diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 199fb1384c..ac7dcdca2c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.13.2 (2016-02-11)
+=======================================
+
+* Fix bug where ``/events`` would fail to skip some events if there had been
+  more events than the limit specified since the last request (PR #570)
+
 Changes in synapse v0.13.1 (2016-02-10)
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 8da62c7b07..9c4213a4a9 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.13.1"
+__version__ = "0.13.2"
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index a8e3a9029c..b2de2cd0c0 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ class RoomEventSource(object):
                 from_key=from_key,
                 to_key=to_key,
                 limit=limit or 10,
+                order='ASC',
             )
 
             events = list(room_events)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
index 140ce2704b..accbc6cfac 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from ._base import client_v2_patterns
 
 import copy
+import itertools
 import logging
 
 import ujson as json
@@ -288,6 +289,15 @@ class SyncRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
         state_events = state_dict.values()
 
+        for event in itertools.chain(state_events, timeline_events):
+            # We've had bug reports that events were coming down under the
+            # wrong room.
+            if event.room_id != room.room_id:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Event %r is under room %r instead of %r",
+                    event.event_id, room.room_id, event.room_id,
+                )
+
         serialized_state = [serialize(e) for e in state_events]
         serialized_timeline = [serialize(e) for e in timeline_events]
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/stream.py b/synapse/storage/stream.py
index 367ffc9543..0d1034c6f1 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/stream.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/stream.py
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
         defer.returnValue(results)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_room_events_stream_for_rooms(self, room_ids, from_key, to_key, limit=0):
+    def get_room_events_stream_for_rooms(self, room_ids, from_key, to_key, limit=0,
+                                         order='DESC'):
         from_id = RoomStreamToken.parse_stream_token(from_key).stream
 
         room_ids = yield self._events_stream_cache.get_entities_changed(
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
         for rm_ids in (room_ids[i:i + 20] for i in xrange(0, len(room_ids), 20)):
             res = yield defer.gatherResults([
                 preserve_fn(self.get_room_events_stream_for_room)(
-                    room_id, from_key, to_key, limit,
+                    room_id, from_key, to_key, limit, order=order,
                 )
                 for room_id in room_ids
             ])
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
         defer.returnValue(results)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_room_events_stream_for_room(self, room_id, from_key, to_key, limit=0):
+    def get_room_events_stream_for_room(self, room_id, from_key, to_key, limit=0,
+                                        order='DESC'):
         if from_key is not None:
             from_id = RoomStreamToken.parse_stream_token(from_key).stream
         else:
@@ -206,8 +208,8 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
                     " room_id = ?"
                     " AND not outlier"
                     " AND stream_ordering > ? AND stream_ordering <= ?"
-                    " ORDER BY stream_ordering DESC LIMIT ?"
-                )
+                    " ORDER BY stream_ordering %s LIMIT ?"
+                ) % (order,)
                 txn.execute(sql, (room_id, from_id, to_id, limit))
             else:
                 sql = (
@@ -215,8 +217,8 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
                     " room_id = ?"
                     " AND not outlier"
                     " AND stream_ordering <= ?"
-                    " ORDER BY stream_ordering DESC LIMIT ?"
-                )
+                    " ORDER BY stream_ordering %s LIMIT ?"
+                ) % (order,)
                 txn.execute(sql, (room_id, to_id, limit))
 
             rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
@@ -232,7 +234,8 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         self._set_before_and_after(ret, rows, topo_order=False)
 
-        ret.reverse()
+        if order.lower() == "desc":
+            ret.reverse()
 
         if rows:
             key = "s%d" % min(r["stream_ordering"] for r in rows)