diff --git a/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js b/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js
index b147d0f1..ec7296e8 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default class SendQueue {
         if (pendingEvents.length) {
             console.info(`SendQueue for room ${roomId} has ${pendingEvents.length} pending events`, pendingEvents);
         }
-        this._pendingEvents.setManySorted(pendingEvents.map(data => new PendingEvent(data)));
+        this._pendingEvents.setManyUnsorted(pendingEvents.map(data => new PendingEvent(data)));
         this._isSending = false;
         this._offline = false;
         this._amountSent = 0;
diff --git a/src/observable/list/SortedArray.js b/src/observable/list/SortedArray.js
index d38f94fd..6b34afdf 100644
--- a/src/observable/list/SortedArray.js
+++ b/src/observable/list/SortedArray.js
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ export default class SortedArray extends BaseObservableList {
         this._items = [];
     }
 
+    setManyUnsorted(items) {
+        this.setManySorted(items);
+    }
+
     setManySorted(items) {
         // TODO: we can make this way faster by only looking up the first and last key,
         // and merging whatever is inbetween with items