diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/SimpleTile.js b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/SimpleTile.js
index ddfa0e4e..48935948 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/SimpleTile.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/SimpleTile.js
@@ -69,4 +69,8 @@ export default class SimpleTile {
     get internalId() {
         return this._entry.asEventKey().toString();
     }
+
+    get isPending() {
+        return this._entry.isPending;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/Timeline.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/Timeline.js
index 05fcc3f5..5ca48561 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/Timeline.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/Timeline.js
@@ -1,32 +1,39 @@
-import { SortedArray } from "../../../observable/index.js";
+import { SortedArray, MappedList, ConcatList } from "../../../observable/index.js";
 import Direction from "./Direction.js";
 import GapWriter from "./persistence/GapWriter.js";
 import TimelineReader from "./persistence/TimelineReader.js";
+import PendingEventEntry from "./entries/PendingEventEntry.js";
 
 export default class Timeline {
-    constructor({roomId, storage, closeCallback, fragmentIdComparer, hsApi}) {
+    constructor({roomId, storage, closeCallback, fragmentIdComparer, pendingEvents, user, hsApi}) {
         this._roomId = roomId;
         this._storage = storage;
         this._closeCallback = closeCallback;
         this._fragmentIdComparer = fragmentIdComparer;
         this._hsApi = hsApi;
-        this._entriesList = new SortedArray((a, b) => a.compare(b));
+        this._remoteEntries = new SortedArray((a, b) => a.compare(b));
         this._timelineReader = new TimelineReader({
             roomId: this._roomId,
             storage: this._storage,
             fragmentIdComparer: this._fragmentIdComparer
         });
+        const localEntries = new MappedList(pendingEvents, pe => {
+            return new PendingEventEntry({pendingEvent: pe, user});
+        }, (pee, params) => {
+            pee.notifyUpdate(params);
+        });
+        this._allEntries = new ConcatList(this._remoteEntries, localEntries);
     }
 
     /** @package */
     async load() {
         const entries = await this._timelineReader.readFromEnd(50);
-        this._entriesList.setManySorted(entries);
+        this._remoteEntries.setManySorted(entries);
     }
 
     /** @package */
     appendLiveEntries(newEntries) {
-        this._entriesList.setManySorted(newEntries);
+        this._remoteEntries.setManySorted(newEntries);
     }
 
     /** @public */
@@ -42,12 +49,12 @@ export default class Timeline {
             fragmentIdComparer: this._fragmentIdComparer
         });
         const newEntries = await gapWriter.writeFragmentFill(fragmentEntry, response);
-        this._entriesList.setManySorted(newEntries);
+        this._remoteEntries.setManySorted(newEntries);
     }
 
     // tries to prepend `amount` entries to the `entries` list.
     async loadAtTop(amount) {
-        const firstEventEntry = this._entriesList.array.find(e => !!e.event);
+        const firstEventEntry = this._remoteEntries.array.find(e => !!e.event);
         if (!firstEventEntry) {
             return;
         }
@@ -56,12 +63,12 @@ export default class Timeline {
             Direction.Backward,
             amount
         );
-        this._entriesList.setManySorted(entries);
+        this._remoteEntries.setManySorted(entries);
     }
 
     /** @public */
     get entries() {
-        return this._entriesList;
+        return this._allEntries;
     }
 
     /** @public */
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js
index 4aa143d2..63e8ba84 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js
@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ export default class PendingEventEntry extends BaseEntry {
         return null;
     }
 
+    get isPending() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     get id() {
         return this._pendingEvent.txnId;
     }
+
+    notifyUpdate() {
+        
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/web/css/timeline.css b/src/ui/web/css/timeline.css
index aea0be49..0b38857c 100644
--- a/src/ui/web/css/timeline.css
+++ b/src/ui/web/css/timeline.css
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
     background-color: darkgreen;
 }
 
+.TextMessageView.pending .message-container {
+    background-color: #333;
+}
+
 .message-container p {
     margin: 5px 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/web/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js b/src/ui/web/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
index 3d489c5c..a4d698eb 100644
--- a/src/ui/web/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
+++ b/src/ui/web/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export default class TextMessageView extends TemplateView {
     render(t, vm) {
         // no bindings ... should this be a template view?
         return t.li(
-            {className: {"TextMessageView": true, own: vm.isOwn}},
+            {className: {"TextMessageView": true, own: vm.isOwn, pending: vm.isPending}},
             t.div({className: "message-container"}, [
                 t.div({className: "sender"}, vm => vm.isContinuation ? "" : vm.sender),
                 t.p([vm.text, t.time(vm.date + " " + vm.time)]),