diff --git a/event.js b/event.js
index 7ae5f80..2100455 100644
--- a/event.js
+++ b/event.js
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function(name, func, options={}){
 // XXX still not sure about the builtin-local event control flow...
 // XXX do we need to be able to force global handler???
 var EventHandlerMixin = 
-module.EventHandlerMixin = {
+module.EventHandlerMixin = object.Mixin('EventHandlerMixin', {
 	__event_handlers__: null,
 
 	on: function(evt, func){
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ module.EventHandlerMixin = {
 			&& (this.__event_handlers__[evt] || [])
 				.forEach(function(h){ h(evt, ...args) }) 
 		return this },
-}
+})
 
 
 // NOTE: this can't be added via Object.assign(..), use object.mixinFlat(..) 
 // 		instead...
 var EventDocMixin = 
-module.EventDocMixin = {
+module.EventDocMixin = object.Mixin('EventDocMixin', {
 	get eventfull(){
 		return object.deepKeys(this)
 			.filter(function(n){ 
@@ -279,14 +279,14 @@ module.EventDocMixin = {
 				// avoid triggering props...
 				return !object.values(this, n, function(){ return object.STOP }, true)[0].get
 					&& (this[n] || {}).__event__ == 'full' }.bind(this)) },
-}
+})
 
 
 var EventMixin = 
-module.EventMixin =
-	object.mixinFlat({},
-		EventHandlerMixin,
-		EventDocMixin)
+module.EventMixin = 
+object.Mixin('EventMixin', 
+	EventHandlerMixin,
+	EventDocMixin)
 
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 659737f..24adee6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-types",
-  "version": "3.6.0",
+  "version": "3.7.11",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@
       }
     },
     "ig-object": {
-      "version": "5.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ig-object/-/ig-object-5.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8I3w0Gqv96cx1Eirqrvtuh4Pq8X4U3tAexj4nMwceNu4jzZF1wg9FP3Im5ZZ99kQSk7CWl4tjSGe/aS5IXEoMw=="
+      "version": "5.4.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ig-object/-/ig-object-5.4.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xRJRI7Y5Cw0u7FZL/Ln/noitjQ9HFVLwHbnVozCZ1/95p/F9h+kenOzagj/Cm0uBsEdTi3KJfGrdmsyH5AM7cg=="
     },
     "ig-test": {
       "version": "1.4.6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a67512..e541490 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-types",
-  "version": "3.7.10",
+  "version": "3.7.12",
   "description": "Generic JavaScript types and type extensions...",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/flynx/types.js#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "ig-object": "^5.3.0",
+    "ig-object": "^5.4.2",
     "object-run": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/runner.js b/runner.js
index 790b010..41bfa19 100644
--- a/runner.js
+++ b/runner.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module.Queue = object.Constructor('Queue', Array, {
 	run: function(...tasks){
 		return this({ state: 'running' }, ...tasks) },
 
-}, object.mixinFlat({
+}, events.EventMixin('flat', {
 	// config...
 	//
 	pool_size: 8,
@@ -188,9 +188,7 @@ module.Queue = object.Constructor('Queue', Array, {
 				&& typeof(this[0].finally) != 'function'){
 			Object.assign(this, this.shift()) }
 		this._run() },
-}, 
-// the event API mixin...
-events.EventMixin))
+}))
 
 
 
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index e42c8c3..930a5fd 100755
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Events.cases({
 		// object with events...
 		var ObjWithEvents = 
 			assert(
-				object.mixinFlat({
+				events.EventMixin('flat', {
 					// NOTE: we will also use virtual events later -- 'moo' 
 					// 		and 'foo', these do not have to be defined to 
 					// 		be usable...
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ Events.cases({
 							called['event-call'] = true
 							assert(handle(), '.Event(..) -> handle(..)')
 						}), '.Event(..)'),
-				}, events.EventMixin), 
+				}), 
 				'object with event mixin created.')
 
 		// create an "instance"...