diff --git a/doc/SENDING.md b/doc/SENDING.md
index b4e6382c..f7e1e7f3 100644
--- a/doc/SENDING.md
+++ b/doc/SENDING.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Remaining stuffs
+ - don't swallow send errors, they should probably appear in the room error?
+    - not sure it makes sense to show them where the composer is,
+      because they might get sent a long time after you enter them in brawl,
+      so you don't neccessarily have the context of the composer anymore
+ - local echo
+
+
 takes care of rate limiting,
 and sending events from different rooms in parallel,
 NO: txnIds are created inside room. ~~making txnIds? ... it's rooms though that will receive the event in their sync response~~
diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js b/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js
index 3f3e8d77..a628349e 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@ export default class RoomViewModel extends EventEmitter {
     get avatarInitials() {
         return avatarInitials(this._room.name);
     }
+
+    sendMessage(message) {
+        this._room.sendEvent("m.room.message", {msgtype: "m.text", body: message});
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 0b9ef4b8..9f957513 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Sync from "./matrix/sync.js";
 import SessionView from "./ui/web/session/SessionView.js";
 import SessionViewModel from "./domain/session/SessionViewModel.js";
 
-const HOST = "192.168.2.108";
+const HOST = "127.0.0.1";
 const HOMESERVER = `http://${HOST}:8008`;
 const USERNAME = "bruno1";
 const USER_ID = `@${USERNAME}:localhost`;
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export default async function main(container) {
         if (needsInitialSync) {
             showSession(container, session, sync);
         }
+        // this will start sending unsent messages
         session.notifyNetworkAvailable();
     } catch(err) {
         console.error(`${err.message}:\n${err.stack}`);
diff --git a/src/matrix/SendScheduler.js b/src/matrix/SendScheduler.js
index 9fbab290..b7407238 100644
--- a/src/matrix/SendScheduler.js
+++ b/src/matrix/SendScheduler.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Platform from "../../../Platform.js";
+import Platform from "../Platform.js";
 import {HomeServerError, NetworkError} from "./error.js";
 
 export class RateLimitingBackoff {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class SendScheduler {
 
     async _sendLoop() {
         while (this._sendRequests.length) {
-            const request = this._sendRequests.unshift();
+            const request = this._sendRequests.shift();
             let result;
             try {
                 // this can throw!
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export class SendScheduler {
                     }
                     this._sendRequests = [];
                 }
+                console.error("error for request", request);
                 request.reject(err);
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js b/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js
index d1666c02..b147d0f1 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/sending/SendQueue.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export default class SendQueue {
         this._storage = storage;
         this._sendScheduler = sendScheduler;
         this._pendingEvents = new SortedArray((a, b) => a.queueIndex - b.queueIndex);
+        if (pendingEvents.length) {
+            console.info(`SendQueue for room ${roomId} has ${pendingEvents.length} pending events`, pendingEvents);
+        }
         this._pendingEvents.setManySorted(pendingEvents.map(data => new PendingEvent(data)));
         this._isSending = false;
         this._offline = false;
@@ -24,13 +27,17 @@ export default class SendQueue {
     async _sendLoop() {
         this._isSending = true;
         try {
+            console.log("start sending", this._amountSent, "<", this._pendingEvents.length);
             while (this._amountSent < this._pendingEvents.length) {
                 const pendingEvent = this._pendingEvents.get(this._amountSent);
+                console.log("trying to send", pendingEvent.content.body);
                 this._amountSent += 1;
                 if (pendingEvent.remoteId) {
                     continue;
                 }
+                console.log("really sending now");
                 const response = await this._sendScheduler.request(hsApi => {
+                    console.log("got sendScheduler slot");
                     return hsApi.send(
                         pendingEvent.roomId,
                         pendingEvent.eventType,
@@ -39,7 +46,10 @@ export default class SendQueue {
                     );
                 });
                 pendingEvent.remoteId = response.event_id;
+                // 
+                console.log("writing remoteId now");
                 await this._tryUpdateEvent(pendingEvent);
+                console.log("keep sending?", this._amountSent, "<", this._pendingEvents.length);
             }
         } catch(err) {
             if (err instanceof NetworkError) {
@@ -97,16 +107,22 @@ export default class SendQueue {
 
     async _tryUpdateEvent(pendingEvent) {
         const txn = await this._storage.readWriteTxn([this._storage.storeNames.pendingEvents]);
+        console.log("_tryUpdateEvent: got txn");
         try {
             // pendingEvent might have been removed already here
             // by a racing remote echo, so check first so we don't recreate it
+            console.log("_tryUpdateEvent: before exists");
             if (await txn.pendingEvents.exists(pendingEvent.roomId, pendingEvent.queueIndex)) {
+                console.log("_tryUpdateEvent: inside if exists");
                 txn.pendingEvents.update(pendingEvent.data);
             }
+            console.log("_tryUpdateEvent: after exists");
         } catch (err) {
             txn.abort();
+            console.log("_tryUpdateEvent: error", err);
             throw err;
         }
+        console.log("_tryUpdateEvent: try complete");
         await txn.complete();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEntry.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEntry.js
index 3c3d31b2..6c55788c 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEntry.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEntry.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //entries can be sorted, first by fragment, then by entry index.
 import EventKey from "../EventKey.js";
-import { PENDING_FRAGMENT_ID } from "./PendingEventEntry.js";
+export const PENDING_FRAGMENT_ID = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
 
 export default class BaseEntry {
     constructor(fragmentIdComparer) {
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js
index 03b79cf4..8b3fd656 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/PendingEventEntry.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import BaseEntry from "./BaseEntry.js";
-
-export const PENDING_FRAGMENT_ID = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+import BaseEntry, {PENDING_FRAGMENT_ID} from "./BaseEntry.js";
 
