diff --git a/src/street-utils.js b/src/street-utils.js
index 69f30c1b4..004749a4e 100644
--- a/src/street-utils.js
+++ b/src/street-utils.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function newScene(clearMetaData=true, clearUrlHash=true, addDefaultStreet=true)
 	checkOrCreateEntity("reference-layers", referenceLayersHTML);
 
 	// update sceneGraph
-	Events.emit('entitycreated', streetContainerEl.sceneEl);
+	streetContainerEl.emit('entitycreated', streetContainerEl.sceneEl);
 
 	// clear metadata
 	if (clearMetaData) {