diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb b/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb
index 56a31b6c7c0..d3315b33fcf 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module Jobs
           'X-Discourse-Event-Id' => web_hook_event.id,
           'X-Discourse-Event-Type' => @opts[:event_type]
         }
-        headers['X-Discourse-Event'] = @opts[:event_name] if @opts[:event_name].present?
+        headers['X-Discourse-Event'] = @opts[:event_name].to_s if @opts[:event_name].present?
 
         if @web_hook.secret.present?
           headers['X-Discourse-Event-Signature'] = "sha256=" + OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest("sha256", @web_hook.secret, body)
diff --git a/app/models/web_hook.rb b/app/models/web_hook.rb
index de1fc9d123c..823df4233bd 100644
--- a/app/models/web_hook.rb
+++ b/app/models/web_hook.rb
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ class WebHook < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
-  def self.enqueue_topic_hooks(topic, user)
-    WebHook.enqueue_hooks(:topic, topic_id: topic.id, user_id: user&.id, category_id: topic&.category&.id)
+  def self.enqueue_topic_hooks(event, topic, user)
+    WebHook.enqueue_hooks(:topic, topic_id: topic.id, user_id: user&.id, category_id: topic&.category&.id, event_name: event.to_s)
   end
 
   %i(topic_destroyed topic_recovered).each do |event|
     DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |topic, user|
-      WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(topic, user)
+      WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(event, topic, user)
     end
   end
 
   DiscourseEvent.on(:topic_created) do |topic, _, user|
-    WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(topic, user)
+    WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(:topic_created, topic, user)
   end
 
   %i(post_created
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class WebHook < ActiveRecord::Base
         post_id: post.id,
         topic_id: post&.topic&.id,
         user_id: user&.id,
-        category_id: post.topic&.category&.id
+        category_id: post.topic&.category&.id,
+        event_name: event.to_s
       )
     end
   end