diff --git a/lib/tao/__init__.py b/lib/tao/__init__.py
index 1179607..db64b25 100644
--- a/lib/tao/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/tao/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
 # All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
-
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
index 9726eb9..9413fe5 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
@@ -3,31 +3,24 @@
 
 from functools import wraps
 
-from watchdog.observers import Observer
 from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler as FileSystemWatchdogEventHandler
 
 from tfw.networking.event_handlers import ServerUplinkConnector
-from tfw.components.decorators import RateLimiter
+from tfw.decorators import RateLimiter
+from tfw.mixins import ObserverMixin
 
 from tfw.config.logs import logging
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class DirectoryMonitor:
+class DirectoryMonitor(ObserverMixin):
     def __init__(self, directory):
-        self.observer = Observer()
+        ObserverMixin.__init__(self)
         self.eventhandler = WebideReloadWatchdogEventHandler()
         self.observer.schedule(self.eventhandler, directory, recursive=True)
         self.pause, self.resume = self.eventhandler.pause, self.eventhandler.resume
 
-    def watch(self):
-        self.observer.start()
-
-    def stop(self):
-        self.observer.stop()
-        self.observer.join()
-
     @property
     def ignore(self):
         return self.eventhandler.ignore
@@ -70,8 +63,8 @@ class WebideReloadWatchdogEventHandler(FileSystemWatchdogEventHandler):
             self.ignore = self.ignore - 1
             return
         LOG.debug(event)
-        key = 'webide'
-        self.uplink.send(key, {'data': {'command': 'reload'}})
+        self.uplink.send({'key': 'webide',
+                          'data': {'command': 'reload'}})
 
 
 def with_monitor_paused(fun):
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitoring_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitoring_event_handler.py
index c9c39bc..091b76e 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitoring_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitoring_event_handler.py
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@ from os.path import isdir, exists
 
 from tfw import TriggerlessEventHandler
 from tfw.config.logs import logging
+from tfw.mixins import MonitorManagerMixin
 from .directory_monitor import DirectoryMonitor
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class DirectoryMonitoringEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
+class DirectoryMonitoringEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler, MonitorManagerMixin):
     def __init__(self, key, directory):
         super().__init__(key)
         self._directory = directory
-        self._monitor = None
-        self.reload_monitor()
+        MonitorManagerMixin.__init__(self, DirectoryMonitor, self._directory)
+
         self.commands = {'pause':     self.pause,
                          'resume':    self.resume,
                          'ignore':    self.ignore,
@@ -31,20 +32,7 @@ class DirectoryMonitoringEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
             raise EnvironmentError('No such directory!')
         self._directory = directory
 
-    @property
-    def monitor(self):
-        return self._monitor
-
-    def reload_monitor(self):
-        if self._monitor:
-            try:
-                self._monitor.stop()
-            except KeyError:
-                LOG.debug('Working directory was removed – ignoring...')
-        self._monitor = DirectoryMonitor(self._directory)
-        self._monitor.watch()   # This runs on a separate thread
-
-    def handle_event(self, key, message):
+    def handle_event(self, message):
         try:
             message['data'] = self.commands[message['data']['command']](message['data'])
             return message
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/history_monitor.py b/lib/tfw/components/history_monitor.py
index 1665ad9..7f3965c 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/history_monitor.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/history_monitor.py
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ from re import findall
 from re import compile as compileregex
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-from watchdog.observers import Observer
 from watchdog.events import PatternMatchingEventHandler
 
-from tfw.components.mixins import CallbackMixin
-from tfw.components.decorators import RateLimiter
+from tfw.mixins import CallbackMixin, ObserverMixin
+from tfw.decorators import RateLimiter
 
 
 class CallbackEventHandler(PatternMatchingEventHandler, ABC):
@@ -24,13 +23,13 @@ class CallbackEventHandler(PatternMatchingEventHandler, ABC):
             callback()
 
