diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.h b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.h
index 7e5193717b..1bfd8ef8bd 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.h
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.h
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 #import "RCTLog.h"
 
 @interface Status : NSObject <RCTBridgeModule>
++ (void)signalEvent:(const char *) signal;
 @end
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
index 1d084eaba5..c4b9babac3 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
@@ -283,11 +283,15 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(setSoftInputMode: (NSInteger) i) {
 #endif
 }
 
-+ (void)signalEvent:(char *) signal
++ (void)signalEvent:(const char *) signal
 {
     if(!signal){
+#if DEBUG
+    NSLog(@"SignalEvent nil");
+#endif
         return;
     }
+    
     NSString *sig = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:signal];
 #if DEBUG
     NSLog(@"SignalEvent");
@@ -295,6 +299,8 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(setSoftInputMode: (NSInteger) i) {
 #endif
     [bridge.eventDispatcher sendAppEventWithName:@"gethEvent"
                                             body:@{@"jsonEvent": sig}];
+    
+    return;
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
index 8fb8111abc..7e66f3f494 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                         <artifactItem>
                             <groupId>status-im</groupId>
                             <artifactId>status-go-ios-simulator</artifactId>
-                            <version>restart-rpc2</version>
+                            <version>restart-rpc3</version>
                             <type>zip</type>
                             <overWrite>true</overWrite>
                             <outputDirectory>./</outputDirectory>