diff --git a/api/icsneocpp/event.cpp b/api/icsneocpp/event.cpp
index befdd312..9ad080dd 100644
--- a/api/icsneocpp/event.cpp
+++ b/api/icsneocpp/event.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 using namespace icsneo;
 
-APIEvent::APIEvent(Type type, APIEvent::Severity severity, const Device* device) : eventStruct({}) {
-	this->device = device;
-	if(device) {
-		serial = device->getSerial();
+APIEvent::APIEvent(Type type, APIEvent::Severity severity, std::weak_ptr<Device> device) : eventStruct({}), device(device) {
+	auto shared = device.lock();
+	if(shared) {
+		serial = shared->getSerial();
 		eventStruct.serial[serial.copy(eventStruct.serial, sizeof(eventStruct.serial))] = '\0';
 	}
 
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ void APIEvent::downgradeFromError() noexcept {
 }
 
 bool APIEvent::isForDevice(std::string filterSerial) const noexcept {
-	if(!device || filterSerial.length() == 0)
+	auto shared = device.lock();
+	if(!shared || filterSerial.length() == 0)
 		return false;
-	return device->getSerial() == filterSerial;
+	return shared->getSerial() == filterSerial;
 }
 
 // API Errors
@@ -467,8 +468,9 @@ const char* APIEvent::DescriptionForType(Type type) {
 
 std::string APIEvent::describe() const noexcept {
 	std::stringstream ss;
-	if(device)
-		ss << *device; // Makes use of device.describe()
+	auto shared = device.lock();
+	if(shared)
+		ss << *shared; // Makes use of device.describe()
 	else
 		ss << "API";
 
diff --git a/include/icsneo/api/event.h b/include/icsneo/api/event.h
index ac14a628..6cb688bf 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/api/event.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/api/event.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #include <chrono>
 #include <string>
 #include <ostream>
+#include <memory>
 
 namespace icsneo {
 
@@ -185,19 +186,25 @@ public:
 		Error = 0x30
 	};
 
-	APIEvent() : eventStruct({}), serial(), timepoint(), device(nullptr) {}
-	APIEvent(APIEvent::Type event, APIEvent::Severity severity, const Device* device = nullptr);
+	APIEvent() : eventStruct({}), serial(), timepoint() {}
+	APIEvent(APIEvent::Type event, APIEvent::Severity severity, std::weak_ptr<Device> device = {});
 
 	const neoevent_t* getNeoEvent() const noexcept { return &eventStruct; }
 	Type getType() const noexcept { return Type(eventStruct.eventNumber); }
 	Severity getSeverity() const noexcept { return Severity(eventStruct.severity); }
 	std::string getDescription() const noexcept { return std::string(eventStruct.description); }
-	const Device* getDevice() const noexcept { return device; } // Will return nullptr if this is an API-wide event
+	const Device* getDevice() const noexcept { // Will return nullptr if this is an API-wide event
+		auto shared = device.lock();
+		return (shared) ? shared.get() : nullptr;
+	} 
 	EventTimePoint getTimestamp() const noexcept { return timepoint; }
 
 	void downgradeFromError() noexcept;
 
-	bool isForDevice(const Device* forDevice) const noexcept { return forDevice == device; }
+	bool isForDevice(const Device* forDevice) const noexcept {
+		auto shared = device.lock();
+		return shared && (shared.get() == forDevice);
+	}
 	bool isForDevice(std::string serial) const noexcept;
 
 	// As opposed to getDescription, this will also add text such as "neoVI FIRE 2 CY2468 Error: " to fully describe the problem
@@ -213,7 +220,7 @@ private:
 	neoevent_t eventStruct;
 	std::string serial;
 	EventTimePoint timepoint;
-	const Device* device;
+	std::weak_ptr<Device> device;
 
 	void init(APIEvent::Type event, APIEvent::Severity);
 };
diff --git a/include/icsneo/api/eventmanager.h b/include/icsneo/api/eventmanager.h
index 5d5725d2..b176c5c7 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/api/eventmanager.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/api/eventmanager.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
 	APIEvent getLastError();
 
 	void add(APIEvent event);
-	void add(APIEvent::Type type, APIEvent::Severity severity, const Device* forDevice = nullptr) {
+	void add(APIEvent::Type type, APIEvent::Severity severity, std::weak_ptr<Device> forDevice = {}) {
 		add(APIEvent(type, severity, forDevice));
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/icsneo/device/device.h b/include/icsneo/device/device.h
index 59cc9e99..dbcb26c3 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/device/device.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/device/device.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class DeviceExtension;
 
 typedef uint64_t MemoryAddress;
 
-class Device {
+class Device : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Device> {
 public:
 	virtual ~Device();
 
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ protected:
 
 	virtual device_eventhandler_t makeEventHandler() {
 		return [this](APIEvent::Type type, APIEvent::Severity severity) {
-			EventManager::GetInstance().add(type, severity, this);
+			EventManager::GetInstance().add(type, severity, weak_from_this());
 		};
 	}