diff --git a/src/client_server.rs b/src/client_server.rs
index b20e7afd..a7f8093f 100644
--- a/src/client_server.rs
+++ b/src/client_server.rs
@@ -548,9 +548,8 @@ pub fn set_displayname_route(
 
     // Presence update
     db.global_edus
-        .update_globallatest(
-            &user_id,
-            EduEvent::Presence(ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent {
+        .update_presence(
+            ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent {
                 content: ruma_events::presence::PresenceEventContent {
                     avatar_url: db.users.avatar_url(&user_id).unwrap(),
                     currently_active: None,
@@ -560,7 +559,7 @@ pub fn set_displayname_route(
                     status_msg: None,
                 },
                 sender: user_id.clone(),
-            }),
+            },
             &db.globals,
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -640,9 +639,8 @@ pub fn set_avatar_url_route(
 
     // Presence update
     db.global_edus
-        .update_globallatest(
-            &user_id,
-            EduEvent::Presence(ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent {
+        .update_presence(
+            ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent {
                 content: ruma_events::presence::PresenceEventContent {
                     avatar_url: db.users.avatar_url(&user_id).unwrap(),
                     currently_active: None,
@@ -652,7 +650,7 @@ pub fn set_avatar_url_route(
                     status_msg: None,
                 },
                 sender: user_id.clone(),
-            }),
+            },
             &db.globals,
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -707,9 +705,8 @@ pub fn set_presence_route(
     let user_id = body.user_id.as_ref().expect("user is authenticated");
 
     db.global_edus
-        .update_globallatest(
-            &user_id,
-            EduEvent::Presence(ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent {
+        .update_presence(
+            ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent {
                 content: ruma_events::presence::PresenceEventContent {
                     avatar_url: db.users.avatar_url(&user_id).unwrap(),
                     currently_active: None,
@@ -719,7 +716,7 @@ pub fn set_presence_route(
                     status_msg: body.status_msg.clone(),
                 },
                 sender: user_id.clone(),
-            }),
+            },
             &db.globals,
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -2435,24 +2432,16 @@ pub fn sync_route(
         presence: sync_events::Presence {
             events: db
                 .global_edus
-                .globallatests_since(since)
+                .presence_since(since)
                 .unwrap()
-                .filter_map(|edu| {
-                    // Only look for presence events
-                    if let Ok(mut edu) = EventJson::<ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent>::from(
-                        edu.unwrap().into_json(),
-                    )
-                    .deserialize()
-                    {
-                        let timestamp = edu.content.last_active_ago.unwrap();
-                        edu.content.last_active_ago = Some(
-                            js_int::UInt::try_from(utils::millis_since_unix_epoch()).unwrap()
-                                - timestamp,
-                        );
-                        Some(edu.into())
-                    } else {
-                        None
-                    }
+                .map(|edu| {
+                    let mut edu = edu.unwrap().deserialize().unwrap();
+                    let timestamp = edu.content.last_active_ago.unwrap();
+                    let last_active_ago = js_int::UInt::try_from(utils::millis_since_unix_epoch())
+                        .unwrap()
+                        - timestamp;
+                    edu.content.last_active_ago = Some(last_active_ago);
+                    edu.into()
                 })
                 .collect(),
         },
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 7be0dc70..dc78ba9a 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ impl Database {
                 roomuserdataid_accountdata: db.open_tree("roomuserdataid_accountdata").unwrap(),
             },
             global_edus: global_edus::GlobalEdus {
-                //globalallid_globalall: db.open_tree("globalallid_globalall").unwrap(),
-                globallatestid_globallatest: db.open_tree("globallatestid_globallatest").unwrap(), // Presence
+                presenceid_presence: db.open_tree("presenceid_presence").unwrap(), // Presence
             },
             media: media::Media {
                 mediaid_file: db.open_tree("mediaid_file").unwrap(),
diff --git a/src/database/global_edus.rs b/src/database/global_edus.rs
index f6652606..5f7491b3 100644
--- a/src/database/global_edus.rs
+++ b/src/database/global_edus.rs
@@ -1,67 +1,53 @@
 use crate::Result;
-use ruma_events::{collections::only::Event as EduEvent, EventJson};
-use ruma_identifiers::UserId;
+use ruma_events::EventJson;
 
