diff --git a/database/upgrades/06-user-read-state-version.sql b/database/upgrades/06-user-read-state-version.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..612a777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/upgrades/06-user-read-state-version.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- v6: Store user read state version
+ALTER TABLE "user" ADD COLUMN read_state_version INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
diff --git a/database/user.go b/database/user.go
index 6c05208..9b2cb00 100644
--- a/database/user.go
+++ b/database/user.go
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ func (uq *UserQuery) New() *User {
 }
 
 func (uq *UserQuery) GetByMXID(userID id.UserID) *User {
-	query := `SELECT mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room FROM "user" WHERE mxid=$1`
+	query := `SELECT mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room, read_state_version FROM "user" WHERE mxid=$1`
 	return uq.New().Scan(uq.db.QueryRow(query, userID))
 }
 
 func (uq *UserQuery) GetByID(id string) *User {
-	query := `SELECT mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room FROM "user" WHERE dcid=$1`
+	query := `SELECT mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room, read_state_version FROM "user" WHERE dcid=$1`
 	return uq.New().Scan(uq.db.QueryRow(query, id))
 }
 
 func (uq *UserQuery) GetAllWithToken() []*User {
 	query := `
-		SELECT mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room
+		SELECT mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room, read_state_version
 		FROM "user" WHERE discord_token IS NOT NULL
 	`
 	rows, err := uq.db.Query(query)
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ type User struct {
 	ManagementRoom id.RoomID
 	SpaceRoom      id.RoomID
 	DMSpaceRoom    id.RoomID
+
+	ReadStateVersion int
 }
 
 func (u *User) Scan(row dbutil.Scannable) *User {
 	var discordID, managementRoom, spaceRoom, dmSpaceRoom, discordToken sql.NullString
-	err := row.Scan(&u.MXID, &discordID, &discordToken, &managementRoom, &spaceRoom, &dmSpaceRoom)
+	err := row.Scan(&u.MXID, &discordID, &discordToken, &managementRoom, &spaceRoom, &dmSpaceRoom, &u.ReadStateVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err != sql.ErrNoRows {
 			u.log.Errorln("Database scan failed:", err)
@@ -82,8 +84,8 @@ func (u *User) Scan(row dbutil.Scannable) *User {
 }
 
 func (u *User) Insert() {
-	query := `INSERT INTO "user" (mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)`
-	_, err := u.db.Exec(query, u.MXID, strPtr(u.DiscordID), strPtr(u.DiscordToken), strPtr(string(u.ManagementRoom)), strPtr(string(u.SpaceRoom)), strPtr(string(u.DMSpaceRoom)))
+	query := `INSERT INTO "user" (mxid, dcid, discord_token, management_room, space_room, dm_space_room, read_state_version) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)`
+	_, err := u.db.Exec(query, u.MXID, strPtr(u.DiscordID), strPtr(u.DiscordToken), strPtr(string(u.ManagementRoom)), strPtr(string(u.SpaceRoom)), strPtr(string(u.DMSpaceRoom)), u.ReadStateVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		u.log.Warnfln("Failed to insert %s: %v", u.MXID, err)
 		panic(err)
@@ -91,8 +93,8 @@ func (u *User) Insert() {
 }
 
 func (u *User) Update() {
-	query := `UPDATE "user" SET dcid=$1, discord_token=$2, management_room=$3, space_room=$4, dm_space_room=$5 WHERE mxid=$6`
-	_, err := u.db.Exec(query, strPtr(u.DiscordID), strPtr(u.DiscordToken), strPtr(string(u.ManagementRoom)), strPtr(string(u.SpaceRoom)), strPtr(string(u.DMSpaceRoom)), u.MXID)
+	query := `UPDATE "user" SET dcid=$1, discord_token=$2, management_room=$3, space_room=$4, dm_space_room=$5, read_state_version=$6 WHERE mxid=$7`
+	_, err := u.db.Exec(query, strPtr(u.DiscordID), strPtr(u.DiscordToken), strPtr(string(u.ManagementRoom)), strPtr(string(u.SpaceRoom)), strPtr(string(u.DMSpaceRoom)), u.ReadStateVersion, u.MXID)
 	if err != nil {
 		u.log.Warnfln("Failed to update %q: %v", u.MXID, err)
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5bf39ea..b419103 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ require (
 	maunium.net/go/mauflag v1.0.0 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo => gitlab.com/beeper/discordgo v0.23.3-0.20220708085215-5150e3de5797
+replace github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo => gitlab.com/beeper/discordgo v0.23.3-0.20220708095310-09da7ef6f6de
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a464947..2b95fa0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.4 h1:cuiLzLnaMeBhRmEv00Lpk3tkYrcxpmbU81tAY4Dw0tc=
 github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.4/go.mod h1:098SZ494YoMWPmMO6ct4dcFnqxwj9r/gF0Etp19pSNM=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.12 h1:6hffw6vALvEDqJ19dOJvJKOoAOKe4NDaTqvd2sktGN0=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.12/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
-gitlab.com/beeper/discordgo v0.23.3-0.20220708085215-5150e3de5797 h1:G+6sujr5CBD1+GyDq9Vobj/2XhaRejXzyOVDNNWlM/E=
-gitlab.com/beeper/discordgo v0.23.3-0.20220708085215-5150e3de5797/go.mod h1:NJZpH+1AfhIcyQsPeuBKsUtYrRnjkyu0kIVMCHkZtRY=
+gitlab.com/beeper/discordgo v0.23.3-0.20220708095310-09da7ef6f6de h1:XSKsxfGXfUf7KTyzM1NmzYkqetqiLivUULhXr7alZX4=
+gitlab.com/beeper/discordgo v0.23.3-0.20220708095310-09da7ef6f6de/go.mod h1:NJZpH+1AfhIcyQsPeuBKsUtYrRnjkyu0kIVMCHkZtRY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d h1:sK3txAijHtOK88l68nt020reeT1ZdKLIYetKl95FzVY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
diff --git a/user.go b/user.go
index dd3a9cd..b5d8da7 100644
--- a/user.go
+++ b/user.go
@@ -129,37 +129,32 @@ func (user *User) GetIGhost() bridge.Ghost {
 var _ bridge.User = (*User)(nil)
 
