diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index 1850806520..6b183c2601 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         this._roomStoreToken = RoomViewStore.addListener(this._onRoomViewStoreUpdate);
         this._onRoomViewStoreUpdate(true);
 
-        WidgetEchoStore.on('updateRoomWidgetEcho', this._onWidgetEchoStoreUpdate);
+        WidgetEchoStore.on('update', this._onWidgetEchoStoreUpdate);
     },
 
     _onRoomViewStoreUpdate: function(initial) {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             this._roomStoreToken.remove();
         }
 
-        WidgetEchoStore.removeListener('updateRoomWidgetEcho', this._onWidgetEchoStoreUpdate);
+        WidgetEchoStore.removeListener('update', this._onWidgetEchoStoreUpdate);
 
         // cancel any pending calls to the rate_limited_funcs
         this._updateRoomMembers.cancelPendingCall();
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
index cdaa2d2b1a..3b140729f1 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     componentWillMount: function() {
         ScalarMessaging.startListening();
         MatrixClientPeg.get().on('RoomState.events', this.onRoomStateEvents);
-        WidgetEchoStore.on('updateRoomWidgetEcho', this._updateApps);
+        WidgetEchoStore.on('update', this._updateApps);
     },
 
     componentDidMount: function() {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         if (MatrixClientPeg.get()) {
             MatrixClientPeg.get().removeListener('RoomState.events', this.onRoomStateEvents);
         }
-        WidgetEchoStore.removeListener('updateRoomWidgetEcho', this._updateApps);
+        WidgetEchoStore.removeListener('update', this._updateApps);
         dis.unregister(this.dispatcherRef);
     },
 
diff --git a/src/stores/WidgetEchoStore.js b/src/stores/WidgetEchoStore.js
index cce404662e..f442baee6c 100644
--- a/src/stores/WidgetEchoStore.js
+++ b/src/stores/WidgetEchoStore.js
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ class WidgetEchoStore extends EventEmitter {
         if (this._roomWidgetEcho[roomId] === undefined) this._roomWidgetEcho[roomId] = {};
 
         this._roomWidgetEcho[roomId][widgetId] = state;
-        this.emit('updateRoomWidgetEcho');
+        this.emit('update');
     }
 
     removeRoomWidgetEcho(roomId, widgetId) {
         delete this._roomWidgetEcho[roomId][widgetId];
         if (Object.keys(this._roomWidgetEcho[roomId]).length === 0) delete this._roomWidgetEcho[roomId];
-        this.emit('updateRoomWidgetEcho');
+        this.emit('update');
     }
 }