 
-class HistoryMonitor(CallbackMixin, ABC):
+class HistoryMonitor(CallbackMixin, ObserverMixin, ABC):
     def __init__(self, histfile):
         CallbackMixin.__init__(self)
+        ObserverMixin.__init__(self)
         self.histfile = histfile
         self._history = []
         self._last_length = len(self._history)
-        self.observer = Observer()
         self.observer.schedule(CallbackEventHandler([self.histfile],
                                                     self._fetch_history,
                                                     self._invoke_callbacks),
@@ -60,13 +59,6 @@ class HistoryMonitor(CallbackMixin, ABC):
         if self._last_length < len(self._history):
             self._execute_callbacks(self.history)
 
-    def watch(self):
-        self.observer.start()
-
-    def stop(self):
-        self.observer.stop()
-        self.observer.join()
-
 
 class BashMonitor(HistoryMonitor):
     @property
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/process_managing_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/components/process_managing_event_handler.py
index f069c67..3246174 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/process_managing_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/process_managing_event_handler.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from xmlrpc.client import Fault as SupervisorFault
 
 from tfw import TriggerlessEventHandler
-from tfw.components.mixins import SupervisorMixin
+from tfw.mixins import SupervisorMixin
 from tfw.config.logs import logging
 from .directory_monitor import with_monitor_paused
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ProcessManagingEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
         self.processmanager = ProcessManager()
 
     @with_monitor_paused
-    def handle_event(self, key, message):
+    def handle_event(self, message):
         try:
             data = message['data']
             self.processmanager(data['command'], data['process_name'])
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/terminado_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/components/terminado_event_handler.py
index 58ccd4b..06347a1 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/terminado_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/terminado_event_handler.py
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ class TerminadoEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
     def historymonitor(self):
         return self._historymonitor
 
-    def handle_event(self, key, message):
+    def handle_event(self, message):
         LOG.debug('TerminadoEventHandler received event: %s', message)
         try:
-            message['data'] = self.commands[message['data']['command']](message['data'])
+            data = message['data']
+            message['data'] = self.commands[data['command']](data)
             return message
         except KeyError:
             LOG.error('IGNORING MESSAGE: Invalid message received: %s', message)
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/webide_event_handler.py b/lib/tfw/components/webide_event_handler.py
index 8c032d2..9a007a2 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/webide_event_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/webide_event_handler.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from fnmatch import fnmatchcase
 from collections import Iterable
 
 from tfw import TriggerlessEventHandler
+from tfw.mixins import MonitorManagerMixin
 from tfw.config.logs import logging
 from .directory_monitor import DirectoryMonitor
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class FileManager:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
 
     @filename.setter
     def filename(self, filename):
-        if not filename in self.files:
+        if filename not in self.files:
             raise EnvironmentError('No such file in workdir!')
         self._filename = filename
 
@@ -90,12 +91,13 @@ class FileManager:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         return relpath(self._filepath(filename), start=self._workdir)
 
 
-class WebideEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
+class WebideEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler, MonitorManagerMixin):
     # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
     def __init__(self, key, directory, allowed_directories, selected_file=None, exclude=None):
         super().__init__(key)
         self.filemanager = FileManager(allowed_directories=allowed_directories, working_directory=directory,
                                        selected_file=selected_file, exclude=exclude)
+        MonitorManagerMixin.__init__(self, DirectoryMonitor, self.filemanager.workdir)
 
         self.commands = {'read':      self.read,
                          'write':     self.write,
@@ -103,22 +105,6 @@ class WebideEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
                          'selectdir': self.select_dir,
                          'exclude':   self.exclude}
 