 export default class PendingEventEntry extends BaseEntry {
     constructor(pendingEvent) {
diff --git a/src/matrix/session.js b/src/matrix/session.js
index 251debb9..d39404a8 100644
--- a/src/matrix/session.js
+++ b/src/matrix/session.js
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ export default class Session {
         // load rooms
         const rooms = await txn.roomSummary.getAll();
         await Promise.all(rooms.map(summary => {
-            const room = this.createRoom(summary.roomId, pendingEventsByRoomId[summary.roomId]);
+            const room = this.createRoom(summary.roomId, pendingEventsByRoomId.get(summary.roomId));
             return room.load(summary, txn);
         }));
     }
 
     notifyNetworkAvailable() {
-        for (const room of this._rooms) {
+        for (const [, room] of this._rooms) {
             room.resumeSending();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/matrix/storage/idb/query-target.js b/src/matrix/storage/idb/query-target.js
index 45d268b6..fa5b99f5 100644
--- a/src/matrix/storage/idb/query-target.js
+++ b/src/matrix/storage/idb/query-target.js
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export default class QueryTarget {
         return reqAsPromise(this._target.get(key));
     }
 
+    getKey(key) {
+        return reqAsPromise(this._target.getKey(key));
+    }
+
     reduce(range, reducer, initialValue) {
         return this._reduce(range, reducer, initialValue, "next");
     }
diff --git a/src/matrix/storage/idb/store.js b/src/matrix/storage/idb/store.js
index ae2008bb..58709573 100644
--- a/src/matrix/storage/idb/store.js
+++ b/src/matrix/storage/idb/store.js
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ class QueryTargetWrapper {
             throw new StorageError("get failed", err);
         }
     }
+    
+    getKey(...params) {
+        try {
+            return this._qt.getKey(...params);
+        } catch(err) {
+            throw new StorageError("getKey failed", err);
+        }
+    }
 
     delete(...params) {
         try {
diff --git a/src/matrix/storage/idb/transaction.js b/src/matrix/storage/idb/transaction.js
index e66b6d5f..1c2c8286 100644
--- a/src/matrix/storage/idb/transaction.js
+++ b/src/matrix/storage/idb/transaction.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import RoomSummaryStore from "./stores/RoomSummaryStore.js";
 import TimelineEventStore from "./stores/TimelineEventStore.js";
 import RoomStateStore from "./stores/RoomStateStore.js";
 import TimelineFragmentStore from "./stores/TimelineFragmentStore.js";
+import PendingEventStore from "./stores/PendingEventStore.js";
 
 export default class Transaction {
     constructor(txn, allowedStoreNames) {
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ export default class Transaction {
         return this._store("roomState", idbStore => new RoomStateStore(idbStore));
     }
 
+    get pendingEvents() {
+        return this._store("pendingEvents", idbStore => new PendingEventStore(idbStore));
+    }
+
     complete() {
         return txnAsPromise(this._txn);
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/web/css/room.css b/src/ui/web/css/room.css
index 3a9dc886..955ad177 100644
--- a/src/ui/web/css/room.css
+++ b/src/ui/web/css/room.css
@@ -69,3 +69,11 @@
 .RoomView_error {
     color: red;
 }
+
+.MessageComposer > input {
+    display: block;
+    width: 100%;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: 0.8em;
+    border: none;
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/web/general/html.js b/src/ui/web/general/html.js
index e316d3c8..a5488b2b 100644
--- a/src/ui/web/general/html.js
+++ b/src/ui/web/general/html.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function text(str) {
 export const TAG_NAMES = [
     "ol", "ul", "li", "div", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6",
     "p", "strong", "em", "span", "img", "section", "main", "article", "aside",
-    "pre", "button", "time"];
+    "pre", "button", "time", "input", "textarea"];
 
 export const tag = {};
 
diff --git a/src/ui/web/session/room/MessageComposer.js b/src/ui/web/session/room/MessageComposer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4fb3715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/web/session/room/MessageComposer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import TemplateView from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+
+export default class MessageComposer extends TemplateView {
+    constructor(viewModel) {
+        super(viewModel);
+        this._input = null;
+    }
+
+    render(t) {
+        this._input = t.input({
+            placeholder: "Send a message ...",
+            onKeydown: e => this._onKeyDown(e)
+        });
+        return t.div({className: "MessageComposer"}, [this._input]);
+    }
+
+    _onKeyDown(event) {
+        if (event.key === "Enter") {
+            this.viewModel.sendMessage(this._input.value);
+            this._input.value = "";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/web/session/room/RoomView.js b/src/ui/web/session/room/RoomView.js
index c9225294..f431c16c 100644
--- a/src/ui/web/session/room/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/ui/web/session/room/RoomView.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import TemplateView from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
 import TimelineList from "./TimelineList.js";
+import MessageComposer from "./MessageComposer.js";
 
 export default class RoomView extends TemplateView {
     constructor(viewModel) {
@@ -18,17 +19,20 @@ export default class RoomView extends TemplateView {
                     ]),
                 ]),
                 t.div({className: "RoomView_error"}, vm => vm.error),
-                this._timelineList.mount()
+                this._timelineList.mount(),
+                this._composer.mount(),
             ])
         ]);
     }
 
     mount() {
+        this._composer = new MessageComposer(this.viewModel);
         this._timelineList = new TimelineList();
         return super.mount();
     }
 
     unmount() {
+        this._composer.unmount();
         this._timelineList.unmount();
         super.unmount();
     }