diff --git a/src/hub.c b/src/hub.c
index 96b0f89..5ad733e 100644
--- a/src/hub.c
+++ b/src/hub.c
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ int hub_handle_support(struct user* u, struct adc_message* cmd)
 		if (ok)
 		{
 			hub_send_handshake(u);
-			if (u->ev_read)
-				event_add(u->ev_read, &timeout);
+			if (u->ev_handle)
+				event_add(u->ev_handle, &timeout);
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/src/hubevent.c b/src/hubevent.c
index 0ccb273..25d481f 100644
--- a/src/hubevent.c
+++ b/src/hubevent.c
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ void on_login_success(struct user* u)
 		hub_send_motd(u);
 		
 	/* reset to idle timeout */
-	if (u->ev_read)
-		event_add(u->ev_read, &timeout);
+	if (u->ev_handle)
+		event_add(u->ev_handle, &timeout);
 }
 
 void on_login_failure(struct user* u, enum status_message msg)
diff --git a/src/netevent.c b/src/netevent.c
index ef42051..8c0dc38 100644
--- a/src/netevent.c
+++ b/src/netevent.c
@@ -149,18 +149,18 @@ void net_on_read(int fd, short ev, void *arg)
 	
 	if (user_is_logged_in(user))
 	{
-		if (user->ev_read)
+		if (user->ev_handle)
 		{
 			struct timeval timeout = { TIMEOUT_IDLE, 0 };
-			event_add(user->ev_read, &timeout);
+			event_add(user->ev_handle, &timeout);
 		}
 	}
 	else if (user_is_connecting(user))
 	{
-		if (user->ev_read)
+		if (user->ev_handle)
 		{
 			struct timeval timeout = { TIMEOUT_HANDSHAKE, 0 };
-			event_add(user->ev_read, &timeout);
+			event_add(user->ev_handle, &timeout);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ void net_on_write(int fd, short ev, void *arg)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		if (user->send_queue_size > 0 && user->ev_write)
-			event_add(user->ev_write, NULL);
+		if (user->send_queue_size > 0 && user->ev_handle)
+			event_add(user->ev_handle, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -307,11 +307,9 @@ void net_on_accept(int server_fd, short ev, void *arg)
 		net_set_nonblocking(fd, 1);
 		net_set_nosigpipe(fd, 1);
 		
-		event_set(user->ev_read,  fd, EV_READ | EV_PERSIST, net_on_read,  user);
-		event_set(user->ev_write, fd, EV_WRITE,             net_on_write, user);
-		event_base_set(hub->evbase, user->ev_read);
-		event_base_set(hub->evbase, user->ev_write);
-		event_add(user->ev_read,  &timeout);
+		event_set(user->ev_handle,  fd, EV_READ | EV_PERSIST, net_on_read,  user);
+		event_base_set(hub->evbase, user->ev_handle);
+		event_add(user->ev_handle,  &timeout);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/route.c b/src/route.c
index ac0bfe6..cf76aca 100644
--- a/src/route.c
+++ b/src/route.c
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ int route_to_user(struct user* user, struct adc_message* msg)
 		{
 			queue_command(user, msg, ret);
 			
-			if (user->send_queue_size && user->ev_write)
-				event_add(user->ev_write, NULL);
+			if (user->send_queue_size && user->ev_handle)
+				event_add(user->ev_handle, NULL);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ int route_to_user(struct user* user, struct adc_message* msg)
 		{
 			/* queue command */
 			queue_command(user, msg, 0);
-                        if (user->ev_write)
-				event_add(user->ev_write, NULL);
+                        if (user->ev_handle)
+				event_add(user->ev_handle, NULL);
 
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/src/user.c b/src/user.c
index 77f0a58..840ccb9 100644
--- a/src/user.c
+++ b/src/user.c
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ struct user* user_create(struct hub_info* hub, int sd)
 	if (user == NULL)
 		return NULL; /* OOM */
 
-	user->ev_write = hub_malloc_zero(sizeof(struct event));
-	user->ev_read  = hub_malloc_zero(sizeof(struct event));
+	user->ev_handle = hub_malloc_zero(sizeof(struct event));
 
-	if (!user->ev_write || !user->ev_read)
+	if (!user->ev_handle)
 	{
-	    hub_free(user->ev_read);
-	    hub_free(user->ev_write);
+	    hub_free(user->ev_handle);
 	    hub_free(user);
 	    return NULL;
 	}
@@ -65,18 +63,11 @@ void user_destroy(struct user* user)
 {
 	hub_log(log_trace, "user_destroy(), user=%p", user);
 
-	if (user->ev_write)
+	if (user->ev_handle)
 	{
-		event_del(user->ev_write);
-		hub_free(user->ev_write);
-		user->ev_write = 0;
-	}
-	
-	if (user->ev_read)
-	{
-		event_del(user->ev_read);
-		hub_free(user->ev_read);
-		user->ev_read = 0;
+		event_del(user->ev_handle);
+		hub_free(user->ev_handle);
+		user->ev_handle = 0;
 	}
 	
 	net_close(user->sd);
@@ -213,11 +204,11 @@ void user_disconnect(struct user* user, int reason)
 	}
 	
 	/* dont read more data from this user */
-	if (user->ev_read)
+	if (user->ev_handle)
 	{
-		event_del(user->ev_read);
-		hub_free(user->ev_read);
-		user->ev_read = 0;
+		event_del(user->ev_handle);
+		hub_free(user->ev_handle);
+		user->ev_handle = 0;
 	}
 	
 	hub_log(log_trace, "user_disconnect(), user=%p, reason=%d, state=%d", user, reason, user->state);
diff --git a/src/user.h b/src/user.h
index 1c97185..a0819b6 100644
--- a/src/user.h
+++ b/src/user.h
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ struct user_counts
 struct user
 {
 	int                  sd;                      /** socket descriptor */
-	struct event*        ev_read;                 /** libevent struct for read events */
-	struct event*        ev_write;                /** libevent struct for write events */
+	struct event*        ev_handle;
 	enum user_state      state;                   /** see enum user_state */
 	enum user_credentials credentials;            /** see enum user_credentials */
 	struct user_info     id;                      /** Contains nick name and CID */