diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index df6398718..431abed1a 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getGatewayBot } from "./helpers/misc/get_gateway_bot.ts";
 import { rest } from "./rest/rest.ts";
-import type { EventHandlerFunctions } from "./types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts";
+import type { EventHandlers } from "./types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts";
 import { DiscordGatewayIntents } from "./types/gateway/gateway_intents.ts";
 import { snowflakeToBigint } from "./util/bigint.ts";
 import { GATEWAY_VERSION } from "./util/constants.ts";
@@ -11,17 +11,12 @@ export let secretKey = "";
 export let botId = 0n;
 export let applicationId = 0n;
 
-/**
- * Used internally to track the source of truth for event functions
- * @private
- */
-export let _eventHandlers: EventHandlerFunctions = {};
-export let eventHandlers: EventHandlerFunctions = _eventHandlers;
+export let eventHandlers: EventHandlers = {};
 
 export let proxyWSURL = `wss://gateway.discord.gg`;
 
 export async function startBot(config: BotConfig) {
-  if (config.eventHandlers) _eventHandlers = config.eventHandlers;
+  if (config.eventHandlers) eventHandlers = config.eventHandlers;
   ws.identifyPayload.token = `Bot ${config.token}`;
   rest.token = `Bot ${config.token}`;
   ws.identifyPayload.intents = config.intents.reduce(
@@ -49,16 +44,14 @@ export async function startBot(config: BotConfig) {
   ws.spawnShards();
 }
 
-export function overloadEventHandlers(__eventHandlers: EventHandlerFunctions) {
-  eventHandlers = __eventHandlers;
+export function replaceEventHandlers(newEventHandlers: EventHandlers) {
+  eventHandlers = newEventHandlers;
 }
 
 /** Allows you to dynamically update the event handlers by passing in new eventHandlers */
-export function updateEventHandlers(newEventHandlers: EventHandlerFunctions) {
-  _eventHandlers = {
-    ..._eventHandlers,
-    ...newEventHandlers,
-  };
+export function updateEventHandlers(newEventHandlers: EventHandlers) {
+  // Object.assign instead of ... operator because of the Proxy used
+  Object.assign(eventHandlers, newEventHandlers);
 }
 
 /** INTERNAL LIB function used to set the bot Id once the READY event is sent by Discord. */
@@ -75,5 +68,5 @@ export interface BotConfig {
   token: string;
   compress?: boolean;
   intents: (DiscordGatewayIntents | keyof typeof DiscordGatewayIntents)[];
-  eventHandlers?: EventHandlerFunctions;
+  eventHandlers?: EventHandlers;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/proxyEvents.ts b/src/plugins/proxyEvents.ts
index 97d2cbcd0..5af8bb67e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/proxyEvents.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/proxyEvents.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { overloadEventHandlers, _eventHandlers } from "../bot.ts";
-import type { EventHandlerFunctions } from "../types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts";
+import { eventHandlers, replaceEventHandlers } from "../bot.ts";
+import type { EventHandlers } from "../types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts";
 import type { EventEmitter } from "https://deno.land/std@0.96.0/node/events.ts";
 
 export function proxyEvent(emitter: EventEmitter) {
-  overloadEventHandlers(new Proxy(_eventHandlers, {
-    get(target, prop: keyof EventHandlerFunctions) {
+  replaceEventHandlers(new Proxy(eventHandlers, {
+    get(target, prop: keyof EventHandlers) {
       return target[prop] !== undefined ? target[prop] : ((...args: unknown[]) => emitter.emit(prop, ...args));
     },
   }));
diff --git a/src/types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts b/src/types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts
index 887d5f504..a460928db 100644
--- a/src/types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/types/discordeno/eventHandlers.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { VoiceServerUpdate } from "../voice/voice_server_update.ts";
 import { DebugArg } from "./debug_arg.ts";
 import { GuildUpdateChange } from "./guild_update_change.ts";
 
-export type EventHandlers = {
+export type EventHandlersDefinitions = {
   /** Sent when a new Slash Command is created, relevant to the current user. */
   applicationCommandCreate: [data: ApplicationCommandCreateUpdateDelete];
   /** Sent when a Slash Command relevant to the current user is updated. */
@@ -160,6 +160,6 @@ export type EventHandlers = {
   inviteDelete: [data: InviteDelete];
 }
 
-export type EventHandlerFunctions = {
-  [E in keyof EventHandlers]?: (...args: EventHandlers[E]) => unknown;
+export type EventHandlers = {
+  [E in keyof EventHandlersDefinitions]?: (...args: EventHandlersDefinitions[E]) => unknown;
 };
diff --git a/tests/ws/start_bot.ts b/tests/ws/start_bot.ts
index 266da17e9..43f59b136 100644
--- a/tests/ws/start_bot.ts
+++ b/tests/ws/start_bot.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { cache } from "../../src/cache.ts";
 import { deleteGuild } from "../../src/helpers/guilds/delete_guild.ts";
 import { delay } from "../../src/util/utils.ts";
 import { ws } from "../../src/ws/ws.ts";
-import { assertExists } from "../deps.ts";
+import { assertExists, assertEquals } from "../deps.ts";
 
 // Set necessary settings
 // Disables the logger which logs everything
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@ Deno.test({
     const token = Deno.env.get("DISCORD_TOKEN");
     if (!token) throw new Error("Token is not provided");
 
+    let didReady = false;
+
     await startBot({
       token,
+      eventHandlers: {
+        ready: () => didReady = true
+      },
       intents: [
         "GuildMessages",
         "Guilds",
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ Deno.test({
 
     // Assertions
     assertExists(botId);
+    assertEquals(true, didReady);
   },
   ...defaultTestOptions,
 });