diff --git a/api/index.js b/api/index.js
index 60b357cc..2080333a 100644
--- a/api/index.js
+++ b/api/index.js
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ var ws;
 var api_connected = false;
 
 function send_events_to_clients(data) {
-    console.log("sending events to clients");
-  sse_clients.forEach((client) =>
-    client.response.write(`${JSON.stringify(data)}\n\n`)
+  console.log("sending events to clients");
+    sse_clients.forEach((client) => {
+        client.response.write("event: message\n");
+        client.response.write("data:" + JSON.stringify(data) + "\n\n")
+    }
   );
 }
 
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ var connect_to_api = function () {
 
   ws.on("message", function message(message) {
     try {
-        var msg = JSON.parse(message);
-        send_events_to_clients(msg);
+      var msg = JSON.parse(message);
+      send_events_to_clients(msg);
     } catch (error) {
       console.log("could not parse as json");
     }