diff --git a/api/v1/server.go b/api/v1/server.go
index 1c011df..fbc6000 100644
--- a/api/v1/server.go
+++ b/api/v1/server.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func NewServer(supervisor *containerd.Supervisor) http.Handler {
 	r.HandleFunc("/containers/{id:.*}", s.createContainer).Methods("POST")
 	r.HandleFunc("/containers/{id:.*}", s.updateContainer).Methods("PATCH")
 	r.HandleFunc("/event", s.event).Methods("POST")
+	r.HandleFunc("/events", s.events).Methods("GET")
 	r.HandleFunc("/containers", s.containers).Methods("GET")
 	return s
 }
@@ -60,6 +61,34 @@ func (s *server) updateContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *server) events(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	events, err := s.supervisor.Events()
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
+	for evt := range events {
+		var v interface{}
+		switch evt.Type {
+		case containerd.ExitEventType:
+			v = createExitEvent(evt)
+		}
+		if err := enc.Encode(v); err != nil {
+			// TODO: handled closed conn
+			logrus.WithField("error", err).Error("encode event")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func createExitEvent(e *containerd.Event) *Event {
+	return &Event{
+		Type:   "exit",
+		ID:     e.ID,
+		Status: e.Status,
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *server) event(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var e containerd.Event
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&e); err != nil {
diff --git a/api/v1/types.go b/api/v1/types.go
index ee35bc2..e32addf 100644
--- a/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/api/v1/types.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ type User struct {
 }
 
 type Process struct {
-	Terminal bool     `json:"terminal,omitempty"`
-	User     User     `json:"user,omitempty"`
+	Terminal bool     `json:"terminal"`
+	User     User     `json:"user"`
 	Args     []string `json:"args,omitempty"`
 	Env      []string `json:"env,omitempty"`
 	Cwd      string   `json:"cwd,omitempty"`
@@ -42,3 +42,9 @@ type Process struct {
 type Signal struct {
 	Signal int `json:"signal"`
 }
+
+type Event struct {
+	Type   string `json:"type"`
+	ID     string `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Status int    `json:"status,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/supervisor.go b/supervisor.go
index fa0763d..5771712 100644
--- a/supervisor.go
+++ b/supervisor.go
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ func (s *Supervisor) Close() error {
 	return s.journal.Close()
 }
 
+func (s *Supervisor) Events() (<-chan *Event, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 // Start is a non-blocking call that runs the supervisor for monitoring contianer processes and
 // executing new containers.
 //
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ func (s *Supervisor) Start(events chan *Event) error {
 	}
 	s.events = events
 	go func() {
+		// allocate an entire thread to this goroutine for the main event loop
+		// so that nothing else is scheduled over the top of it.
 		runtime.LockOSThread()
 		for e := range events {
 			s.journal.write(e)