diff --git a/src/input/Manager.cc b/src/input/Manager.cc
index bc79a2390b..f35071081b 100644
--- a/src/input/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/input/Manager.cc
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ Manager::TableStream::~TableStream()
 
 Manager::Manager()
 	{
+	update_finished = internal_handler("Input::update_finished");
 	}
 
 Manager::~Manager()
@@ -1199,11 +1200,7 @@ void Manager::EndCurrentSend(ReaderFrontend* reader)
 #endif
 
 	// Send event that the current update is indeed finished.
-	EventHandler* handler = event_registry->Lookup("Input::update_finished");
-	if ( handler == 0 )
-		reporter->InternalError("Input::update_finished not found!");
-
-	SendEvent(handler, 2, new StringVal(i->name.c_str()), new StringVal(i->source.c_str()));
+	SendEvent(update_finished, 2, new StringVal(i->name.c_str()), new StringVal(i->source.c_str()));
 	}
 
 void Manager::Put(ReaderFrontend* reader, Value* *vals)
diff --git a/src/input/Manager.h b/src/input/Manager.h
index 269e562e23..400918366e 100644
--- a/src/input/Manager.h
+++ b/src/input/Manager.h
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ private:
 	enum StreamType { TABLE_STREAM, EVENT_STREAM };
 
 	map<ReaderFrontend*, Stream*> readers;
+
+	EventHandlerPtr update_finished;
 };