     res = new eslResponse socket
     socket.emit event, req, res
   # Get things started
-  @emit 'esl_connect', new eslResponse socket
+  @emit 'esl_connect', new eslResponse socket if @emit?
 
 class eslServer extends net.Server
   constructor: (requestListener) ->

      # Make sure we are the only one receiving command replies
      @socket.removeAllListeners('esl_command_reply')
      if cb?
        @on 'esl_command_reply', (req,res) ->
          cb(req,res)

      @socket.write "#{command}\n"

    @send "api #{command}", null, cb

  bgapi: (command,cb) ->
    @send "bgapi #{command}", null, (req,res) ->
      if cb?
        r = res.header['Reply-Text']?.match /\+OK Job-UUID: (.+)$/
        cb r[1]
