diff --git a/src/service/rooms/timeline/data.rs b/src/service/rooms/timeline/data.rs
index 42bede4f..9fe403fe 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/timeline/data.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/timeline/data.rs
@@ -87,14 +87,21 @@ impl Data {
 			.map(|pdu_id| pdu_id.pdu_count())
 	}
 
+	/// Returns the json of a pdu.
+	pub(super) async fn get_outlier_pdu_json(
+		&self,
+		event_id: &EventId,
+	) -> Result<CanonicalJsonObject> {
+		self.eventid_outlierpdu
+			.get(event_id)
+			.await
+			.deserialized()
+	}
+
 	/// Returns the json of a pdu.
 	pub(super) async fn get_pdu_json(&self, event_id: &EventId) -> Result<CanonicalJsonObject> {
 		let accepted = self.get_non_outlier_pdu_json(event_id).boxed();
-		let outlier = self
-			.eventid_outlierpdu
-			.get(event_id)
-			.map(Deserialized::deserialized)
-			.boxed();
+		let outlier = self.get_outlier_pdu_json(event_id).boxed();
 
 		select_ok([accepted, outlier]).await.map(at!(0))
 	}
@@ -133,16 +140,22 @@ impl Data {
 		self.pduid_pdu.exists(&pduid).await
 	}
 
+	/// Returns the pdu.
+	///
+	/// Checks the `eventid_outlierpdu` Tree if not found in the timeline.
+	pub(super) async fn get_outlier_pdu(&self, event_id: &EventId) -> Result<PduEvent> {
+		self.eventid_outlierpdu
+			.get(event_id)
+			.await
+			.deserialized()
+	}
+
 	/// Returns the pdu.
 	///
 	/// Checks the `eventid_outlierpdu` Tree if not found in the timeline.
 	pub(super) async fn get_pdu(&self, event_id: &EventId) -> Result<PduEvent> {
 		let accepted = self.get_non_outlier_pdu(event_id).boxed();
-		let outlier = self
-			.eventid_outlierpdu
-			.get(event_id)
-			.map(Deserialized::deserialized)
-			.boxed();
+		let outlier = self.get_outlier_pdu(event_id).boxed();
 
 		select_ok([accepted, outlier]).await.map(at!(0))
 	}