-        self._monitor = None
-        self.reload_monitor()
-
-    @property
-    def monitor(self):
-        return self._monitor
-
-    def reload_monitor(self):
-        if self._monitor:
-            try:
-                self._monitor.stop()
-            except KeyError:
-                LOG.debug('Working directory was removed – ignoring...')
-        self._monitor = DirectoryMonitor(self.filemanager.workdir)
-        self._monitor.watch()   # This runs on a separate thread
-
     def read(self, data):
         try:
             data['content'] = self.filemanager.file_contents
@@ -171,7 +157,7 @@ class WebideEventHandler(TriggerlessEventHandler):
         data['files'] = self.filemanager.files
         data['directory'] = self.filemanager.workdir
 
-    def handle_event(self, key, message):
+    def handle_event(self, message):
         try:
             data = message['data']
             message['data'] = self.commands[data['command']](data)
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/decorators/__init__.py b/lib/tfw/decorators/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/tfw/components/decorators/__init__.py
rename to lib/tfw/decorators/__init__.py
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/decorators/rate_limiter.py b/lib/tfw/decorators/rate_limiter.py
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/tfw/components/decorators/rate_limiter.py
rename to lib/tfw/decorators/rate_limiter.py
diff --git a/lib/tfw/event_handler_base.py b/lib/tfw/event_handler_base.py
index fdce167..46a42e8 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/event_handler_base.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/event_handler_base.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-from tfw.networking import deserialize_all
+from tfw.networking import deserialize_tfw_msg
 from tfw.networking.event_handlers import ServerConnector
 
 
@@ -17,25 +17,26 @@ class EventHandlerBase(ABC):
         self.server_connector.register_callback(self.event_handler_callback)
 
     def event_handler_callback(self, msg_parts):
-        key, message = deserialize_all(*msg_parts)
-        response = self.dispatch_handling(key, message)
+        message = deserialize_tfw_msg(*msg_parts)
+        response = self.dispatch_handling(message)
+        response['key'] = message['key']
         if response is None:
             return
-        self.server_connector.send(key, response)
+        self.server_connector.send(response)
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def dispatch_handling(self, key, message):
+    def dispatch_handling(self, message):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def _dispatch_handling(self, key, message):
+    def _dispatch_handling(self, message):
         # pylint: disable=no-else-return
-        if key != 'reset':
-            return self.handle_event(key, message)
+        if message['key'] != 'reset':
+            return self.handle_event(message)
         else:
             return self.handle_reset(message)
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def handle_event(self, key, message):
+    def handle_event(self, message):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def handle_reset(self, message):
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ class EventHandlerBase(ABC):
 
 class TriggerlessEventHandler(EventHandlerBase, ABC):
     # pylint: disable=abstract-method
-    def dispatch_handling(self, key, message):
-        return self._dispatch_handling(key, message)
+    def dispatch_handling(self, message):
+        return self._dispatch_handling(message)
 
 
 class TriggeredEventHandler(EventHandlerBase, ABC):
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ class TriggeredEventHandler(EventHandlerBase, ABC):
         super().__init__(key)
         self.trigger = trigger
 
-    def dispatch_handling(self, key, message):
+    def dispatch_handling(self, message):
         if message.get('trigger') == self.trigger:
-            return self._dispatch_handling(key, message)
+            return self._dispatch_handling(message)
         return None
diff --git a/lib/tfw/fsm_base.py b/lib/tfw/fsm_base.py
index 545c0b6..4657b36 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/fsm_base.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/fsm_base.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from typing import List
 
 from transitions import Machine
 
-from tfw.components.mixins import CallbackMixin
+from tfw.mixins import CallbackMixin
 
