diff --git a/eventbridge/README.md b/eventbridge/README.md
index f24c94e8..35d69289 100644
--- a/eventbridge/README.md
+++ b/eventbridge/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bring eventbridge;
 
 let bus = new eventbridge.Bus(name: "my-bus");
 
-bus.subscribeFunction("github.pull-request.created", inflight (event) => {
+bus.onEvent("github.pull-request.created", inflight (event) => {
   log("subscribed event received {Json.stringify(event)}");
 }, {
   "detail-type": [{"prefix": "pull-request."}],
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bus.subscribeFunction("github.pull-request.created", inflight (event) => {
 });
 
 new cloud.Function(inflight () => {
-  bus.putEvents([{
+  bus.putEvents({
     detailType: "pull-request.created",
     resources: ["test"],
     source: "github.com",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ new cloud.Function(inflight () => {
     detail: {
       "test": "test",
     },
-  }]);
+  });
 });
 ```
 
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ new cloud.Function(inflight () => {
 
 * eventBridgeName - `str` - Optional. Name of an existing EventBridge to reference.
 
+#### Usage
+
+```sh
+wing compile -t @winglang/platform-awscdk -v eventBridgeName="my-bus" main.w
+```
+
 ## License
 
 This library is licensed under the [MIT License](./LICENSE).
diff --git a/eventbridge/lib.test.w b/eventbridge/lib.test.w
index 5fe6833d..3e607059 100644
--- a/eventbridge/lib.test.w
+++ b/eventbridge/lib.test.w
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class InboundGithubEvents {
     this.bucket = new cloud.Bucket();
     let counter = new cloud.Counter();
 
-    eventBridge.subscribeFunction("github.pull-request.created", inflight (event) => {
+    eventBridge.onEvent("github.pull-request.created", inflight (event) => {
       log("subscribed event received {Json.stringify(event)}");
       this.bucket.put("test-{counter.inc()}", Json.stringify(event));
     }, {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ let env = new Environments();
 
 test "publish to eventbridge" {
   log("publishing to eventbridge");
-  eventBridge.putEvents([{
+  eventBridge.putEvents({
     detailType: "pull-request.created",
     resources: ["test"],
     source: "github.com",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test "publish to eventbridge" {
     detail: {
       "test": "test",
     },
-  }]);
+  });
 
   log("published");
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ test "publish to eventbridge" {
 
   expect.equal(0, env.bucket.list().length);
 
-  eventBridge.putEvents([{
+  eventBridge.putEvents({
     detailType: "myTest.check",
     resources: ["test"],
     source: "myTest",
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test "publish to eventbridge" {
     detail: {
       "fake": "env",
     },
-  }]);
+  });
 
   log("published 2nd event");
 
diff --git a/eventbridge/lib.w b/eventbridge/lib.w
index 737f64ed..0d7180d5 100644
--- a/eventbridge/lib.w
+++ b/eventbridge/lib.w
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bring "./platform/awscdk" as awscdk;
 pub class Bus impl types.IBus {
   inner: types.IBus;
 
-  new(props: types.BusProps) {
+  new(props: types.BusProps?) {
     let target = util.env("WING_TARGET");
     if target == "sim" {
       this.inner = new sim.Bus(props) as "sim";
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ pub class Bus impl types.IBus {
     }
   }
 
-  pub inflight putEvents(events: Array<types.PublishEvent>): void {
+  pub inflight putEvents(...events: Array<types.PublishEvent>): void {
     this.inner.putEvents(events);
   }
 
-  pub subscribeFunction(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
-    this.inner.subscribeFunction(name, handler, pattern);
+  pub onEvent(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
+    this.inner.onEvent(name, handler, pattern);
   }
   pub subscribeQueue(name: str, queue: cloud.Queue, pattern: Json): void {
     this.inner.subscribeQueue(name, queue, pattern);
diff --git a/eventbridge/package-lock.json b/eventbridge/package-lock.json
index 7c874dd7..774bbb2e 100644
--- a/eventbridge/package-lock.json
+++ b/eventbridge/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@winglibs/eventbridge",
-  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@winglibs/eventbridge",
-      "version": "0.0.2",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@cdktf/provider-aws": "^18.2.0",
diff --git a/eventbridge/package.json b/eventbridge/package.json
index 8949205f..91161b3c 100644
--- a/eventbridge/package.json
