diff --git a/lib/src/Event.dart b/lib/src/Event.dart
index 7190917b..2dcc01a8 100644
--- a/lib/src/Event.dart
+++ b/lib/src/Event.dart
@@ -157,10 +157,7 @@ class Event {
           roomID: room.id,
           type: "timeline",
           eventType: environment,
-          content: {
-            "event_id": id,
-            "status": -2,
-          }));
+          content: {"event_id": id, "status": -2, "content": {}}));
     }
   }