diff --git a/node-tools/internal/runtime/events_test.go b/node-tools/internal/runtime/events_test.go
index b2b7ebf..3f98d4e 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/runtime/events_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/runtime/events_test.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func TestALongRunningBundleThatExitsIsStartedAgain(t *testing.T) {
 func fmtSprintf(format string, args ...any) string { return fmt.Sprintf(format, args...) }
 func errorf(format string, args ...any) error      { return fmt.Errorf(format, args...) }
 
-// A bundle loaded again sets its heartbeat handler while the consumer's loop hands a word on: no data race (-race),
+// A bundle loaded again sets its event and heartbeat handlers while the consumer's loop hands a word or an event on: no data race (-race),
 // and the heartbeat is asked of the bus only while some bundle holds a handler.
 func TestAHeartbeatHandlerSetAgainWhileWordsAreHandedOnIsNotARace(t *testing.T) {
 	m := &moduleEvents{}
@@ -170,16 +170,23 @@ func TestAHeartbeatHandlerSetAgainWhileWordsAreHandedOnIsNotARace(t *testing.T)
 	if m.beatAsked() {
 		t.Fatal("a heartbeat is asked while no bundle gave a handler")
 	}
+	took := &deliverSlot{}
+	took.set(func(json.RawMessage) error { return nil })
+	m.delivers = []*deliverSlot{took}
 	var got atomic.Int32
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		defer close(done)
 		for i := 0; i < 200; i++ {
 			slot.set(func(json.RawMessage) { got.Add(1) })
+			took.set(func(json.RawMessage) error { got.Add(1); return nil })
 		}
 	}()
 	for i := 0; i < 200; i++ {
 		all.handBeat(m, bus.Beat{At: time.Now()})
+		if err := all.handOut("mod", m, bus.Envelope{Key: "a.b", Body: json.RawMessage(`{}`)}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	}
 	<-done
 	if !m.beatAsked() {
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/runtime/reload_test.go b/node-tools/internal/runtime/reload_test.go
index 52599df..7375d77 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/runtime/reload_test.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/runtime/reload_test.go
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func TestAnEventHeardDuringAReloadIsOfferedAgainNotAPanic(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &consumers{logf: func(string, ...any) {}, of: map[string]*moduleEvents{}}
 	var got []string
 	before := func(json.RawMessage) error { got = append(got, "before"); return nil }
-	old := &moduleEvents{delivers: []*func(json.RawMessage) error{&before}}
+	old := &moduleEvents{delivers: []*deliverSlot{{f: before}}}
 	c.of["ledger"] = old
 	c.dropModule("ledger")
 	env := bus.Envelope{Key: "alpha.happened", Body: json.RawMessage(`{"n":1}`)}
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestAnEventHeardDuringAReloadIsOfferedAgainNotAPanic(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("an event heard while the module is loaded again was taken, not offered again")
 	}
 	after := func(json.RawMessage) error { got = append(got, "after"); return nil }
-	fresh := &moduleEvents{delivers: []*func(json.RawMessage) error{&after}}
+	fresh := &moduleEvents{delivers: []*deliverSlot{{f: after}}}
 	c.of["ledger"] = fresh
 	if err := hand(fresh); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("the bundle loaded again was not handed the event: %v", err)
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/runtime/runtime.go b/node-tools/internal/runtime/runtime.go
index 597fffb..de633ed 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -774,29 +774,34 @@ type consumers struct {
 
 type moduleEvents struct {
 	stop     func()
-	delivers []*func(json.RawMessage) error
+	delivers []*deliverSlot
 	beats    []*beatSlot
 }
 
-// beatSlot is where a bundle's heartbeat handler is kept; a bundle loaded again sets it while the consumer's loop
-// reads it, so both go through its own lock.
-type beatSlot struct {
+// slot is where a bundle's handler is kept (its event handler, its heartbeat handler); a bundle loaded again sets it
+// while the consumer's loop reads it, so both go through its own lock.
+type slot[F any] struct {
 	mu sync.Mutex
-	f  func(json.RawMessage)
+	f  F
 }
 
-func (s *beatSlot) get() func(json.RawMessage) {
+func (s *slot[F]) get() F {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	return s.f
 }
 
-func (s *beatSlot) set(f func(json.RawMessage)) {
+func (s *slot[F]) set(f F) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	s.f = f
 }
 
+type (
+	deliverSlot = slot[func(json.RawMessage) error]
+	beatSlot    = slot[func(json.RawMessage)]
+)
+
 // beatAsked says whether any bundle of the module asked for the heartbeat; the caller holds c.mu.
 func (m *moduleEvents) beatAsked() bool {
 	for _, t := range m.beats {
@@ -851,7 +856,7 @@ type moduleBus struct {
 	all     *consumers
 	module  string
 	mu      sync.Mutex
-	deliver *func(json.RawMessage) error
+	deliver *deliverSlot
 	beat    *beatSlot
 }
 
@@ -893,11 +898,9 @@ func (b *moduleBus) Ask(params json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error) {
 func (b *moduleBus) Subscribe(deliver func(json.RawMessage) error, beat func(json.RawMessage)) error {
 	b.mu.Lock()
 	if b.deliver == nil {
-		d := deliver
-		b.deliver = &d
-	} else {
-		*b.deliver = deliver
+		b.deliver = &deliverSlot{}
 	}
+	b.deliver.set(deliver)
 	mine := b.deliver
 	if b.beat == nil {
 		b.beat = &beatSlot{}
@@ -976,10 +979,10 @@ func (c *consumers) handOut(module string, m *moduleEvents, env bus.Envelope) er
 		c.mu.Unlock()
 		return errModuleReloading
 	}
-	targets := append([]*func(json.RawMessage) error(nil), m.delivers...)
+	targets := append([]*deliverSlot(nil), m.delivers...)
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 	for _, d := range targets {
-		if err := (*d)(raw); err != nil {
+		if err := d.get()(raw); err != nil {
 			c.logf("[mesh-tools] %s did not take %s%s: %s; offered again in %s", module, env.Key,
 				eventRef(env), whyNotTaken(err), bus.NakDelay)
 			return err