diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 265b3ef..5fe2ed2 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -139,4 +139,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 //    integrationTestCompile("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:3.13.0")
 //    integrationTestCompile("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-remote-driver:3.13.0")
+
+    implementation(project(":checklister-event"))
+    implementation(project(":checklister-eventsink-logger"))
 }
diff --git a/checklister-event/build.gradle.kts b/checklister-event/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6df66c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checklister-event/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+plugins {
+    `java-library`
+    kotlin("jvm")
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    // Kotlin
+    implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk8"))
+}
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diff --git a/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/Event.kt b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/Event.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47c1521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/Event.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event
+
+interface Event
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/serializer/EventSerializer.kt b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/serializer/EventSerializer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27619b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/serializer/EventSerializer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.serializer
+
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.Event
+
+interface EventSerializer {
+    fun serialize(event: Event): ByteArray
+}
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diff --git a/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/serializer/ToStringEventSerializer.kt b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/serializer/ToStringEventSerializer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dd4aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/serializer/ToStringEventSerializer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.serializer
+
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.Event
+
+class ToStringEventSerializer : EventSerializer {
+    override fun serialize(event: Event): ByteArray {
+        return event.toString().toByteArray()
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/sink/EventSink.kt b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/sink/EventSink.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d317a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checklister-event/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/event/sink/EventSink.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.sink
+
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.Event
+
+interface EventSink {
+    fun accept(event: Event)
+}
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diff --git a/checklister-eventsink-logger/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/eventsink/logger/LoggerEventSink.kt b/checklister-eventsink-logger/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/eventsink/logger/LoggerEventSink.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1b53a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checklister-eventsink-logger/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/lib/eventsink/logger/LoggerEventSink.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.eventsink.logger
+
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.Event
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.serializer.EventSerializer
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.sink.EventSink
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger
+
+class LoggerEventSink(private val serializer: EventSerializer,
+                      private val log: Logger) : EventSink {
+    override fun accept(event: Event) {
+        val bytes = serializer.serialize(event)
+        log.info("Event: {}", String(bytes))
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index b4b85ee..35fcf33 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-rootProject.name = "checklister"
\ No newline at end of file
+rootProject.name = "checklister"
+include("checklister-event", "checklister-eventsink-logger")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/ChecklisterApplication.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/ChecklisterApplication.kt
index ba7818b..a909e7c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/ChecklisterApplication.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/ChecklisterApplication.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 package cloud.cosmin.checklister
 
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.serializer.ToStringEventSerializer
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.sink.EventSink
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.eventsink.logger.LoggerEventSink
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
 
 @SpringBootApplication
-class ChecklisterApplication
+class ChecklisterApplication {
+    @Bean
+    fun eventSink(): EventSink {
+        val serializer = ToStringEventSerializer()
+        val logger = LogManager.getLogger(LoggerEventSink::class.java)
+        return LoggerEventSink(serializer, logger)
+    }
+}
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     SpringApplication.run(ChecklisterApplication::class.java, *args)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/Event.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/Event.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index b6092ba..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/Event.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
-
-interface Event {
-    fun serialize(): ByteArray
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/EventSerializer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/EventSerializer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ec58b6..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/EventSerializer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
-
-interface EventSerializer {
-    fun serialize(event: Event): ByteArray
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/EventSink.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/EventSink.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index f589b0b..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/EventSink.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
-
-interface EventSink {
-    fun accept(event: Event)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEvent.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEvent.kt
index c7670e8..c0c8d21 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEvent.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEvent.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
 
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.dto.ItemGetDto
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.dto.ListGetDto
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.Event
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.RankOperation
 
 enum class ListEventType {
@@ -12,24 +13,17 @@ enum class ItemEventType {
     CREATE, UPDATE, RANK
 }
 
-abstract class AbstractEvent : Event {
-    private val eventSerializer = ToStringEventSerializer()
-    override fun serialize(): ByteArray {
-        return eventSerializer.serialize(this)
-    }
-}
-
-data class ItemCreateEvent(val item: ItemGetDto) : AbstractEvent()
+data class ItemCreateEvent(val item: ItemGetDto) : Event
 
 data class ItemUpdateEvent(
         val before: ItemGetDto,
-        val after: ItemGetDto) : AbstractEvent()
+        val after: ItemGetDto) : Event
 
 data class ItemRankEvent(
         val op: RankOperation,
         val before: ItemGetDto,
-        val after: ItemGetDto) : AbstractEvent()
+        val after: ItemGetDto) : Event
 
-data class ListCreateEvent(val item: ListGetDto) : AbstractEvent()
+data class ListCreateEvent(val item: ListGetDto) : Event
 
-data class ListUpdateEvent(val before: ListGetDto, val after: ListGetDto) : AbstractEvent()
\ No newline at end of file
+data class ListUpdateEvent(val before: ListGetDto, val after: ListGetDto) : Event
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventService.kt
index d797f2f..3afeb19 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventService.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
 
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.dto.ItemGetDto
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.sink.EventSink
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.RankOperation
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ListEventService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ListEventService.kt
index edc4180..70681d3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ListEventService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ListEventService.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
 
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.dto.ListGetDto
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.sink.EventSink
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.ListEvents
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ToStringEventSerializer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ToStringEventSerializer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 668d499..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ToStringEventSerializer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
-
-class ToStringEventSerializer : EventSerializer {
-    override fun serialize(event: Event): ByteArray {
-        return event.toString().toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8)
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/eventsink/LoggerEventSink.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/eventsink/LoggerEventSink.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index ff79bdb..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/eventsink/LoggerEventSink.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event.eventsink
-
-import cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event.EventSink
-import cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event.Event
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
-
-@Service
-class LoggerEventSink : EventSink {
-    private val log = LogManager.getLogger(javaClass)
-
-    override fun accept(event: Event) {
-        log.info("Event: {}", String(event.serialize()))
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 4d13a13..b836d21 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
         <Root level="error">
             <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
         </Root>
-        <Logger name="cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event.eventsink.LoggerEventSink" level="info"/>
+        <Logger name="cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.eventsink.logger.LoggerEventSink" level="info"/>
     </Loggers>
 </Configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventServiceTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventServiceTest.kt
index 57690de..3147e24 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventServiceTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/cloud/cosmin/checklister/service/event/ItemEventServiceTest.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.event
 
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.dto.ItemGetDto
+import cloud.cosmin.checklister.lib.event.sink.EventSink
 import cloud.cosmin.checklister.service.RankOperation
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test