diff --git a/examples/node/app.js b/examples/node/app.js
index e6f4a34fc..67e50cb10 100644
--- a/examples/node/app.js
+++ b/examples/node/app.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var myUserId = "@example:localhost";
 var myAccessToken = "QGV4YW1wbGU6bG9jYWxob3N0.qPEvLuYfNBjxikiCjP";
 var sdk = require("matrix-js-sdk");
+var clc = require("cli-color");
 var matrixClient = sdk.createClient({
     baseUrl: "http://localhost:8008",
     accessToken: myAccessToken,
@@ -28,68 +29,91 @@ rl.on('line', function(line) {
         rl.prompt();
         return;
     }
-    if (line.indexOf("/join ") === 0 && !viewingRoom) {
-        var roomIndex = line.split(" ")[1];
-        viewingRoom = roomList[roomIndex];
-        if (viewingRoom.getMember(myUserId).membership === "invite") {
-            // join the room first
-            matrixClient.joinRoom(viewingRoom.roomId).done(function(room) {
-                roomList = matrixClient.getRooms();
-                viewingRoom = room;
+    if (line === "/help") {
+        printHelp();
+        rl.prompt();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (viewingRoom) {
+        if (line === "/exit") {
+            viewingRoom = null;
+            printRoomList();
+        }
+        else if (line === "/members") {
+            printMemberList(viewingRoom);
+        }
+        else if (line === "/roominfo") {
+            printRoomInfo(viewingRoom);
+        }
+        else if (line === "/resend") {
+            // get the oldest not sent event.
+            var notSentEvent;
+            for (var i = 0; i < viewingRoom.timeline.length; i++) {
+                if (viewingRoom.timeline[i].status == sdk.EventStatus.NOT_SENT) {
+                    notSentEvent = viewingRoom.timeline[i];
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (notSentEvent) {
+                matrixClient.resendEvent(notSentEvent, viewingRoom).done(function() {
+                    printMessages();
+                    rl.prompt();
+                }, function(err) {
+                    printMessages();
+                    print("/resend Error: %s", err);
+                    rl.prompt();
+                });
+                printMessages();
+                rl.prompt();
+            }
+        }
+        else if (line.indexOf("/more ") === 0) {
+            var amount = parseInt(line.split(" ")[1]) || 20;
+            matrixClient.scrollback(viewingRoom, amount).done(function(room) {
                 printMessages();
                 rl.prompt();
             }, function(err) {
-                console.log("/join Error: %s", err);
+                print("/more Error: %s", err);
+            });
+        }
+        else if (line.indexOf("/invite ") === 0) {
+            var userId = line.split(" ")[1].trim();
+            matrixClient.invite(viewingRoom.roomId, userId).done(function() {
+                printMessages();
+                rl.prompt();
+            }, function(err) {
+                print("/invite Error: %s", err);
             });
         }
         else {
-            printMessages();
-        }
-    }
-    else if (line === "/exit" && viewingRoom) {
-        viewingRoom = null;
-        printRoomList();
-    }
-    else if (line === "/members" && viewingRoom) {
-        printMemberList();
-    }
-    else if (line === "/resend" && viewingRoom) {
-        // get the oldest not sent event.
-        var notSentEvent;
-        for (var i = 0; i < viewingRoom.timeline.length; i++) {
-            if (viewingRoom.timeline[i].status == sdk.EventStatus.NOT_SENT) {
-                notSentEvent = viewingRoom.timeline[i];
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (notSentEvent) {
-            matrixClient.resendEvent(notSentEvent, viewingRoom).done(function() {
+            matrixClient.sendTextMessage(viewingRoom.roomId, line).finally(function() {
                 printMessages();
                 rl.prompt();
-            }, function(err) {
-                console.log("/resend Error: %s", err);
             });
+            // print local echo immediately
+            printMessages();
         }
     }
-    else if (line.indexOf("/more ") === 0 && viewingRoom) {
-        var amount = parseInt(line.split(" ")[1]) || 20;
-        matrixClient.scrollback(viewingRoom, amount).done(function(room) {
-            printMessages();
-            rl.prompt();
-        }, function(err) {
-            console.log("/more Error: %s", err);
-        });
-    }
-    else if (line === "/help") {
-        printHelp();
-    }
-    else if (viewingRoom) {
-        matrixClient.sendTextMessage(viewingRoom.roomId, line).finally(function() {
-            printMessages();
-            rl.prompt();
-        });
-        // print local echo immediately
-        printMessages();
+    else {
+        if (line.indexOf("/join ") === 0) {
+            var roomIndex = line.split(" ")[1];
+            viewingRoom = roomList[roomIndex];
+            if (viewingRoom.getMember(myUserId).membership === "invite") {
+                // join the room first
+                matrixClient.joinRoom(viewingRoom.roomId).done(function(room) {
+                    roomList = matrixClient.getRooms();
+                    viewingRoom = room;
+                    printMessages();
+                    rl.prompt();
+                }, function(err) {
+                    print("/join Error: %s", err);
+                });
+            }
+            else {
+                printMessages();
+            }
+        } 
     }
     rl.prompt();
 });
@@ -123,9 +147,9 @@ matrixClient.on("Room.timeline", function(event, room, toStartOfTimeline) {
 });
 
 function printRoomList() {
-    console.log("Room List:");
+    print("Room List:");
     for (var i = 0; i < roomList.length; i++) {
-        console.log(
+        print(
             "[%s] %s (%s members)",
             i, roomList[i].name, roomList[i].getJoinedMembers().length
         );
@@ -133,20 +157,23 @@ function printRoomList() {
 }
 
 function printHelp() {
-    console.log("Global commands:");
-    console.log("  '/help' : Show this help.");
-    console.log("Room list index commands:");
-    console.log("  '/join <index>' Join a room, e.g. '/join 5'");
-    console.log("Room commands:");
-    console.log("  '/exit' Return to the room list index.");
-    console.log("  '/members' Show the room member list.");
-    console.log("  '/more 15' Scrollback 15 events");
-    console.log("  '/resend' Resend the oldest event which failed to send.");
+    var hlp = clc.italic;
+    print("Global commands:", hlp);
+    print("  '/help' : Show this help.");
+    print("Room list index commands:", hlp);
+    print("  '/join <index>' Join a room, e.g. '/join 5'");
+    print("Room commands:", hlp);
+    print("  '/exit' Return to the room list index.");
+    print("  '/members' Show the room member list.");
+    print("  '/invite @foo:bar' Invite @foo:bar to the room.");
+    print("  '/more 15' Scrollback 15 events");
+    print("  '/resend' Resend the oldest event which failed to send.");
+    print("  '/roominfo' Display room info e.g. name, topic.");
 }
 
 function completer(line) {
     var completions = [
-        "/help", "/join ", "/exit", "/members", "/more ", "/resend"
+        "/help", "/join ", "/exit", "/members", "/more ", "/resend", "/invite"
     ];
     var hits = completions.filter(function(c) { return c.indexOf(line) == 0 });
     // show all completions if none found
@@ -158,19 +185,15 @@ function printMessages() {
         printRoomList();
         return;
     }
-    console.log(CLEAR_CONSOLE);
+    print(CLEAR_CONSOLE);
     var mostRecentMessages = viewingRoom.timeline;
     for (var i = 0; i < mostRecentMessages.length; i++) {
         printLine(mostRecentMessages[i]);
     }
 }
 
-function printMemberList() {
-    if (!viewingRoom) {
-        printRoomList();
-        return;
-    }
-    var members = viewingRoom.currentState.getMembers();
+function printMemberList(room) {
+    var members = room.currentState.getMembers();
     // sorted based on name.
     members.sort(function(a, b) {
         if (a.name > b.name) {
@@ -181,23 +204,54 @@ function printMemberList() {
         }
         return 0;
     });
-    console.log("Membership list for room \"%s\"", viewingRoom.name);
-    console.log(new Array(viewingRoom.name.length + 28).join("-"));
-    viewingRoom.currentState.getMembers().forEach(function(member) {
+    print("Membership list for room \"%s\"", room.name);
+    print(new Array(room.name.length + 28).join("-"));
+    room.currentState.getMembers().forEach(function(member) {
         if (!member.membership) {
             return;
         }
         var membershipWithPadding = (
             member.membership + new Array(10 - member.membership.length).join(" ")
         );
-        console.log(
+        print(
             "%s :: %s (%s)", membershipWithPadding, member.name, 
             (member.userId === myUserId ? "Me" : member.userId)
         );
     });
 }
 