 func (br *DiscordBridge) loadUser(dbUser *database.User, mxid *id.UserID) *User {
-	// If we weren't passed in a user we attempt to create one if we were given
-	// a matrix id.
 	if dbUser == nil {
 		if mxid == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
-
 		dbUser = br.DB.User.New()
 		dbUser.MXID = *mxid
 		dbUser.Insert()
 	}
 
 	user := br.NewUser(dbUser)
-
-	// We assume the usersLock was acquired by our caller.
 	br.usersByMXID[user.MXID] = user
 	if user.DiscordID != "" {
 		br.usersByID[user.DiscordID] = user
 	}
-
 	if user.ManagementRoom != "" {
-		// Lock the management rooms for our update
 		br.managementRoomsLock.Lock()
 		br.managementRooms[user.ManagementRoom] = user
 		br.managementRoomsLock.Unlock()
 	}
-
 	return user
 }
 
 func (br *DiscordBridge) GetUserByMXID(userID id.UserID) *User {
+	if userID == br.Bot.UserID || br.IsGhost(userID) {
+		return nil
+	}
 	br.usersLock.Lock()
 	defer br.usersLock.Unlock()
 
@@ -167,7 +162,6 @@ func (br *DiscordBridge) GetUserByMXID(userID id.UserID) *User {
 	if !ok {
 		return br.loadUser(br.DB.User.GetByMXID(userID), &userID)
 	}
-
 	return user
 }
 
@@ -179,7 +173,6 @@ func (br *DiscordBridge) GetUserByID(id string) *User {
 	if !ok {
 		return br.loadUser(br.DB.User.GetByID(id), nil)
 	}
-
 	return user
 }
 
@@ -192,7 +185,6 @@ func (br *DiscordBridge) NewUser(dbUser *database.User) *User {
 
 	user.PermissionLevel = br.Config.Bridge.Permissions.Get(user.MXID)
 	user.BridgeState = br.NewBridgeStateQueue(user, user.log)
-
 	return user
 }
 
@@ -210,7 +202,6 @@ func (br *DiscordBridge) getAllUsersWithToken() []*User {
 		}
 		users[idx] = user
 	}
-
 	return users
 }
 
@@ -538,6 +529,19 @@ func (user *User) readyHandler(_ *discordgo.Session, r *discordgo.Ready) {
 		portal := user.GetPortalByMeta(ch)
 		user.handlePrivateChannel(portal, ch, updateTS, i < maxCreate, portalsInSpace[portal.Key.String()])
 	}
+
+	if r.ReadState.Version > user.ReadStateVersion {
+		// TODO can we figure out which read states are actually new?
+		for _, entry := range r.ReadState.Entries {
+			user.messageAckHandler(nil, &discordgo.MessageAck{
+				MessageID: string(entry.LastMessageID),
+				ChannelID: entry.ID,
+			})
+		}
+		user.ReadStateVersion = r.ReadState.Version
+		user.Update()
+	}
+
 	user.BridgeState.Send(bridge.State{StateEvent: bridge.StateConnected})
 }
 
@@ -761,6 +765,11 @@ func (user *User) messageAckHandler(_ *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageAc
 		user.log.Warnfln("Failed to mark %s/%s as read: %v", msg.MXID, msg.DiscordID, err)
 	} else {
 		user.log.Debugfln("Marked %s/%s as read after Discord message ack event", msg.MXID, msg.DiscordID)
+		if user.ReadStateVersion < m.Version {
+			user.ReadStateVersion = m.Version
+			// TODO maybe don't update every time?
+			user.Update()
+		}
 	}
 }