diff --git a/pages/api/applications.ts b/pages/api/applications.ts
index 5abf141..297c02d 100644
--- a/pages/api/applications.ts
+++ b/pages/api/applications.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,13 @@ export default async function handler(
         const applicationResponses = await ApplicationResponse.find({
           userId: session.user.id,
         }).populate('eventId');
+        
+        // get all the events that the user has applied to
+        const events = applicationResponses.map((response) => {
+          return response.eventId;
+        });
 
-        return res.status(200).json({ message: applicationResponses });
+        return res.status(200).json({ message: events });
       } catch (error) {
         console.error(error);
         res.status(500).json({ message: error.message });