diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
index 240feb76..54fd5a0b 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ export class SyncWriter {
     async _writeTimeline(timelineEvents, timeline, memberSync, currentKey, txn, log) {
         const entries = [];
         const updatedEntries = [];
-        // only create a fragment when we will really write an event
         if (timelineEvents?.length) {
+            // only create a fragment when we will really write an event
             currentKey = await this._ensureLiveFragment(currentKey, entries, timeline, txn, log);
             log.set("timelineEvents", timelineEvents.length);
             let timelineStateEventCount = 0;