diff --git a/syncapi/storage/output_room_events_table_test.go b/syncapi/storage/output_room_events_table_test.go
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+++ b/syncapi/storage/output_room_events_table_test.go
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+package storage
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const dataSourceName = "postgres://dendrite:itsasecret@postgres/dendrite_syncapi?sslmode=disable"
+
+//const dataSourceName = "postgres://dendrite:itsasecret@localhost:15432/dendrite_syncapi?sslmode=disable"
+
+const testEventId = "test-event-id"
+
+func Test_sanityCheckOutputRoomEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := NewSyncServerDatabase(dataSourceName)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	err = db.events.prepare(db.db)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	truncateTable(t, db)
+	insertTestEvent(t, db)
+	selectTestEvent(t, db)
+	truncateTable(t, db)
+}
+
+func TestSyncServerDatabase_selectEventsWithEventIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := NewSyncServerDatabase(dataSourceName)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	insertTestEvent(t, db)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	txn, err := db.db.Begin()
+
+	var eventIDs = []string{testEventId}
+	events, err := db.fetchMissingStateEvents(ctx, txn, eventIDs)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, events)
+	assert.Condition(t, func() bool {
+		return len(events) > 0
+	})
+
+}
+
+func insertTestEvent(t *testing.T, db *SyncServerDatabase) {
+	txn, err := db.db.Begin()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	keyBytes := []byte("1122334455667788112233445566778811223344556677881122334455667788")
+	eventBuilder := gomatrixserverlib.EventBuilder{
+		RoomID:  "test-room-id",
+		Content: []byte(`{"RawContent": "test-raw-content"}`),
+	}
+	event, err := eventBuilder.Build(
+		testEventId,
+		time.Now(),
+		"test-server-name",
+		"test-key-id",
+		keyBytes)
+
+
+	var addState, removeState []string
+	transactionID := api.TransactionID{
+		DeviceID: "test-device-id",
+		TransactionID:"test-transaction-id",
+	}
+
+	newEventID, err := db.events.insertEvent(
+		context.Background(),
+		txn,
+		&event,
+		addState,
+		removeState,
+		&transactionID)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = txn.Commit()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	assert.Condition(t, func() bool {
+		return newEventID > 0
+	})
+}
+
+func selectTestEvent(t *testing.T, db *SyncServerDatabase) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	var eventIDs = []string{testEventId}
+	res, err := db.Events(ctx, eventIDs)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, res)
+
+	assert.Condition(t, func() bool {
+		return len(res) > 0
+	})
+}
+
+func truncateTable(t *testing.T, db *SyncServerDatabase) {
+	_, err := db.db.Exec("TRUNCATE syncapi_output_room_events")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+}