diff --git a/api/v1/server/run/run.go b/api/v1/server/run/run.go
index 659fadec7..f782ce53c 100644
--- a/api/v1/server/run/run.go
+++ b/api/v1/server/run/run.go
@@ -401,10 +401,16 @@ func (t *APIServer) registerSpec(g *echo.Group, spec *openapi3.T) (*populator.Po
 				return nil, "", err
 			}
 
+			payload, err := t.config.V1.OLAP().ReadPayload(timeoutCtx, v1Event.TenantID.String(), v1Event.ExternalID)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, "", err
+			}
+
 			event = &dbsqlc.Event{
 				ID:                 v1Event.ExternalID,
 				TenantId:           v1Event.TenantID,
-				Data:               v1Event.Payload,
+				Data:               payload,
 				CreatedAt:          pgtype.Timestamp(v1Event.SeenAt),
 				AdditionalMetadata: v1Event.AdditionalMetadata,
 				Key:                v1Event.Key,
diff --git a/pkg/repository/v1/olap.go b/pkg/repository/v1/olap.go
index 10b7e8b05..0684f8f5c 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/v1/olap.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/v1/olap.go
@@ -1976,9 +1976,14 @@ func (r *OLAPRepositoryImpl) BulkCreateEventsAndTriggers(ctx context.Context, ev
 
 	defer rollback()
 
-	// todo: remove this when we remove dual writes
 	eventsToInsert := events
+	eventExternalIdToPayload := make(map[pgtype.UUID][]byte)
 
+	for i, payload := range eventsToInsert.Payloads {
+		eventExternalIdToPayload[eventsToInsert.Externalids[i]] = payload
+	}
+
+	// todo: remove this when we remove dual writes
 	if !r.payloadStore.OLAPDualWritesEnabled() {
 		payloads := make([][]byte, len(eventsToInsert.Payloads))
 
@@ -2066,6 +2071,7 @@ func (r *OLAPRepositoryImpl) BulkCreateEventsAndTriggers(ctx context.Context, ev
 			ID:         id,
 			InsertedAt: insertedAt,
 		}] = event.ExternalID
+		payload := eventExternalIdToPayload[event.ExternalID]
 
 		offloadToExternalOpts = append(offloadToExternalOpts, OffloadToExternalStoreOpts{
 			StorePayloadOpts: &StorePayloadOpts{
@@ -2073,7 +2079,7 @@ func (r *OLAPRepositoryImpl) BulkCreateEventsAndTriggers(ctx context.Context, ev
 				InsertedAt: event.SeenAt,
 				ExternalId: event.ExternalID,
 				Type:       sqlcv1.V1PayloadTypeTASKINPUT,
-				Payload:    event.Payload,
+				Payload:    payload,
 				TenantId:   event.TenantID.String(),
 			},
 			OffloadAt: time.Now(),