diff --git a/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.events.js b/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.events.js
index f8ebebe90..4e3ec953a 100644
--- a/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.events.js
+++ b/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.events.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import {EventEmitter} from 'events';<% if (filters.mongooseModels) { %>
-import User from './user.model';<% } if (filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
+import {EventEmitter} from 'events';<% if (filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
 import {User} from '../../sqldb';<% } %>
 var UserEvents = new EventEmitter();
 
@@ -24,10 +23,12 @@ var events = {
 };<% } %>
 
 // Register the event emitter to the model events
-for(var e in events) {
-  let event = events[e];<% if (filters.mongooseModels) { %>
-  User.schema.post(e, emitEvent(event));<% } if (filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
-  User.hook(e, emitEvent(event));<% } %>
+function registerEvents(User) {
+  for(var e in events) {
+    let event = events[e];<% if (filters.mongooseModels) { %>
+    User.post(e, emitEvent(event));<% } if (filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
+    User.hook(e, emitEvent(event));<% } %>
+  }
 }
 
 function emitEvent(event) {
@@ -37,5 +38,7 @@ function emitEvent(event) {
     done(null);<% } %>
   }
 }
-
+<% if (filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
+registerEvents(User);<% } if (filters.mongooseModels) { %>
+export {registerEvents};<% } %>
 export default UserEvents;
diff --git a/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.model(mongooseModels).js b/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.model(mongooseModels).js
index f23208f12..b19e3ff36 100644
--- a/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.model(mongooseModels).js
+++ b/templates/app/server/api/user(auth)/user.model(mongooseModels).js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 /*eslint no-invalid-this:0*/
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 mongoose.Promise = require('bluebird');
-import mongoose, {Schema} from 'mongoose';<% if(filters.oauth) { %>
+import mongoose, {Schema} from 'mongoose';
+import {registerEvents} from './user.events';<% if(filters.oauth) { %>
 
 const authTypes = ['github', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'google'];<% } %>
 
@@ -257,4 +258,5 @@ UserSchema.methods = {
   }
 };
 
+registerEvents(UserSchema);
 export default mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
diff --git a/templates/endpoint/basename.events(models).js b/templates/endpoint/basename.events(models).js
index 374c8108f..6040e60dd 100644
--- a/templates/endpoint/basename.events(models).js
+++ b/templates/endpoint/basename.events(models).js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import {EventEmitter} from 'events';<% if(filters.mongooseModels) { %>
-import <%= classedName %> from './<%= basename %>.model';<% } if(filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
+import {EventEmitter} from 'events';<% if(filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
 var <%= classedName %> = require('<%= relativeRequire(config.get('registerModelsFile')) %>').<%= classedName %>;<% } %>
 var <%= classedName %>Events = new EventEmitter();
 
@@ -27,10 +26,12 @@ var events = {
 <%_ } -%>
 
 // Register the event emitter to the model events
-for(var e in events) {
-  let event = events[e];<% if(filters.mongooseModels) { %>
-  <%= classedName %>.schema.post(e, emitEvent(event));<% } if(filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
-  <%= classedName %>.hook(e, emitEvent(event));<% } %>
+function registerEvents(<%= classedName %>) {
+  for(var e in events) {
+    let event = events[e];<% if(filters.mongooseModels) { %>
+    <%= classedName %>.post(e, emitEvent(event));<% } if(filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
+    <%= classedName %>.hook(e, emitEvent(event));<% } %>
+  }
 }
 
 function emitEvent(event) {
@@ -40,5 +41,7 @@ function emitEvent(event) {
     done(null);<% } %>
   };
 }
-
+<% if (filters.sequelizeModels) { %>
+registerEvents(<%= classedName %>);<% } if (filters.mongooseModels) { %>
+export {registerEvents};<% } %>
 export default <%= classedName %>Events;
diff --git a/templates/endpoint/basename.model(mongooseModels).js b/templates/endpoint/basename.model(mongooseModels).js
index 58391e89a..201a56502 100644
--- a/templates/endpoint/basename.model(mongooseModels).js
+++ b/templates/endpoint/basename.model(mongooseModels).js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import {registerEvents} from './<%= basename %>.events';
 
 var <%= classedName %>Schema = new mongoose.Schema({
   name: String,
@@ -8,4 +9,5 @@ var <%= classedName %>Schema = new mongoose.Schema({
   active: Boolean
 });
 
+registerEvents(<%= classedName %>Schema);
 export default mongoose.model('<%= classedName %>', <%= classedName %>Schema);