diff --git a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
index 1b7c8e2..1e3a6ff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Widget.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Container from 'react-bootstrap/Container';
 import Row from 'react-bootstrap/Row';
 import Col from 'react-bootstrap/Col';
 import Stack from 'react-bootstrap/Stack';
-import { EventDirection, WidgetEventCapability } from 'matrix-widget-api';
+import { WidgetApi, EventDirection, WidgetEventCapability } from 'matrix-widget-api';
 // import { MuiCapabilitiesGuard } from '@matrix-widget-toolkit/mui';
 // import { useWidgetApi } from '@matrix-widget-toolkit/react';
 
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ function Widget() {
   useEffect(() => {
     console.log('window.location', window.location);
 
+    widgetApi.current = new WidgetApi();
+
+    widgetApi.on('ready', (e) => {
+      console.log('WIDGET READY', e);
+    });
     // window.widgetApiPromise.then((api) => {
     //   console.log('widgetApi promise resolved', api);
     //   widgetApi.current = api;