 pub struct GlobalEdus {
     //pub globalallid_globalall: sled::Tree, // ToDevice, GlobalAllId = UserId + Count
-    pub(super) globallatestid_globallatest: sled::Tree, // Presence, GlobalLatestId = Count + UserId
+    pub(super) presenceid_presence: sled::Tree, // Presence, PresenceId = Count + UserId
 }
 
 impl GlobalEdus {
     /// Adds a global event which will be saved until a new event replaces it (e.g. presence updates).
-    pub fn update_globallatest(
+    pub fn update_presence(
         &self,
-        user_id: &UserId,
-        event: EduEvent,
+        presence: ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent,
         globals: &super::globals::Globals,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         // Remove old entry
         if let Some(old) = self
-            .globallatestid_globallatest
+            .presenceid_presence
             .iter()
             .keys()
             .rev()
             .filter_map(|r| r.ok())
             .find(|key| {
-                key.rsplit(|&b| b == 0xff).next().unwrap() == user_id.to_string().as_bytes()
+                key.rsplit(|&b| b == 0xff).next().unwrap() == presence.sender.to_string().as_bytes()
             })
         {
             // This is the old global_latest
-            self.globallatestid_globallatest.remove(old)?;
+            self.presenceid_presence.remove(old)?;
         }
 
-        let mut global_latest_id = globals.next_count()?.to_be_bytes().to_vec();
-        global_latest_id.push(0xff);
-        global_latest_id.extend_from_slice(&user_id.to_string().as_bytes());
+        let mut presence_id = globals.next_count()?.to_be_bytes().to_vec();
+        presence_id.push(0xff);
+        presence_id.extend_from_slice(&presence.sender.to_string().as_bytes());
 
-        self.globallatestid_globallatest
-            .insert(global_latest_id, &*serde_json::to_string(&event)?)?;
+        self.presenceid_presence
+            .insert(presence_id, &*serde_json::to_string(&presence)?)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Returns an iterator over the most recent presence updates that happened after the event with id `since`.
-    pub fn globallatests_since(
+    pub fn presence_since(
         &self,
         since: u64,
-    ) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = Result<EventJson<EduEvent>>>> {
-        let first_possible_edu = since.to_be_bytes().to_vec();
+    ) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = Result<EventJson<ruma_events::presence::PresenceEvent>>>> {
+        let first_possible_edu = (since + 1).to_be_bytes().to_vec(); // +1 so we don't send the event at since
 
         Ok(self
-            .globallatestid_globallatest
+            .presenceid_presence
             .range(&*first_possible_edu..)
-            // Skip the first pdu if it's exactly at since, because we sent that last time
-            .skip(
-                if self
-                    .globallatestid_globallatest
-                    .get(first_possible_edu)?
-                    .is_some()
-                {
-                    1
-                } else {
-                    0
-                },
-            )
             .filter_map(|r| r.ok())
             .map(|(_, v)| Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&v)?)))
     }
diff --git a/src/database/rooms/edus.rs b/src/database/rooms/edus.rs
index 0519b437..a3fa2bc4 100644
--- a/src/database/rooms/edus.rs
+++ b/src/database/rooms/edus.rs
@@ -59,23 +59,11 @@ impl RoomEdus {
         prefix.push(0xff);
 
         let mut first_possible_edu = prefix.clone();
-        first_possible_edu.extend_from_slice(&since.to_be_bytes());
+        first_possible_edu.extend_from_slice(&(since + 1).to_be_bytes()); // +1 so we don't send the event at since
 
         Ok(self
             .roomlatestid_roomlatest
             .range(&*first_possible_edu..)
-            // Skip the first pdu if it's exactly at since, because we sent that last time
-            .skip(
-                if self
-                    .roomlatestid_roomlatest
-                    .get(first_possible_edu)?
-                    .is_some()
-                {
-                    1
-                } else {
-                    0
-                },
-            )
             .filter_map(|r| r.ok())
             .take_while(move |(k, _)| k.starts_with(&prefix))
             .map(|(_, v)| Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&v)?)))