 
 class FSMBase(CallbackMixin):
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/mixins/__init__.py b/lib/tfw/mixins/__init__.py
similarity index 67%
rename from lib/tfw/components/mixins/__init__.py
rename to lib/tfw/mixins/__init__.py
index 8003c33..60e67fc 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/mixins/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/mixins/__init__.py
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 
 from .supervisor_mixin import SupervisorMixin
 from .callback_mixin import CallbackMixin
+from .observer_mixin import ObserverMixin
+from .monitor_manager_mixin import MonitorManagerMixin
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/mixins/callback_mixin.py b/lib/tfw/mixins/callback_mixin.py
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/tfw/components/mixins/callback_mixin.py
rename to lib/tfw/mixins/callback_mixin.py
diff --git a/lib/tfw/mixins/monitor_manager_mixin.py b/lib/tfw/mixins/monitor_manager_mixin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c39725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tfw/mixins/monitor_manager_mixin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
+# All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
+
+from tfw.config.logs import logging
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MonitorManagerMixin:
+    def __init__(self, monitor_type, directory):
+        self._monitor_type = monitor_type
+        self._monitor = None
+        self._monitored_directory = directory
+        self.reload_monitor()
+
+    @property
+    def monitor(self):
+        return self._monitor
+
+    def reload_monitor(self):
+        if self._monitor:
+            try:
+                self._monitor.stop()
+            except KeyError:
+                LOG.debug('Working directory was removed – ignoring...')
+        self._monitor = self._monitor_type(self._monitored_directory)
+        self._monitor.watch()   # This runs on a separate thread
diff --git a/lib/tfw/mixins/observer_mixin.py b/lib/tfw/mixins/observer_mixin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4101d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tfw/mixins/observer_mixin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
+# All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
+
+from watchdog.observers import Observer
+
+
+class ObserverMixin:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.observer = Observer()
+
+    def watch(self):
+        self.observer.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.observer.stop()
+        self.observer.join()
diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/mixins/supervisor_mixin.py b/lib/tfw/mixins/supervisor_mixin.py
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/tfw/components/mixins/supervisor_mixin.py
rename to lib/tfw/mixins/supervisor_mixin.py
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/__init__.py b/lib/tfw/networking/__init__.py
index 161659b..6dd15f9 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
 # All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
 
-from .serialization import decode_if_needed, encode_if_needed, serialize_all, deserialize_all
+from .serialization import serialize_tfw_msg, deserialize_tfw_msg, validate_message
 from .zmq_connector_base import ZMQConnectorBase
-from .controller_connector import ControllerConnector
+# from .controller_connector import ControllerConnector # TODO: readd once controller stuff is resolved
 from .message_sender import MessageSender
 from .event_handlers.server_connector import ServerUplinkConnector as TFWServerConnector
 from .server.tfw_server import TFWServer
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/event_handlers/server_connector.py b/lib/tfw/networking/event_handlers/server_connector.py
index 4479e75..5613bbb 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/event_handlers/server_connector.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/event_handlers/server_connector.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from functools import partial
 import zmq
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
-from tfw.networking import serialize_all
+from tfw.networking import serialize_tfw_msg
 from tfw.networking import ZMQConnectorBase
 from tfw.config import TFWENV
 
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ class ServerUplinkConnector(ZMQConnectorBase):
         self._zmq_push_socket = self._zmq_context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
         self._zmq_push_socket.connect('tcp://localhost:{}'.format(TFWENV.RECEIVER_PORT))
 
-    def send_to_eventhandler(self, key, message):
-        message['data']['key'] = key
-        self.send('mirror', message)
+    def send_to_eventhandler(self, message):
+        nested_message = {'key': message['key'], 'data': message.pop('data')}
+        message['key'] = 'mirror'
+        message['data'] = nested_message
+        self.send(message)
 
-    def send(self, key, message):
-        message['key'] = key
-        self._zmq_push_socket.send_multipart(serialize_all(key, message))
+    def send(self, message):
+        self._zmq_push_socket.send_multipart(serialize_tfw_msg(message))
 
