diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/EnvelopeOrigin.scala b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/EnvelopeOrigin.scala
index 9fc29da8..6d18ee13 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/EnvelopeOrigin.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/EnvelopeOrigin.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import akka.persistence.query.typed.EventEnvelope
   val SourceQuery = ""
   val SourceBacktracking = "BT"
   val SourcePubSub = "PS"
+  val SourceSnapshot = "SN"
 
   def fromQuery(env: EventEnvelope[_]): Boolean =
     env.source == SourceQuery
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ import akka.persistence.query.typed.EventEnvelope
   def fromPubSub(env: EventEnvelope[_]): Boolean =
     env.source == SourcePubSub
 
+  def fromSnapshot(env: EventEnvelope[_]): Boolean =
+    env.source == SourceSnapshot
+
   def isFilteredEvent(env: Any): Boolean =
     env match {
       case e: EventEnvelope[_] => e.filtered
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/StartingFromSnapshotStage.scala b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/StartingFromSnapshotStage.scala
index 08f85f2c..3f9840b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/StartingFromSnapshotStage.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/internal/StartingFromSnapshotStage.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ import akka.stream.stage.OutHandler
         }
 
         override def onUpstreamFinish(): Unit = {
-          val primaryHandler = new PrimaryHandler
+          val primaryHandler = new PrimaryHandler(isAvailable(out))
           self.setHandler(out, primaryHandler)
 
           subFusingMaterializer.materialize(
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ import akka.stream.stage.OutHandler
         }
       }
 
-      class PrimaryHandler extends OutHandler with InHandler {
+      class PrimaryHandler(pullImmediately: Boolean) extends OutHandler with InHandler {
         val subSink = new SubSinkInlet[EventEnvelope[Event]]("snapshots")
-        subSink.pull()
+        if (pullImmediately) subSink.pull()
         subSink.setHandler(this)
 
         override def onPull(): Unit = {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/scaladsl/R2dbcReadJournal.scala b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/scaladsl/R2dbcReadJournal.scala
index 336746b3..73f703a9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/scaladsl/R2dbcReadJournal.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/scaladsl/R2dbcReadJournal.scala
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ final class R2dbcReadJournal(system: ExtendedActorSystem, config: Config, cfgPat
       row.entityType,
       row.slice,
       filtered = false,
-      source = "",
+      source = EnvelopeOrigin.SourceSnapshot,
       tags = row.tags)
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/EventsByPersistenceIdStartingFromSnapshotSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/EventsByPersistenceIdStartingFromSnapshotSpec.scala
index 30751e3a..cced7b5b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/EventsByPersistenceIdStartingFromSnapshotSpec.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/r2dbc/query/EventsByPersistenceIdStartingFromSnapshotSpec.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package akka.persistence.r2dbc.query
 
 import java.time.Instant
-
 import akka.Done
 import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.testkit.typed.scaladsl.LogCapturing
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import akka.persistence.r2dbc.TestActors.Persister.PersistWithAck
 import akka.persistence.r2dbc.TestConfig
 import akka.persistence.r2dbc.TestData
 import akka.persistence.r2dbc.TestDbLifecycle
+import akka.persistence.r2dbc.internal.EnvelopeOrigin
 import akka.persistence.r2dbc.query.scaladsl.R2dbcReadJournal
 import akka.persistence.typed.PersistenceId
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ class EventsByPersistenceIdStartingFromSnapshotSpec
           .runWith(sinkProbe)
           .request(21)
 
-        result.expectNext().event shouldBe expectedSnapshotEvent(17)
+        val evt17 = result.expectNext()
+        evt17.event shouldBe expectedSnapshotEvent(17)
+        EnvelopeOrigin.fromSnapshot(evt17) shouldBe true
         for (i <- 18 to 20) {
           result.expectNext().event shouldBe s"e-$i"
         }