diff --git a/events/diskpersist/diskpersist.go b/events/diskpersist/diskpersist.go
index 9236c312..04695d1d 100644
--- a/events/diskpersist/diskpersist.go
+++ b/events/diskpersist/diskpersist.go
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ func scanForLastSeq(fi *os.File, end int64) (int64, error) {
 
 const (
 	evtKindCommit    = 1
-	evtKindHandle    = 2
-	evtKindTombstone = 3
+	evtKindHandle    = 2 // DEPRECATED
+	evtKindTombstone = 3 // DEPRECATED
 	evtKindIdentity  = 4
 	evtKindAccount   = 5
 	evtKindSync      = 6
diff --git a/events/persist.go b/events/persist.go
index 274d9787..494dd3dd 100644
--- a/events/persist.go
+++ b/events/persist.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ func (mp *MemPersister) Persist(ctx context.Context, e *XRPCStreamEvent) error {
 	switch {
 	case e.RepoCommit != nil:
 		e.RepoCommit.Seq = mp.seq
+	case e.RepoSync != nil:
+		e.RepoSync.Seq = mp.seq
 	case e.RepoIdentity != nil:
 		e.RepoIdentity.Seq = mp.seq
 	case e.RepoAccount != nil: