diff --git a/ud/manager.go b/ud/manager.go
index 66f20301e9f2766e4775941a464e60a1c0b50bc9..0f29e88fbb7f51fb4e9d97ef5633a1ed3d59b854 100644
--- a/ud/manager.go
+++ b/ud/manager.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type Manager struct {
 	//  in this object and the object itself
 	services cmix.Client
 	e2e      e2e.Handler
-	events   *event.Manager
+	events   event.Reporter
 	store    *store.Store
 
 	// todo: find a way to remove this, maybe just pass user into object (?)