diff --git a/soroban-env-host/src/events/mod.rs b/soroban-env-host/src/events/mod.rs
index fb70e1ac9..b1c880b98 100644
--- a/soroban-env-host/src/events/mod.rs
+++ b/soroban-env-host/src/events/mod.rs
@@ -123,11 +123,37 @@ impl core::fmt::Display for HostEvent {
         match &self.event.body {
             ContractEventBody::V0(ceb) => {
                 write!(f, "topics:[")?;
+
+                let mut is_fn_call = false;
                 for (i, topic) in ceb.topics.iter().enumerate() {
                     if i != 0 {
                         write!(f, ", ")?;
                     }
+
+                    // The second topic of the fn_call event is the contract id as ScBytes,
+                    // but we want to display it as a C key instead, so this block
+                    // tries to deduce if the event is the fn_call event.
+                    if i == 1 && is_fn_call {
+                        if let ScVal::Bytes(bytes) = topic {
+                            let try_convert_to_hash =
+                                TryInto::<[u8; 32]>::try_into(bytes.0.clone());
+                            if let Ok(contract_id) = try_convert_to_hash {
+                                let strkey = stellar_strkey::Contract(contract_id);
+                                write!(f, "{}", strkey)?;
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     display_scval(topic, f)?;
+
+                    if i == 0 {
+                        if let ScVal::Symbol(first_topic_str) = topic {
+                            if first_topic_str.0.as_slice() == "fn_call".as_bytes() {
+                                is_fn_call = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 write!(f, "], data:")?;
                 display_scval(&ceb.data, f)