+function printRoomInfo(room) {
+    var eventDict = room.currentState.events;
+    var eTypeHeader = "    Event Type(state_key)    ";
+    var sendHeader = "        Sender        ";
+    // pad content to 100
+    var restCount = (
+        100 - "Content".length - " | ".length - " | ".length - 
+        eTypeHeader.length - sendHeader.length
+    );
+    var padSide = new Array(Math.floor(restCount/2)).join(" ");
+    var contentHeader = padSide + "Content" + padSide;
+    print(eTypeHeader+sendHeader+contentHeader);
+    print(new Array(100).join("-"));
+    Object.keys(eventDict).forEach(function(eventType) {
+        if (eventType === "m.room.member") { return; } // use /members instead.
+        Object.keys(eventDict[eventType]).forEach(function(stateKey) {
+            var typeAndKey = eventType + (
+                stateKey.length > 0 ? "("+stateKey+")" : ""
+            );
+            var typeStr = fixWidth(typeAndKey, eTypeHeader.length);
+            var event = eventDict[eventType][stateKey];
+            var sendStr = fixWidth(event.getSender(), sendHeader.length);
+            var contentStr = fixWidth(
+                JSON.stringify(event.getContent()), contentHeader.length
+            );
+            print(typeStr+" | "+sendStr+" | "+contentStr);
+        });
+    })
+}
+
 function printLine(event) {
+    var fmt;
     var name = event.sender ? event.sender.name : event.getSender();
     var time = new Date(
         event.getTs()
@@ -208,9 +262,11 @@ function printLine(event) {
         separator = ">>>";
         if (event.status === sdk.EventStatus.SENDING) {
             separator = "...";
+            fmt = clc.xterm(8);
         }
         else if (event.status === sdk.EventStatus.NOT_SENT) {
             separator = " x ";
+            fmt = clc.redBright;
         }
     }
     var body = "";
@@ -240,7 +296,32 @@ function printLine(event) {
         );
         separator = "---";
     }
-    console.log("[%s] %s %s %s", time, name, separator, body);
+    if (fmt) {
+        print(
+            "[%s] %s %s %s", fmt(time), fmt(name), fmt(separator), fmt(body)
+        );
+    }
+    else {
+        print("[%s] %s %s %s", time, name, separator, body);
+    }
+}
+
+function print(str, formatter) {
+    if (arguments.length == 2 && typeof arguments[1] === "function") {
+        console.log(arguments[1](str));
+        return;
+    }
+    console.log.apply(console.log, arguments);
+}
+
+function fixWidth(str, len) {
+    if (str.length > len) {
+        return str.substr(0, len-2) + "\u2026";
+    }
+    else if (str.length < len) {
+        return str + new Array(len - str.length).join(" ");
+    }
+    return str;
 }
 
 matrixClient.startClient(numMessagesToShow);  // messages for each room.
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diff --git a/examples/node/package.json b/examples/node/package.json
index 67ae8d550..6319e367d 100644
--- a/examples/node/package.json
+++ b/examples/node/package.json
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@
     "preinstall": "npm install ../.."
   },
   "author": "",
-  "license": "Apache 2.0"
+  "license": "Apache 2.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cli-color": "^1.0.0"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 79c55234f..ab28ce4b7 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ function _sendEventHttpRequest(client, event) {
         $stateKey: event.getStateKey(),
         $txnId: event._txnId ? event._txnId : new Date().getTime()
     };
-    console.log("_txnId = %s", event._txnId);
 
     var path;