diff --git a/configs/cli.js b/configs/cli.js
index 9df5c891..8d95eff0 100644
--- a/configs/cli.js
+++ b/configs/cli.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 module.exports = function(options) {
     
+// workaround for api difference between node and c9 events modules
 var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter;
-EventEmitter.prototype.emit = new Function("type", 
-    EventEmitter.prototype.emit.toString()
-        .replace(/return false/g, "return")
-        .replace(/^[^{]*{/, "")
-        .replace(/\}$/, ""));
+var emit_ = EventEmitter.prototype.emit
+EventEmitter.prototype.emit = function() {
+    emit_.apply(this, arguments);
+    return true;
+}
 
 var PID = process.env.C9_PID || 526;
 var APIHOST = process.env.C9_APIHOST || "api.c9.io"; // "api.c9.io";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed158aa2..629e7b76 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         "c9.ide.help.support": "#60e88f5680",
         "c9.ide.imgeditor": "#08bbc53578",
         "c9.ide.immediate": "#6845a93705",
-        "c9.ide.installer": "#80d050b6de",
+        "c9.ide.installer": "#a1e01c07a3",
         "c9.ide.mount": "#32e79866ee",
         "c9.ide.navigate": "#64156c7f4a",
         "c9.ide.newresource": "#f1f0624768",