diff --git a/server/event_emmiter.go b/server/event_emmiter.go
index fe3bfba..c04052b 100644
--- a/server/event_emmiter.go
+++ b/server/event_emmiter.go
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ func (s *Server) emmitEvents(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	logger := s.logger.With("component", "event-emmiter")
 	ident := "self"
-	var since *int64
-	// TODO: track since
+
+	day := time.Hour * 24
+
+	since := time.Now().Add(-day).UnixMilli()
 
 	evts, evtManCancel, err := s.evtman.Subscribe(ctx, ident, func(evt *events.XRPCStreamEvent) bool {
 		return true
-	}, since)
+	}, &since)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/server/persist.go b/server/persist.go
index 700061f..4204ea3 100644
--- a/server/persist.go
+++ b/server/persist.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (p *DbPersister) Persist(ctx context.Context, e *events.XRPCStreamEvent) er
 	rec := &models.EventRecord{}
 	if err := p.Db.Order("seq desc").Limit(1).First(rec).Error; err != nil {
 		slog.Error("fetching most recent event record", "error", err)
-		rec.Seq = time.Now().Unix()
+		rec.Seq = time.Now().UnixMilli()
 	}
 
 	// if the error on inserting the event record is a constraint error, it means that
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ func (p *DbPersister) Playback(ctx context.Context, since int64, cb func(*events
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to query events: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		slog.Info("playback", "len of records", len(records))
+
 		if len(records) == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}