diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/nats/NatsConsumer.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/nats/NatsConsumer.java
index 9d45d67..52cf721 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/nats/NatsConsumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/nats/NatsConsumer.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventGson;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import io.nats.client.Connection;
 import io.nats.client.Dispatcher;
@@ -53,20 +55,23 @@
   private final Connection connection;
   private final JetStream jetStream;
   private final JetStreamManagement jetStreamManagement;
-  private Dispatcher dispatcher;
   private JetStreamSubscription subscription;
+  private final Dispatcher dispatcher;
+  private final Gson gson;
 
   @Inject
   public NatsConsumer(
       Configuration config,
       Connection connection,
       JetStream jetStream,
-      JetStreamManagement jetStreamManagement) {
+      JetStreamManagement jetStreamManagement,
+      @EventGson Gson gson) {
     this.config = config;
     this.connection = connection;
     this.dispatcher = connection.createDispatcher();
     this.jetStream = jetStream;
     this.jetStreamManagement = jetStreamManagement;
+    this.gson = gson;
   }
 
   public void subscribe(String streamName, java.util.function.Consumer<Event> messageProcessor) {
@@ -112,7 +117,8 @@
 
                 @Override
                 public void onMessage(Message msg) throws InterruptedException {
-                  Event e = new Event(new String(msg.getData(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {};
+                  String json = new String(msg.getData(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                  Event e = gson.fromJson(json, Event.class);
                   messageProcessor.accept(e);
                   msg.ack();
                   logger.atFine().log("NATS consumer - consumed and acked event '%s'", e);