diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d96f0d9..1400083e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "warp-contracts",
-  "version": "1.4.45-warpy.0",
+  "version": "1.4.45-warpy.1",
   "description": "An implementation of the SmartWeave smart contract protocol.",
   "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
   "main": "./lib/cjs/index.js",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/integration/basic/pst.test.ts b/src/__tests__/integration/basic/pst.test.ts
index 47a3f41d..14d53534 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/integration/basic/pst.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/integration/basic/pst.test.ts
@@ -135,36 +135,28 @@ describe('Testing the Profit Sharing Token', () => {
   });
 
   it('should properly dispatch an event', async () => {
-    let handlerCalled = false;
     const interactionResult = await pst.writeInteraction({
       function: 'dispatchEvent'
     });
 
     await mineBlock(warp);
-    warp.eventTarget.addEventListener('interactionCompleted', interactionCompleteHandler);
-    await pst.readState();
-
-    expect(handlerCalled).toBeTruthy();
-
-    function interactionCompleteHandler(event: CustomEvent<InteractionCompleteEvent>) {
-      expect(event.type).toEqual('interactionCompleted');
-      expect(event.detail.contractTxId).toEqual(pst.txId());
-      expect(event.detail.caller).toEqual(walletAddress);
-      expect(event.detail.transactionId).toEqual(interactionResult.originalTxId);
-      expect(event.detail.sortKey).not.toBeNull();
-      expect(event.detail.input).not.toBeNull();
-      expect(event.detail.blockHeight).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-      expect(event.detail.blockTimestamp).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-      expect(event.detail.data).toEqual({
-        value1: 'foo',
-        value2: 'bar'
-      });
-      expect(event.detail.input).toEqual({
-        function: 'dispatchEvent'
-      });
-      handlerCalled = true;
-      warp.eventTarget.removeEventListener('interactionCompleted', interactionCompleteHandler);
-    }
+    const { cachedValue } = await pst.readState();
+    const event = cachedValue.events[0];
+
+    expect(event.contractTxId).toEqual(pst.txId());
+    expect(event.caller).toEqual(walletAddress);
+    expect(event.transactionId).toEqual(interactionResult.originalTxId);
+    expect(event.sortKey).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(event.input).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(event.blockHeight).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(event.blockTimestamp).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(event.data).toEqual({
+      value1: 'foo',
+      value2: 'bar'
+    });
+    expect(event.input).toEqual({
+      function: 'dispatchEvent'
+    });
   });
 
   it("should properly evolve contract's source code", async () => {
diff --git a/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts b/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
index 5d3d7951..9a50af6e 100644
--- a/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
+++ b/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ export class HandlerBasedContract<State> implements Contract<State> {
   ): SortKeyCacheResult<EvalStateResult<State>> {
     const dreCachedState = new SortKeyCacheResult(
       result.sortKey,
-      new EvalStateResult(result.state, {}, result.errorMessages)
+      new EvalStateResult(result.state, {}, result.errorMessages, [])
     );
     this.getRoot()._dreStates.set(contractTxId, dreCachedState);
     return dreCachedState;
diff --git a/src/core/modules/StateEvaluator.ts b/src/core/modules/StateEvaluator.ts
index 603dbe78..5ba373ca 100644
--- a/src/core/modules/StateEvaluator.ts
+++ b/src/core/modules/StateEvaluator.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class EvalStateResult<State> {
     readonly state: State,
     readonly validity: Record<string, boolean>,
     readonly errorMessages: Record<string, string>,
-    readonly events?: InteractionCompleteEvent[]
+    readonly events: InteractionCompleteEvent[]
   ) {}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/modules/impl/CacheableStateEvaluator.ts b/src/core/modules/impl/CacheableStateEvaluator.ts
index 17a15db7..55b64712 100644
--- a/src/core/modules/impl/CacheableStateEvaluator.ts
+++ b/src/core/modules/impl/CacheableStateEvaluator.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class CacheableStateEvaluator extends DefaultStateEvaluator {
       if (isFirstEvaluation) {
         executionContext.handler?.initState(baseState);
         this.cLogger.debug('Inserting initial state into cache');
-        const stateToCache = new EvalStateResult(baseState, {}, {});
+        const stateToCache = new EvalStateResult(baseState, {}, {}, []);
         // no real sort-key - as we're returning the initial state
         await this.cache.put(new CacheKey(contractTxId, genesisSortKey), stateToCache);
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class CacheableStateEvaluator extends DefaultStateEvaluator {
     // eval state for the missing transactions - starting from the latest value from cache.
     return await this.doReadState(
       missingInteractions,
-      new EvalStateResult(baseState, baseValidity, baseErrorMessages),
+      new EvalStateResult(baseState, baseValidity, baseErrorMessages, []),
       executionContext
     );
   }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class CacheableStateEvaluator extends DefaultStateEvaluator {
     if (transaction.confirmationStatus !== undefined && transaction.confirmationStatus !== 'confirmed') {
       return;
     }
-    const stateToCache = new EvalStateResult(state.state, state.validity || {}, state.errorMessages || {});
+    const stateToCache = new EvalStateResult(state.state, state.validity || {}, state.errorMessages || {}, []);
 
     this.cLogger.debug('Putting into cache', {
       contractTxId,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class CacheableStateEvaluator extends DefaultStateEvaluator {
     state: State,
     validity: Record<string, boolean>
   ): Promise<SortKeyCacheResult<EvalStateResult<State>>> {
-    const stateToCache = new EvalStateResult(state, validity, {});
+    const stateToCache = new EvalStateResult(state, validity, {}, []);
     await this.cache.put(new CacheKey(contractTxId, sortKey), stateToCache);
     return new SortKeyCacheResult(sortKey, stateToCache);
   }
diff --git a/src/core/modules/impl/handler/AbstractContractHandler.ts b/src/core/modules/impl/handler/AbstractContractHandler.ts
index 3aa5ca07..a3964098 100644
--- a/src/core/modules/impl/handler/AbstractContractHandler.ts
+++ b/src/core/modules/impl/handler/AbstractContractHandler.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ export abstract class AbstractContractHandler<State> implements HandlerApi<State
             ...result.originalValidity,
             [activeTx.id]: result.type == 'ok'
           },
-          errorMessages: resultErrorMessages
+          errorMessages: resultErrorMessages,
+          events: []
         },
         activeTx.sortKey
       );