diff --git a/handlers/handlers.go b/handlers/handlers.go
index 604fa70eb..f796857ad 100644
--- a/handlers/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers/handlers.go
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/netmon/types"
 )
 
-type NetMonResultInterface interface{}
-
-type NetMonResult struct {
-	Result NetMonResultInterface
+type NetMonResult interface {
 }
 
 // for wire.readReflect
 var _ = wire.RegisterInterface(
-	struct{ NetMonResultInterface }{},
+	struct{ NetMonResult }{},
 	wire.ConcreteType{&types.ChainAndValidatorIDs{}, 0x01},
 	wire.ConcreteType{&types.ChainStatus{}, 0x02},
 	wire.ConcreteType{&types.Validator{}, 0x03},
@@ -81,6 +78,7 @@ func (tn *TendermintNetwork) GetChain(chainID string) (*types.ChainStatus, error
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown chain %s", chainID)
 	}
+	fmt.Println("CHAIN:", chain)
 	return chain, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/handlers/routes.go b/handlers/routes.go
index b1ba14830..b600ad595 100644
--- a/handlers/routes.go
+++ b/handlers/routes.go
@@ -22,56 +22,31 @@ func Routes(network *TendermintNetwork) map[string]*rpc.RPCFunc {
 }
 
 func StatusResult(network *TendermintNetwork) interface{} {
-	return func() (*NetMonResult, error) {
-		r, err := network.Status()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			return &NetMonResult{r}, nil
-		}
+	return func() (NetMonResult, error) {
+		return network.Status()
 	}
 }
 
 func GetChainResult(network *TendermintNetwork) interface{} {
-	return func(chain string) (*NetMonResult, error) {
-		r, err := network.GetChain(chain)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			return &NetMonResult{r}, nil
-		}
+	return func(chain string) (NetMonResult, error) {
+		return network.GetChain(chain)
 	}
 }
 
 func GetValidatorSetResult(network *TendermintNetwork) interface{} {
-	return func(valSetID string) (*NetMonResult, error) {
-		r, err := network.GetValidatorSet(valSetID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			return &NetMonResult{r}, nil
-		}
+	return func(valSetID string) (NetMonResult, error) {
+		return network.GetValidatorSet(valSetID)
 	}
 }
 
 func GetValidatorResult(network *TendermintNetwork) interface{} {
-	return func(valSetID, valID string) (*NetMonResult, error) {
-		r, err := network.GetValidator(valSetID, valID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			return &NetMonResult{r}, nil
-		}
+	return func(valSetID, valID string) (NetMonResult, error) {
+		return network.GetValidator(valSetID, valID)
 	}
 }
 
 func GetMeterResult(network *TendermintNetwork) interface{} {
-	return func(chainID, valID, eventID string) (*NetMonResult, error) {
-		r, err := network.GetMeter(chainID, valID, eventID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			return &NetMonResult{r}, nil
-		}
+	return func(chainID, valID, eventID string) (NetMonResult, error) {
+		return network.GetMeter(chainID, valID, eventID)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9541ba290..960dc300f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-events"
 	pcm "github.com/tendermint/go-process"
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-rpc/server"
-	"github.com/tendermint/go-rpc/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
 	tmcfg "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config/tendermint"
-	ctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
 	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ func cmdMonitor(c *cli.Context) {
 		if err := v.NewEventMeter(); err != nil {
 			Exit(err.Error())
 		}
-		if err := v.EventMeter().Subscribe(tmtypes.EventStringNewBlock(), func(metric *eventmeter.EventMetric, data interface{}) {
+		if err := v.EventMeter().Subscribe(tmtypes.EventStringNewBlock(), func(metric *eventmeter.EventMetric, data events.EventData) {
 			// TODO: update chain status with block and metric
 			// chainStatus.NewBlock(data.(tmtypes.EventDataNewBlock).Block)
 		}); err != nil {
@@ -100,13 +97,6 @@ func cmdMonitor(c *cli.Context) {
 	// the routes are functions on the network object
 	routes := handlers.Routes(network)
 
-	// register the result objects with wire
-	wire.RegisterInterface(
-		struct{ rpctypes.Result }{},
-		wire.ConcreteType{&events.EventResult{}, 0x1},
-		wire.ConcreteType{&ctypes.TendermintResult{}, 0x2},
-		wire.ConcreteType{&handlers.NetMonResult{}, 0x3},
-	)
 	// serve http and ws
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	wm := rpcserver.NewWebsocketManager(routes, nil) // TODO: evsw
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index a1a7c4a03..3174e5d75 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/tendermint/go-event-meter"
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-event-meter"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-events"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
+	ctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
 )
 
 //---------------------------------------------
@@ -59,24 +64,39 @@ type BlockchainStatus struct {
 	mtx sync.Mutex
 
 	Height        int     `json:"height"`
-	MeanBlockTime float64 `json:"mean_block_time"`
-	TxThroughput  float64 `json:"tx_throughput"`
+	MeanBlockTime float64 `json:"mean_block_time" wire:"unsafe"`
+	TxThroughput  float64 `json:"tx_throughput" wire:"unsafe"`
 
 	BlockchainSize int64 `json:"blockchain_size"` // how might we get StateSize ?
 }
 
 // validator on a chain
 type ChainValidator struct {
-	*Validator
-	Addr  string `json:"addr"` // do we want multiple addrs?
-	Index int    `json:"index"`
+	*Validator `json:"validator"`
+	Addr       string `json:"addr"` // do we want multiple addrs?
+	Index      int    `json:"index"`
 
 	em      *eventmeter.EventMeter // holds a ws connection to the val
-	Latency float64                `json:"latency,omitempty"`
+	Latency float64                `json:"latency,omitempty" wire:"unsafe"`
+}
+
+func unmarshalEvent(b json.RawMessage) (string, events.EventData, error) {
+	var err error
+	result := new(ctypes.TMResult)
+	wire.ReadJSONPtr(result, b, &err)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	event, ok := (*result).(*ctypes.ResultEvent)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("Result is not type *ctypes.ResultEvent. Got %v", reflect.TypeOf(*result))
+	}
+	return event.Name, event.Data, nil
+
 }
 
 func (cv *ChainValidator) NewEventMeter() error {
-	em := eventmeter.NewEventMeter(fmt.Sprintf("ws://%s/websocket", cv.Addr))
+	em := eventmeter.NewEventMeter(fmt.Sprintf("ws://%s/websocket", cv.Addr), unmarshalEvent)
 	if err := em.Start(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}