diff --git a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
index 627932e83..afbf2ec45 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ func (d *Database) RewriteState(
 			}
 		}
 
+		// TODO: is there something better here that we can do instead of giving stream position 0?
 		return d.updateRoomState(ctx, txn, []string{}, addStateEvents, types.StreamPosition(0))
 	})
 }