diff --git a/events/EventManager.cpp b/events/EventManager.cpp
index 3fbe3ee8..182fb72b 100644
--- a/events/EventManager.cpp
+++ b/events/EventManager.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include "EventManager.h"
-#include "EventMessage.h"
 #include <FSFWConfig.h>
-
 #include "../serviceinterface/ServiceInterfaceStream.h"
 #include "../ipc/QueueFactory.h"
 #include "../ipc/MutexFactory.h"
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@
 // objects registering for certain events.
 // Each listener requires 1 or 2 EventIdMatcher and 1 or 2 ReportRangeMatcher.
 // So a good guess is 75 to a max of 100 pools required for each, which fits well.
+// This should be configurable..
 const LocalPool::LocalPoolConfig EventManager::poolConfig = {
         {fsfwconfig::FSFW_EVENTMGMR_MATCHTREE_NODES,
         		sizeof(EventMatchTree::Node)},
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ ReturnValue_t EventManager::performOperation(uint8_t opCode) {
 		EventMessage message;
 		result = eventReportQueue->receiveMessage(&message);
 		if (result == HasReturnvaluesIF::RETURN_OK) {
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#if FSFW_OBJ_EVENT_TRANSLATION == 1
 			printEvent(&message);
 #endif
 			notifyListeners(&message);
@@ -119,8 +118,8 @@ ReturnValue_t EventManager::unsubscribeFromEventRange(MessageQueueId_t listener,
 void EventManager::printEvent(EventMessage* message) {
 	const char *string = 0;
 	switch (message->getSeverity()) {
-	case severity::INFO:
-#ifdef DEBUG_INFO_EVENT
+	case SEVERITY::INFO:
+#if DEBUG_INFO_EVENT == 1
 		string = translateObject(message->getReporter());
 		sif::info << "EVENT: ";
 		if (string != 0) {
diff --git a/events/EventManagerIF.h b/events/EventManagerIF.h
index f9ac420b..253e6910 100644
--- a/events/EventManagerIF.h
+++ b/events/EventManagerIF.h
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef EVENTMANAGERIF_H_
 #define EVENTMANAGERIF_H_
 
-#include "eventmatching/eventmatching.h"
 #include "EventMessage.h"
+#include "eventmatching/eventmatching.h"
 #include "../objectmanager/ObjectManagerIF.h"
 #include "../ipc/MessageQueueSenderIF.h"
+#include "../ipc/MessageQueueIF.h"
 
 class EventManagerIF {
 public:
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual MessageQueueId_t getEventReportQueue() = 0;
 
-	virtual ReturnValue_t registerListener(MessageQueueId_t listener, bool forwardAllButSelected = false) = 0;
+	virtual ReturnValue_t registerListener(MessageQueueId_t listener,
+	        bool forwardAllButSelected = false) = 0;
 	virtual ReturnValue_t subscribeToEvent(MessageQueueId_t listener,
 			EventId_t event) = 0;
 	virtual ReturnValue_t subscribeToAllEventsFrom(MessageQueueId_t listener,
@@ -31,18 +33,22 @@ public:
 			bool reporterInverted = false) = 0;
 
 	static void triggerEvent(object_id_t reportingObject, Event event,
-			uint32_t parameter1 = 0, uint32_t parameter2 = 0, MessageQueueId_t sentFrom = 0) {
+			uint32_t parameter1 = 0, uint32_t parameter2 = 0,
+			MessageQueueId_t sentFrom = 0) {
 		EventMessage message(event, reportingObject, parameter1, parameter2);
 		triggerEvent(&message, sentFrom);
 	}
-	static void triggerEvent(EventMessage* message, MessageQueueId_t sentFrom = 0) {
-		static MessageQueueId_t eventmanagerQueue = 0;
-		if (eventmanagerQueue == 0) {
+
+	static void triggerEvent(EventMessage* message,
+	        MessageQueueId_t sentFrom = 0) {
+		static MessageQueueId_t eventmanagerQueue = MessageQueueIF::NO_QUEUE;
+		if (eventmanagerQueue == MessageQueueIF::NO_QUEUE) {
 			EventManagerIF *eventmanager = objectManager->get<EventManagerIF>(
 					objects::EVENT_MANAGER);
-			if (eventmanager != NULL) {
-				eventmanagerQueue = eventmanager->getEventReportQueue();
+			if (eventmanager == nullptr) {
+			    return;
 			}
+			eventmanagerQueue = eventmanager->getEventReportQueue();
 		}
 		MessageQueueSenderIF::sendMessage(eventmanagerQueue, message, sentFrom);
 	}