diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20a0c571..5caa29e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ usage: matrixctl [-h] [--version] [-d]
               ...
 
 positional arguments:
-  {adduser,deluser,adduser-jitsi,deluser-jitsi,user,users,purge-history,rooms,delroom,update,upload,deploy,server-notice,start,restart,maintenance,check,version}
+  {adduser,deluser,adduser-jitsi,deluser-jitsi,user,users,purge-history,rooms,delroom,update,upload,deploy,server-notice,get-event,start,restart,maintenance,check,version}
     adduser             Add a new matrix user
     deluser             Deletes a user
     adduser-jitsi       Add a new jitsi user
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ positional arguments:
     upload              Upload a file.
     deploy              Provision and deploy
     server-notice       Send a server notice
+    get-event           get an event from the DB
     start               Starts all OCI containers
     stop                Stops all OCI containers
     restart             Restarts all OCI containers (alias for start)
diff --git a/docs/source/matrixctl.rst b/docs/source/matrixctl.rst
index 10ae7903..84506386 100644
--- a/docs/source/matrixctl.rst
+++ b/docs/source/matrixctl.rst
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ server-notice
    :undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance:
 
+get-event
+---------
+
+.. automodule:: matrixctl.get_event
+   :members:
+   :undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+
 Helpers
 =======
 
diff --git a/matrixctl/__main__.py b/matrixctl/__main__.py
index d9a0ee26..0b5274d0 100644
--- a/matrixctl/__main__.py
+++ b/matrixctl/__main__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from matrixctl.deluser import subparser_deluser
 from matrixctl.deluser_jitsi import subparser_deluser_jitsi
 from matrixctl.deploy import subparser_deploy
+from matrixctl.get_event import subparser_get_event
 from matrixctl.maintenance import subparser_maintenance
 from matrixctl.purge_history import subparser_purge_history
 from matrixctl.rooms import subparser_rooms
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ def setup_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         subparser_upload,
         subparser_deploy,
         subparser_server_notice,
+        subparser_get_event,
         subparser_start,
         subparser_stop,
         subparser_restart,  # alias for start
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ def setup_logging(debug_mode: bool) -> None:
     # %(asctime)s %(hostname)s %(name)s[%(process)d] %(levelname)s %(message)s
 
     coloredlogs.install(
-        level="DEBUG" if debug_mode else "INFO",
+        level="DEBUG" if debug_mode else "WARNING",
         fmt=(
             "%(asctime)s %(name)s:%(lineno)d [%(funcName)s] %(levelname)s "
             "%(message)s"
diff --git a/matrixctl/get_event.py b/matrixctl/get_event.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7df3798f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matrixctl/get_event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# matrixctl
+# Copyright (c) 2020  Michael Sasser <Michael@MichaelSasser.org>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Use this module to get an event from the Database."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import logging
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from argparse import Namespace
+from argparse import _SubParsersAction as SubParsersAction
+from base64 import b64encode
+
+from .handlers.ssh import SSH
+from .handlers.ssh import SSHResponse
+from .handlers.toml import TOML
+from .typing import JsonDict
+
+
+__author__: str = "Michael Sasser"
+__email__: str = "Michael@MichaelSasser.org"
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+JID_EXT: str = "matrix-jitsi-web"
+
+
+def subparser_get_event(subparsers: SubParsersAction) -> None:
+    """Create a subparser for the ``matrixctl get-event`` command.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    subparsers : argparse._SubParsersAction
+        The object which is returned by
+        ``parser.add_subparsers()``.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+
+    """
+    parser: ArgumentParser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "get-event", help="get an event from the DB"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("event_id", help="The event-id")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=get_event)
+
+
+def get_event(arg: Namespace) -> int:
+    """Get an Event from the Server.
+
+    It connects via paramiko to the server and runs the psql command provided
+    by the synapse playbook to run a query on the Database.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    arg : argparse.Namespace
+        The ``Namespace`` object of argparse's ``parse_args()``
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    err_code : int
+        Non-zero value indicates error code, or zero on success.
+
+    """
+
+    toml: TOML = TOML()
+    address = (
+        toml.get("SSH", "Address")
+        if toml.get("SSH", "Address")
+        else f"matrix.{toml.get('API', 'Domain')}"
+    )
+
+    # Workaround because of "$" through: paramiko - bash - psql
+    event64 = b64encode(arg.event_id.encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")
+
+    query: str = "SELECT json FROM event_json WHERE event_id='$event'"
+    cmd: str = "/usr/local/bin/matrix-postgres-cli -P pager"
+    table: str = "synapse"
+
+    command: str = (
+        f"event=$(echo '{event64}' | base64 -d -) && "  # Workaround
+        f'sudo {cmd} -d {table} -c "{query}"'
+    )
+
+    logger.debug(f"command: {command}")
+
+    with SSH(address, toml.get("SSH", "User"), toml.get("SSH", "Port")) as ssh:
+        response: SSHResponse = ssh.run_cmd(command, tty=True)
+
+    if not response.stderr:
+        logger.debug(f"response: {response.stdout}")
+        if response.stdout:
+            start: int = response.stdout.find("{")
+            stop: int = response.stdout.rfind("}") + 1
+
+            response_parsed: JsonDict = json.loads(response.stdout[start:stop])
+            print(json.dumps(response_parsed, indent=4))
+            return 0
+        print("The response from the Database was empty.")
+        return 0
+    logger.error(f"response: {response.stderr}")
+    print(
+        "An error occured during the query. Are you sure, you used the "
+        "correct event_id?"
+    )
+    return 1
+
+
+# vim: set ft=python :
diff --git a/matrixctl/handlers/ssh.py b/matrixctl/handlers/ssh.py
index ac4c00da..0990bcec 100644
--- a/matrixctl/handlers/ssh.py
+++ b/matrixctl/handlers/ssh.py
@@ -111,13 +111,15 @@ def __str_from(f: ChannelFile) -> str | None:
         except OSError:
             return None
 
-    def run_cmd(self, cmd: str) -> SSHResponse:
+    def run_cmd(self, cmd: str, tty: bool = False) -> SSHResponse:
         """Run a command on the host machine and receive a response.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         cmd : str
             The command to run.
+        tty : bool
+            Request a pseudo-terminal from the server (default: ``False``)
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -129,7 +131,10 @@ def run_cmd(self, cmd: str) -> SSHResponse:
 
         response: SSHResponse = SSHResponse(
             # skipcq: BAN-B601
-            *[self.__str_from(s) for s in self.__client.exec_command(cmd)]
+            *[
+                self.__str_from(s)
+                for s in self.__client.exec_command(cmd, get_pty=tty)
+            ]
         )
 
         logger.debug(f'SSH Response: "{response}"')
diff --git a/news/139.feature b/news/139.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1295a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/139.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added the new command ``get-event``, which gets an event by ``event_id`` from the Database and prints it as JSON.