diff --git a/examples/command_bot.rs b/examples/command_bot.rs
index 2b27bfe3..a238dac5 100644
--- a/examples/command_bot.rs
+++ b/examples/command_bot.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ async fn login_and_sync(
     username: String,
     password: String,
 ) -> Result<(), matrix_sdk::Error> {
+    // the location for `JsonStore` to save files to
     let mut home = dirs::home_dir().expect("no home directory found");
     home.push("party_bot");
 
@@ -87,7 +88,9 @@ async fn login_and_sync(
 
     println!("logged in as {}", username);
 
-    // initial sync to set up state and so our bot doesn't respond to old messages
+    // An initial sync to set up state and so our bot doesn't respond to old messages.
+    // If the `StateStore` finds saved state in the location given the initial sync will
+    // be skipped in favor of loading state from the store
     client.sync(SyncSettings::default()).await.unwrap();
     // add our CommandBot to be notified of incoming messages, we do this after the initial
     // sync to avoid responding to messages before the bot was running.
diff --git a/src/state/state_store.rs b/src/state/state_store.rs
index 87bb474c..a30dfaa2 100644
--- a/src/state/state_store.rs
+++ b/src/state/state_store.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl JsonStore {
     pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self> {
         let p = path.as_ref();
         if !p.exists() {
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(p)?;
+            fs::create_dir_all(p)?;
         }
         Ok(Self {
             path: Arc::new(RwLock::new(p.to_path_buf())),
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ impl StateStore for JsonStore {
         if !self.user_path_set.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
             if let Some(user) = &state.user_id {
                 self.user_path_set.swap(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                self.path
-                    .write()
-                    .await
-                    .push(format!("{}", user.localpart()))
+                self.path.write().await.push(user.localpart())
             }
         }
         let mut path = self.path.read().await.clone();
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ impl StateStore for JsonStore {
         if !Path::new(&path).exists() {
             let mut dir = path.clone();
             dir.pop();
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(dir)?;
+            async_fs::create_dir_all(dir).await?;
         }
 
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&state).map_err(Error::from)?;
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ impl StateStore for JsonStore {
         if !Path::new(&path).exists() {
             let mut dir = path.clone();
             dir.pop();
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(dir)?;
+            async_fs::create_dir_all(dir).await?;
         }
 
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&room).map_err(Error::from)?;
diff --git a/src/test_builder.rs b/src/test_builder.rs
index 6149f4f6..db0f616a 100644
--- a/src/test_builder.rs
+++ b/src/test_builder.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::events::{
     EventJson, TryFromRaw,
 };
 use crate::identifiers::{RoomId, UserId};
-use crate::AsyncClient;
+use crate::{AsyncClient, Error, SyncSettings};
 
 use mockito::{self, mock, Matcher, Mock};
 
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@ impl MockTestRunner {
         self
     }
 
-    pub async fn to_client(&mut self) -> Result<&mut AsyncClient, crate::Error> {
+    pub async fn to_client(&mut self) -> Result<&mut AsyncClient, Error> {
         self.client
             .as_mut()
             .unwrap()
-            .sync(crate::SyncSettings::default())
+            .sync(SyncSettings::default())
             .await?;
 
         Ok(self.client.as_mut().unwrap())