diff --git a/internal/testchain/transaction.go b/internal/testchain/transaction.go
index c024ad85c..10e71529e 100644
--- a/internal/testchain/transaction.go
+++ b/internal/testchain/transaction.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func NewDeployTx(name string, sender util.Uint160, r gio.Reader) (*transaction.T
 		return nil, util.Uint160{}, err
 	}
 
-	m, err := di.ConvertToManifest(name, nil)
+	m, err := di.ConvertToManifest(&compiler.Options{Name: name})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, util.Uint160{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/compiler.go b/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
index 41fe8d0c8..0d4b5b970 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func CompileAndSave(src string, o *Options) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	if o.ManifestFile != "" {
-		m, err := di.ConvertToManifest(o.Name, o.ContractEvents, o.ContractSupportedStandards...)
+		m, err := di.ConvertToManifest(o)
 		if err != nil {
 			return b, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert debug info to manifest: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/debug.go b/pkg/compiler/debug.go
index d82fc688e..4fc221504 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/debug.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/debug.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func parsePairJSON(data []byte, sep string) (string, string, error) {
 
 // ConvertToManifest converts contract to the manifest.Manifest struct for debugger.
 // Note: manifest is taken from the external source, however it can be generated ad-hoc. See #1038.
-func (di *DebugInfo) ConvertToManifest(name string, events []manifest.Event, supportedStandards ...string) (*manifest.Manifest, error) {
+func (di *DebugInfo) ConvertToManifest(o *Options) (*manifest.Manifest, error) {
 	if di.MainPkg == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("no Main method was found")
 	}
@@ -440,16 +440,16 @@ func (di *DebugInfo) ConvertToManifest(name string, events []manifest.Event, sup
 		}
 	}
 
-	result := manifest.NewManifest(name)
-	if supportedStandards != nil {
-		result.SupportedStandards = supportedStandards
-	}
-	if events == nil {
-		events = make([]manifest.Event, 0)
+	result := manifest.NewManifest(o.Name)
+	if o.ContractSupportedStandards != nil {
+		result.SupportedStandards = o.ContractSupportedStandards
 	}
 	result.ABI = manifest.ABI{
 		Methods: methods,
-		Events:  events,
+		Events:  o.ContractEvents,
+	}
+	if result.ABI.Events == nil {
+		result.ABI.Events = make([]manifest.Event, 0)
 	}
 	result.Permissions = []manifest.Permission{
 		{
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/debug_test.go b/pkg/compiler/debug_test.go
index 3be6ec420..3915c6b63 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/debug_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/debug_test.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func _deploy(isUpdate bool) {}
 	}
 
 	t.Run("convert to Manifest", func(t *testing.T) {
-		actual, err := d.ConvertToManifest("MyCTR", nil)
+		actual, err := d.ConvertToManifest(&Options{Name: "MyCTR"})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		// note: offsets are hard to predict, so we just take them from the output
 		expected := &manifest.Manifest{
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/interop_test.go b/pkg/compiler/interop_test.go
index 6aa603aaa..eb81b717b 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/interop_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/interop_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestAppCall(t *testing.T) {
 	}`
 	barCtr, di, err := compiler.CompileWithDebugInfo("bar.go", strings.NewReader(srcDeep))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	mBar, err := di.ConvertToManifest("Bar", nil)
+	mBar, err := di.ConvertToManifest(&compiler.Options{Name: "Bar"})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	barH := hash.Hash160(barCtr)
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func TestAppCall(t *testing.T) {
 
 	inner, di, err := compiler.CompileWithDebugInfo("foo.go", strings.NewReader(srcInner))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	m, err := di.ConvertToManifest("Foo", nil)
+	m, err := di.ConvertToManifest(&compiler.Options{Name: "Foo"})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	ih := hash.Hash160(inner)