}),
 	).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodOptions)