diff --git a/domain/events.go b/domain/events.go
index d82aa95..af6577c 100644
--- a/domain/events.go
+++ b/domain/events.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ type AlertEvent struct {
 	Event      *protocol.AlertEvent
 	Logs       []LogEntry
 	Timestamps *TrackingTimestamps
-	Subscriber *Subscriber
+	Subscriber Subscriber
 }
 
 // ToMessage converts the AlertEvent to the protocol.TransactionEvent message
diff --git a/feeds/combiner.go b/feeds/combiner.go
index f6db4f5..6ea2167 100644
--- a/feeds/combiner.go
+++ b/feeds/combiner.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (cf *combinerFeed) handleSubscriptions(alertHandlers []cfHandler, subscript
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		cf.processAlerts(cf.ctx, logger, &subscriber, subscriberAlerts, alertHandlers)
+		cf.processAlerts(cf.ctx, logger, subscriber, subscriberAlerts, alertHandlers)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func subscriptionsToAlertInputs(subscriptions []*protocol.CombinerBotSubscriptio
 // the remaining alerts to the alert handlers passed in as an argument.
 // It uses a cache to prevent duplicate processing of alerts and creates an AlertEvent object to pass to each alert handler.
 // It is thread-safe as it acquires a lock on the combinerCache mutex before accessing or modifying it.
-func (cf *combinerFeed) processAlerts(_ context.Context, logger *log.Entry, subscriber *domain.Subscriber,
+func (cf *combinerFeed) processAlerts(_ context.Context, logger *log.Entry, subscriber domain.Subscriber,
 	alerts []*protocol.AlertEvent,
 	alertHandlers []cfHandler) {
 	for _, alert := range alerts {
diff --git a/feeds/combiner_cache.go b/feeds/combiner_cache.go
index efc79b3..e28672d 100644
--- a/feeds/combiner_cache.go
+++ b/feeds/combiner_cache.go
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ func newCombinerCache(path string) (*combinerCache, error) {
 	return &combinerCache{cache: alertCache, path: path}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *combinerCache) Exists(subscriber *domain.Subscriber, alert *protocol.AlertEvent) bool {
+func (c *combinerCache) Exists(subscriber domain.Subscriber, alert *protocol.AlertEvent) bool {
 	_, exists := c.cache.Get(encodeAlertCacheKey(subscriber.BotID, subscriber.BotImage, alert.Alert.Hash))
 	return exists
 }
 
-func (c *combinerCache) Set(subscriber *domain.Subscriber, alert *protocol.AlertEvent) {
+func (c *combinerCache) Set(subscriber domain.Subscriber, alert *protocol.AlertEvent) {
 	c.cache.Set(encodeAlertCacheKey(subscriber.BotID, subscriber.BotImage, alert.Alert.Hash), struct{}{}, cache.DefaultExpiration)
 }