diff --git a/src/logging/NullLogger.js b/src/logging/NullLogger.js
index b6e47d59..1860e697 100644
--- a/src/logging/NullLogger.js
+++ b/src/logging/NullLogger.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {LogLevel} from "./LogFilter.js";
 
 function noop () {}
 
-export const Instance = new NullLogger(); 
 
 export class NullLogger {
     constructor() {
@@ -90,3 +89,5 @@ class NullLogItem {
 
     finish() {}
 }
+
+export const Instance = new NullLogger(); 
diff --git a/src/matrix/e2ee/RoomEncryption.js b/src/matrix/e2ee/RoomEncryption.js
index 7af65553..de12fc1d 100644
--- a/src/matrix/e2ee/RoomEncryption.js
+++ b/src/matrix/e2ee/RoomEncryption.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export class RoomEncryption {
             }));
         }
 
-        log.refDetached("check key backup", async log => {
+        log.wrapDetached("check key backup", async log => {
             // if the message came from sync, wait 10s to see if the room key arrives late,
             // and only after that proceed to request from backup
             log.set("source", source);
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/Room.js b/src/matrix/room/Room.js
index a88250f0..967cb8b2 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/Room.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/Room.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class Room extends EventEmitter {
      * Used for decrypting when loading/filling the timeline, and retrying decryption,
      * not during sync, where it is split up during the multiple phases.
      */
-    _decryptEntries(source, entries, inboundSessionTxn = null, log = null) {
+    _decryptEntries(source, entries, inboundSessionTxn, log = null) {
         const request = new DecryptionRequest(async (r, log) => {
             if (!inboundSessionTxn) {
                 inboundSessionTxn = await this._storage.readTxn([this._storage.storeNames.inboundGroupSessions]);
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ export class Room extends EventEmitter {
             }
             await txn.complete();
             if (this._roomEncryption) {
-                const decryptRequest = this._decryptEntries(DecryptionSource.Timeline, gapResult.entries, log);
+                const decryptRequest = this._decryptEntries(DecryptionSource.Timeline, gapResult.entries, null, log);
                 await decryptRequest.complete();
             }
             // once txn is committed, update in-memory state & emit events