diff --git a/synapse/app/client_reader.py b/synapse/app/client_reader.py
index 398bb36602..e2c91123db 100644
--- a/synapse/app/client_reader.py
+++ b/synapse/app/client_reader.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
 from synapse.metrics import RegistryProxy
 from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.account_data import SlavedAccountDataStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.directory import DirectoryStore
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.client_reader")
 
 
 class ClientReaderSlavedStore(
+    SlavedAccountDataStore,
     SlavedEventStore,
     SlavedKeyStore,
     RoomStore,
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 6150b7e226..003b848c00 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, JoinRules, RoomCreationPreset
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, StoreError, SynapseError
-from synapse.types import RoomAlias, RoomID, RoomStreamToken, UserID
+from synapse.types import RoomAlias, RoomID, RoomStreamToken, StreamToken, UserID
 from synapse.util import stringutils
 from synapse.visibility import filter_events_for_client
 
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ class RoomContextHandler(object):
         before_limit = math.floor(limit / 2.)
         after_limit = limit - before_limit
 
-        now_token = yield self.hs.get_event_sources().get_current_token()
-
         users = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(room_id)
         is_peeking = user.to_string() not in users
 
@@ -462,11 +460,15 @@ class RoomContextHandler(object):
         )
         results["state"] = list(state[last_event_id].values())
 
-        results["start"] = now_token.copy_and_replace(
+        # We use a dummy token here as we only care about the room portion of
+        # the token, which we replace.
+        token = StreamToken.START
+
+        results["start"] = token.copy_and_replace(
             "room_key", results["start"]
         ).to_string()
 
-        results["end"] = now_token.copy_and_replace(
+        results["end"] = token.copy_and_replace(
             "room_key", results["end"]
         ).to_string()