 
 class ServerConnector(ServerUplinkConnector, ServerDownlinkConnector):
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/message_sender.py b/lib/tfw/networking/message_sender.py
index ba08daf..5e73b08 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/message_sender.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/message_sender.py
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ class MessageSender:
             'timestamp': datetime.now().isoformat(),
             'message': message
         }
-        response = {'data': data}
-        self.server_connector.send(self.key, response)
+        self.server_connector.send({'key': self.key,
+                                    'data': data})
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/serialization.py b/lib/tfw/networking/serialization.py
index d26257e..7738323 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/serialization.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/serialization.py
@@ -1,37 +1,69 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
 # All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.
+"""
+TFW JSON message format
+
+message:
+{
+    "key":     string,    # addressing
+    "data":    {...},     # payload
+    "trigger": string     # FSM trigger
+}
+
+ZeroMQ's sub-pub sockets use enveloped messages
+(http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#Pub-Sub-Message-Envelopes)
+and TFW also uses them internally. This means that on ZMQ sockets
+we always send the messages key separately and then the actual
+message (which contains the key as well) like so:
+
+socket.send_multipart([message['key'], message])
+
+The purpose of this module is abstracting away this low level behaviour.
+"""
 
 import json
 
 
-def serialize_all(*args):
+def validate_message(message):
+    return 'key' in message
+
+
+def serialize_tfw_msg(message):
+    return _serialize_all(message['key'], message)
+
+
+def deserialize_tfw_msg(*args):
+    return _deserialize_all(*args)[1]
+
+
+def _serialize_all(*args):
     return tuple(_serialize_single(arg) for arg in args)
 
 
-def deserialize_all(*args):
+def _deserialize_all(*args):
     return tuple(_deserialize_single(arg) for arg in args)
 
 
 def _serialize_single(data):
     if not isinstance(data, str):
         data = json.dumps(data)
-    return encode_if_needed(data)
+    return _encode_if_needed(data)
 
 
 def _deserialize_single(data):
     try:
         return json.loads(data)
     except ValueError:
-        return decode_if_needed(data)
+        return _decode_if_needed(data)
 
 
-def encode_if_needed(value):
+def _encode_if_needed(value):
     if isinstance(value, str):
         value = value.encode('utf-8')
     return value
 
 
-def decode_if_needed(value):
+def _decode_if_needed(value):
     if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray)):
         value = value.decode('utf-8')
     return value
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/server/__init__.py b/lib/tfw/networking/server/__init__.py
index e4c1b25..aea3e0c 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/server/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/server/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 from .event_handler_connector import EventHandlerConnector, EventHandlerUplinkConnector, EventHandlerDownlinkConnector
 from .tfw_server import TFWServer
 from .zmq_websocket_handler import ZMQWebSocketProxy
-from .controller_responder import ControllerResponder
+# from .controller_responder import ControllerResponder  # TODO: readd once controller stuff is resolved
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/server/event_handler_connector.py b/lib/tfw/networking/server/event_handler_connector.py
index d8f3801..a735673 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/server/event_handler_connector.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/server/event_handler_connector.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import zmq
 from zmq.eventloop.zmqstream import ZMQStream
 
-from tfw.networking import ZMQConnectorBase, serialize_all
+from tfw.networking import ZMQConnectorBase, serialize_tfw_msg
 from tfw.config import TFWENV
 from tfw.config.logs import logging
 
@@ -34,7 +34,5 @@ class EventHandlerConnector(EventHandlerDownlinkConnector, EventHandlerUplinkCon
     def register_callback(self, callback):
         self._zmq_pull_stream.on_recv(callback)
 
-    def send_message(self, message: dict, key: str = None):
-        if not key:
-            key = message.get('key', '')
-        self._zmq_pub_socket.send_multipart(serialize_all(key, message))
+    def send_message(self, message: dict):
+        self._zmq_pub_socket.send_multipart(serialize_tfw_msg(message))
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/server/tfw_server.py b/lib/tfw/networking/server/tfw_server.py
index 63ddf72..a39b33e 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/server/tfw_server.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/server/tfw_server.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TFWServer:
         self._event_handler_connector = EventHandlerConnector()
 
         self.application = Application(
-            [(r'/ws', ZMQWebSocketProxy, {'make_response': self.make_response,
+            [(r'/ws', ZMQWebSocketProxy, {'make_eventhandler_message': self.make_eventhandler_message,
                                           'proxy_filter': self.proxy_filter,
                                           'handle_trigger': self.handle_trigger,
                                           'event_handler_connector': self._event_handler_connector})]
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class TFWServer:
     def fsm_manager(self):
         return self._fsm_manager
 
