diff --git a/listener.go b/listener.go
index 88d158a..c8e6c72 100644
--- a/listener.go
+++ b/listener.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (rl *Relay) notifyListeners(event *nostr.Event) {
 					return
 				}
 			}
-			listener.ws.WriteJSON(nostr.EventEnvelope{SubscriptionID: &listener.id, Event: *event})
+			listener.ws.SendEvent(listener.id, *event)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/websocket.go b/websocket.go
index f00a636..21f0922 100644
--- a/websocket.go
+++ b/websocket.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/fasthttp/websocket"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 )
 
 type WebSocket struct {
@@ -33,3 +34,10 @@ func (ws *WebSocket) WriteMessage(t int, b []byte) error {
 	defer ws.mutex.Unlock()
 	return ws.conn.WriteMessage(t, b)
 }
+
+func (ws *WebSocket) SendEvent(subscriptionId string, event nostr.Event) error {
+	return ws.WriteJSON(nostr.EventEnvelope{
+		SubscriptionID: &subscriptionId,
+		Event:          event,
+	})
+}