+++ b/eventbridge/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@winglibs/eventbridge",
   "description": "Amazon EventBridge library for Wing",
-  "version": "0.0.4",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/winglang/winglibs.git",
diff --git a/eventbridge/platform/awscdk/eventbridge.w b/eventbridge/platform/awscdk/eventbridge.w
index 517a54eb..eb0f1fc6 100644
--- a/eventbridge/platform/awscdk/eventbridge.w
+++ b/eventbridge/platform/awscdk/eventbridge.w
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ pub class Bus impl types.IBus {
 
   eventBridge: cdk.aws_events.IEventBus;
 
-  new(props: types.BusProps) {
+  new(props: types.BusProps?) {
     let app = nodeof(this).app;
     // TODO: use typed properties when its available
     if let eventBridgeName = app.parameters.value("eventBridgeName") {
       this.eventBridge = cdk.aws_events.EventBus.fromEventBusName(this, "EventBridge", eventBridgeName);
     } else {
-      this.eventBridge = new cdk.aws_events.EventBus(eventBusName: props.name) as "EventBridge";
+      this.eventBridge = new cdk.aws_events.EventBus(eventBusName: props?.name ?? "eventbridge-{this.node.addr.substring(0, 8)}") as "EventBridge";
     }
   }
 
-  pub subscribeFunction(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
+  pub onEvent(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
     // event will be json of type `types.Event`
     let funk = new cloud.Function(inflight (event) => {
       // since wing structs don't supoort custom serialization we need to do it manually
diff --git a/eventbridge/platform/sim/bus.w b/eventbridge/platform/sim/bus.w
index ba3cd07a..f31e9a8a 100644
--- a/eventbridge/platform/sim/bus.w
+++ b/eventbridge/platform/sim/bus.w
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub class EventBridgeBus {
   topic: cloud.Topic;
   var handlerCount: num;
 
-  new(props: types.BusProps) {
+  new(props: types.BusProps?) {
     this.topic = new cloud.Topic() as "EventBridge";
 
     this.handlerCount = 0;
diff --git a/eventbridge/platform/sim/eventbridge.w b/eventbridge/platform/sim/eventbridge.w
index 2833c53a..29a08dce 100644
--- a/eventbridge/platform/sim/eventbridge.w
+++ b/eventbridge/platform/sim/eventbridge.w
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ bring "./bus.w" as bus;
 pub class Bus impl types.IBus {
   bus: bus.EventBridgeBus;
 
-  new(props: types.BusProps) {
+  new(props: types.BusProps?) {
     this.bus = new bus.EventBridgeBus(props);
   }
 
-  pub subscribeFunction(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
+  pub onEvent(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
     class FnRule {
       new(bus: bus.EventBridgeBus) {
         let onMessageHandler = bus.subscribe(inflight (event) => {
diff --git a/eventbridge/platform/tfaws/eventbridge.w b/eventbridge/platform/tfaws/eventbridge.w
index f2bcdaf0..c239f519 100644
--- a/eventbridge/platform/tfaws/eventbridge.w
+++ b/eventbridge/platform/tfaws/eventbridge.w
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub class Bus impl types.IBus {
   busName: str;
   busArn: str;
 
-  new(props: types.BusProps) {
+  new(props: types.BusProps?) {
     let app = nodeof(this).app;
     // TODO: use typed properties when its available
     if let eventBridgeName = app.parameters.value("eventBridgeName") {
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ pub class Bus impl types.IBus {
       this.busName = bus.name;
       this.busArn = bus.arn;
     } else {
-      let bus = new tfAws.cloudwatchEventBus.CloudwatchEventBus(name: props.name) as "EventBridge";
+      let bus = new tfAws.cloudwatchEventBus.CloudwatchEventBus(name: props?.name ?? "eventbridge-{this.node.addr.substring(0, 8)}") as "EventBridge";
       this.busName = bus.name;
       this.busArn = bus.arn;
     }
   }
 
-  pub subscribeFunction(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
+  pub onEvent(name: str, handler: inflight (types.Event): void, pattern: Json): void {
     let rule = new tfAws.cloudwatchEventRule.CloudwatchEventRule(
       name: name,
       eventBusName: this.busName,
diff --git a/eventbridge/types.w b/eventbridge/types.w
index ecfa82c2..5ba96877 100644
--- a/eventbridge/types.w
+++ b/eventbridge/types.w
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ pub struct PublishEvent {
 
 pub interface IBus extends std.IResource {
   inflight putEvents(events: Array<PublishEvent>): void;
-  subscribeFunction(name: str, handler: inflight (Event): void, pattern: Json): void;
+  onEvent(name: str, handler: inflight (Event): void, pattern: Json): void;
   subscribeQueue(name: str, queue: cloud.Queue, pattern: Json): void;
 }