-    def make_response(self, message):
+    def make_eventhandler_message(self, message):
         self.trigger_fsm(message)
         message['FSMUpdate'] = self._fsm_updater.get_fsm_state_and_transitions()
         return message
@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@ class FSMUpdater:
 
     def update(self, kwargs_dict):
         # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        self.uplink.send(*self.generate_fsm_update())
+        self.uplink.send(self.generate_fsm_update())
 
     def generate_fsm_update(self):
-        key = 'FSMUpdate'
-        response = {'data': self.get_fsm_state_and_transitions()}
-        return key, response
+        return {'key': 'FSMUpdate',
+                'data': self.get_fsm_state_and_transitions()}
 
     def get_fsm_state_and_transitions(self):
         state = self.fsm.state
diff --git a/lib/tfw/networking/server/zmq_websocket_handler.py b/lib/tfw/networking/server/zmq_websocket_handler.py
index 73a9754..c842205 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/networking/server/zmq_websocket_handler.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/networking/server/zmq_websocket_handler.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
 from tornado.websocket import WebSocketHandler
 
-from tfw.networking import deserialize_all
+from tfw.networking import deserialize_tfw_msg, validate_message
 from tfw.config.logs import logging
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -31,32 +31,36 @@ class ZMQWebSocketHandler(WebSocketHandler, ABC):
     def zmq_callback(self, msg_parts):
         keyhandlers = {'mirror': self.mirror}
 
-        key, message = deserialize_all(*msg_parts)
+        message = deserialize_tfw_msg(*msg_parts)
         LOG.debug('Received on pull socket: %s', message)
+        if not validate_message(message):
+            return
+
         self.handle_trigger(message)
-        if key not in keyhandlers:
+        if message['key'] not in keyhandlers:
             for instance in ZMQWebSocketHandler.instances:
                 instance.write_message(message)
         else:
             try:
-                keyhandlers[key](message['data'])
+                keyhandlers[message['key']](message)
             except KeyError:
                 LOG.error('Invalid mirror message format! Ignoring.')
 
-    def mirror(self, data):
-        key = data['key']
-        self._event_handler_connector.send_message({'data': data}, key)
+    def mirror(self, message):
+        message = message['data']
+        self._event_handler_connector.send_message(message)
 
     def on_message(self, message):
         LOG.debug('Received on WebSocket: %s', message)
-        self.send_message(self.make_response(message))
+        if validate_message(message):
+            self.send_message(self.make_eventhandler_message(message))
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def make_response(self, message):
+    def make_eventhandler_message(self, message):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def send_message(self, message: dict, key: str = None):
-        self._event_handler_connector.send_message(message, key)
+    def send_message(self, message: dict):
+        self._event_handler_connector.send_message(message)
 
     @abstractmethod
     def handle_trigger(self, message):
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ class ZMQWebSocketProxy(ZMQWebSocketHandler):
     # pylint: disable=abstract-method
     def initialize(self, **kwargs): # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
         super(ZMQWebSocketProxy, self).initialize(**kwargs)
-        self._make_response = kwargs['make_response']
+        self._make_eventhandler_message = kwargs['make_eventhandler_message']
         self._proxy_filter = kwargs['proxy_filter']
         self._handle_trigger = kwargs['handle_trigger']
 
@@ -80,8 +84,8 @@ class ZMQWebSocketProxy(ZMQWebSocketHandler):
         if self._proxy_filter(message):
             super().on_message(message)
 
-    def make_response(self, message):
-        return self._make_response(message)
+    def make_eventhandler_message(self, message):
+        return self._make_eventhandler_message(message)
 
     def handle_trigger(self, message):
         self._handle_trigger(message)