diff --git a/src/commands/interface-manager/CommandReader.ts b/src/commands/interface-manager/CommandReader.ts
index ac0014bb..283834ec 100644
--- a/src/commands/interface-manager/CommandReader.ts
+++ b/src/commands/interface-manager/CommandReader.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
-import { MatrixRoomReference, Permalinks, UserID, isError, isStringRoomAlias, isStringRoomID } from "matrix-protection-suite";
+import { MatrixEventReference, MatrixRoomReference, Permalinks, UserID, isError, isStringRoomAlias, isStringRoomID } from "matrix-protection-suite";
 
 export interface ISuperCoolStream<T> {
     readonly source: T
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function readItem(stream: StringStream): ReadItem {
 type ReadMacro = (stream: StringStream) => ReadItem;
 
 const WORD_DISPATCH_CHARACTERS = new Map<string, ReadMacro>();
-export type ReadItem = string | MatrixRoomReference | UserID | Keyword;
+export type ReadItem = string | MatrixRoomReference | UserID | Keyword | MatrixEventReference;
 
 /**
  * Defines a read macro to produce a read item.
@@ -276,8 +276,12 @@ definePostReadReplace(/^https:\/\/matrix\.to/, input => {
     }
     const url = parseResult.ok;
     if (url.eventID !== undefined) {
-        // don't know what to turn event references into yet.
-        return input;
+        const eventResult = MatrixEventReference.fromPermalink(input);
+        if (isError(eventResult)) {
+            return input;
+        } else {
+            return eventResult.ok;
+        }
     } else if (url.userID !== undefined) {
         return new UserID(url.userID);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixPresentations.tsx b/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixPresentations.tsx
index 1fdb1325..7b0f5b0d 100644
--- a/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixPresentations.tsx
+++ b/src/commands/interface-manager/MatrixPresentations.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { UserID } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
 import { definePresentationRenderer } from "./DeadDocumentPresentation";
 import { JSXFactory } from "./JSXFactory";
 import { DocumentNode } from "./DeadDocument";
-import { MatrixRoomAlias, MatrixRoomID } from "matrix-protection-suite";
+import { MatrixEventViaAlias, MatrixEventViaRoomID, MatrixRoomAlias, MatrixRoomID } from "matrix-protection-suite";
 
 
 makePresentationType({
@@ -38,3 +38,8 @@ definePresentationRenderer(findPresentationType('UserID'), function (presentatio
         {presentation.toString()}
     </a>
 })
+
+makePresentationType({
+    name: 'MatrixEventReference',
+    validator: simpleTypeValidator('MatrixEventReference', (item) => item instanceof MatrixEventViaAlias || item instanceof MatrixEventViaRoomID)
+})