diff --git a/server/events.go b/server/events.go
index 703179d..24976d3 100644
--- a/server/events.go
+++ b/server/events.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Event struct {
 type EventBus struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 
-	subscribers map[string][]chan Event
+	subscribers map[string]map[chan Event]struct{}
 }
 
 // Returns the server's emitter instance.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (s *Server) Events() *EventBus {
 
 	if s.emitter == nil {
 		s.emitter = &EventBus{
-			subscribers: map[string][]chan Event{},
+			subscribers: make(map[string]map[chan Event]struct{}),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -46,29 +46,30 @@ func (s *Server) Events() *EventBus {
 
 // Publish data to a given topic.
 func (e *EventBus) Publish(topic string, data string) {
+	t := topic
+	// Some of our topics for the socket support passing a more specific namespace,
+	// such as "backup completed:1234" to indicate which specific backup was completed.
+	//
+	// In these cases, we still need to the send the event using the standard listener
+	// name of "backup completed".
+	if strings.Contains(topic, ":") {
+		parts := strings.SplitN(topic, ":", 2)
+
+		if len(parts) == 2 {
+			t = parts[0]
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Acquire a read lock and loop over all of the channels registered for the topic. This
+	// avoids a panic crash if the process tries to unregister the channel while this routine
+	// is running.
 	go func() {
 		e.RLock()
 		defer e.RUnlock()
 
-		t := topic
-		// Some of our topics for the socket support passing a more specific namespace,
-		// such as "backup completed:1234" to indicate which specific backup was completed.
-		//
-		// In these cases, we still need to the send the event using the standard listener
-		// name of "backup completed".
-		if strings.Contains(topic, ":") {
-			parts := strings.SplitN(topic, ":", 2)
-
-			if len(parts) == 2 {
-				t = parts[0]
-			}
-		}
-
 		if ch, ok := e.subscribers[t]; ok {
-			data := Event{Data: data, Topic: topic}
-
-			for _, channel := range ch {
-				channel <- data
+			for channel := range ch {
+				channel <- Event{Data: data, Topic: topic}
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -90,44 +91,25 @@ func (e *EventBus) Subscribe(topic string, ch chan Event) {
 	e.Lock()
 	defer e.Unlock()
 
-	p, ok := e.subscribers[topic]
-
-	// If there is nothing currently subscribed to this topic just go ahead and create
-	// the item and then return.
-	if !ok {
-		e.subscribers[topic] = append([]chan Event{}, ch)
-		return
+	if _, exists := e.subscribers[topic]; !exists {
+		e.subscribers[topic] = make(map[chan Event]struct{})
 	}
 
-	// If this topic is already setup, first iterate over the event channels currently in there
-	// and confirm there is not a match. If there _is_ a match do nothing since that means this
-	// channel is already being tracked. This avoids registering two identical handlers for the
-	// same topic, and means the Unsubscribe function can safely assume there will only be a
-	// single match for an event.
-	for i := range e.subscribers[topic] {
-		if ch == e.subscribers[topic][i] {
-			return
-		}
+	// Only set the channel if there is not currently a matching one for this topic. This
+	// avoids registering two identical listeners for the same topic and causing pain in
+	// the unsubscribe functionality as well.
+	if _, exists := e.subscribers[topic][ch]; !exists {
+		e.subscribers[topic][ch] = struct{}{}
 	}
-
-	e.subscribers[topic] = append(p, ch)
 }
 
-// Unsubscribe a channel from a topic.
+// Unsubscribe a channel from a given topic.
 func (e *EventBus) Unsubscribe(topic string, ch chan Event) {
 	e.Lock()
 	defer e.Unlock()
 
-	if _, ok := e.subscribers[topic]; ok {
-		for i := range e.subscribers[topic] {
-			if ch == e.subscribers[topic][i] {
-				e.subscribers[topic] = append(e.subscribers[topic][:i], e.subscribers[topic][i+1:]...)
-				// Subscribe enforces a unique event channel for the topic, so we can safely exit
-				// this loop once matched since there should not be any additional matches after
-				// this point.
-				break
-			}
-		}
+	if _, exists := e.subscribers[topic][ch]; exists {
+		delete(e.subscribers[topic], ch)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -139,9 +121,6 @@ func (e *EventBus) UnsubscribeAll() {
 	e.Lock()
 	defer e.Unlock()
 
-	// Loop over all of the subscribers and just remove all of the events
-	// for them.
-	for t := range e.subscribers {
-		e.subscribers[t] = make([]chan Event, 0)
-	}
+	// Reset the entire struct into an empty map.
+	e.subscribers = make(map[string]map[chan Event]struct{})
 }