1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index 7fef8601e7..533f509709 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
     def _parse_event_from_row(self, row_dict):
         d = copy.deepcopy({k: v for k, v in row.items() if v})
         d.update(json.loads(json.loads(row["unrecognized_keys"])))
-        d["content"] = json.loads(d["content"})
+        d["content"] = json.loads(d["content"])
         del d["unrecognized_keys"]
 
         return self.event_factory.create_event(