diff --git a/lib/src/room.dart b/lib/src/room.dart
index 11db7672..92f5a4e2 100644
--- a/lib/src/room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/room.dart
@@ -1488,6 +1488,15 @@ class Room {
       }
     }
 
+    final timeline = Timeline(
+        room: this,
+        chunk: chunk,
+        onChange: onChange,
+        onRemove: onRemove,
+        onInsert: onInsert,
+        onNewEvent: onNewEvent,
+        onUpdate: onUpdate);
+
     // Fetch all users from database we have got here.
     if (eventContextId == null) {
       for (final event in events) {
@@ -1528,14 +1537,6 @@ class Room {
       }
     }
 
-    final timeline = Timeline(
-        room: this,
-        chunk: chunk,
-        onChange: onChange,
-        onRemove: onRemove,
-        onInsert: onInsert,
-        onNewEvent: onNewEvent,
-        onUpdate: onUpdate);
     return timeline;
   }