# Subscribing to an event within a Spark Core does not work

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/subscribing-to-an-event-within-a-spark-core-does-not-work/8925>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 21, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/subscribing-to-an-event-within-a-spark-core-does-not-work/8925 "2014-12-21T16:20:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/dave/32/181_2.png) [@Dave](https://community.particle.io/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/subscribing-to-an-event-within-a-spark-core-does-not-work/8925/31 "2015-01-03T21:48:15Z")

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Hey All,

This has been bugging me too! So I pushed a fix for it today, Sorry about the delay! I think if you try private subscribe, it should now work as expected. 🙂

Thanks,  
David

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