diff --git a/node-data/src/events.rs b/node-data/src/events.rs
index de86891339..da4d0cfa25 100644
--- a/node-data/src/events.rs
+++ b/node-data/src/events.rs
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ pub use transactions::TransactionEvent;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Event {
-    pub target: &'static str,
+    pub component: &'static str,
     pub topic: &'static str,
-    pub id: String,
-    pub data: Option<String>,
+    pub entity: String,
+    pub data: EventData,
 }
 
 pub trait EventSource {
-    fn target(&self) -> &'static str;
+    fn component(&self) -> &'static str;
     fn topic(&self) -> &'static str;
-    fn id(&self) -> String;
-    fn data(&self) -> Option<String>;
+    fn entity(&self) -> String;
+    fn data(&self) -> EventData;
 }
 
 impl<B: EventSource> From<B> for Event {
@@ -30,8 +30,16 @@ impl<B: EventSource> From<B> for Event {
         Self {
             data: value.data(),
             topic: value.topic(),
-            id: value.id(),
-            target: value.target(),
+            entity: value.entity(),
+            component: value.component(),
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum EventData {
+    None,
+    Json(serde_json::Value),
+    Text(String),
+    Binary(Vec<u8>),
+}
diff --git a/node-data/src/events/blocks.rs b/node-data/src/events/blocks.rs
index 26ff81dd77..cb09b9fa89 100644
--- a/node-data/src/events/blocks.rs
+++ b/node-data/src/events/blocks.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use super::*;
 use crate::ledger::{Block, Hash};
 
 impl EventSource for BlockEvent<'_> {
-    fn target(&self) -> &'static str {
+    fn component(&self) -> &'static str {
         "blocks"
     }
     fn topic(&self) -> &'static str {
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ impl EventSource for BlockEvent<'_> {
             Self::StateChange { .. } => "statechange",
         }
     }
-    fn data(&self) -> Option<String> {
+    fn data(&self) -> EventData {
         match self {
-            Self::Accepted(_) => None,
-            Self::StateChange { state, height, .. } => Some(format!(
-                r#"{{
-                    "state": "{state}",
-                    "atHeight": {height}
-                }}"#,
-            )),
+            Self::Accepted(_) => EventData::None,
+            Self::StateChange { state, height, .. } => {
+                EventData::Json(serde_json::json!({
+                    "state": state,
+                    "atHeight": height,
+                }))
+            }
         }
     }
-    fn id(&self) -> String {
+    fn entity(&self) -> String {
         let hash = match self {
             Self::Accepted(block) => block.header().hash,
             Self::StateChange { hash, .. } => *hash,
diff --git a/node-data/src/events/transactions.rs b/node-data/src/events/transactions.rs
index db12d2c7b2..71518cfa93 100644
--- a/node-data/src/events/transactions.rs
+++ b/node-data/src/events/transactions.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub enum TransactionEvent<'t> {
 }
 
 impl EventSource for TransactionEvent<'_> {
-    fn target(&self) -> &'static str {
+    fn component(&self) -> &'static str {
         "transactions"
     }
     fn topic(&self) -> &'static str {
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ impl EventSource for TransactionEvent<'_> {
             Self::Included(_) => "included",
         }
     }
-    fn data(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        None
+    fn data(&self) -> EventData {
+        EventData::None
     }
-    fn id(&self) -> String {
+    fn entity(&self) -> String {
         let hash = match self {
             Self::Removed(hash) => *hash,
             Self::Executed(tx) => tx.inner.hash(),
diff --git a/rusk/src/lib/http/event.rs b/rusk/src/lib/http/event.rs
index c5d66bcd90..0d035bcd6b 100644
--- a/rusk/src/lib/http/event.rs
+++ b/rusk/src/lib/http/event.rs
@@ -896,12 +896,23 @@ impl From<node_data::events::Event> for RuesEvent {
     fn from(value: node_data::events::Event) -> Self {
         Self {
             location: RuesLocation {
-                component: value.target.into(),
-                entity: Some(value.id),
+                component: value.component.into(),
+                entity: Some(value.entity),
                 topic: value.topic.into(),
             },
 
-            data: ResponseData::new(value.data.unwrap_or_default()),
+            data: ResponseData::new(value.data),
+        }
+    }
+}
+#[cfg(feature = "node")]
+impl From<node_data::events::EventData> for DataType {
+    fn from(value: node_data::events::EventData) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            node_data::events::EventData::Binary(b) => b.into(),
+            node_data::events::EventData::Json(j) => j.into(),
+            node_data::events::EventData::Text(t) => t.into(),
+            node_data::events::EventData::None => DataType::None,
         }
     }
 }