diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13d8ee2..d4352ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/base",
-  "version": "0.1.29",
+  "version": "0.1.30",
   "description": "Multi type and transport JSON packet communication base class.  Used in UCI extended classes",
   "main": "src/base",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/base.js b/src/base.js
index c3e4484..4236e61 100644
--- a/src/base.js
+++ b/src/base.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import EventEmitter from 'events'
 // Internal dependencies
 import { processor, defaultCmds, namespaces } from './processing'
 
-// Useful Constants
+// Constants
 const SOCKET_INFO_KEYS = ['name', 'type', 'transport']
 const TRANSLATE = {
   n: 'Named Pipe',
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ class Base extends EventEmitter {
       break
     case 'm':
       if (type === 'p') type = 'c'
+      options.client = type==='c' ? true : false
       options.connect = options.connect || {}
       if (options.host) options.connect.host = options.host
       if (options.port) options.connect.port = options.port
@@ -183,10 +184,18 @@ class Base extends EventEmitter {
     this._socket[name].transport = transport
     this._socket[name]._packetProcess = this._packetProcess.bind(this, name)
 
-    // bubble up events from sockets
-    this._socket[name].on('status', ev => {
-      ev.socketName=name
-      this.emit('status', ev)
+    // bubble up events from sockets to instance
+    const EVENTS=['status','consumer-connection']  // that should emit up from socket to instance
+    EVENTS.forEach(event => {
+      this._socket[name].on(event, obj => {
+        if (Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) !== '[object Object]') {
+          let data=obj
+          obj = {}
+          obj.data = data
+        }
+        obj.socketName = name
+        this.emit(event,obj)
+      })
     })
 
     if (type==='c') {