diff --git a/src/events.cpp b/src/events.cpp
index b80aac2ef..81461f73a 100755
--- a/src/events.cpp
+++ b/src/events.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ bool E_RegisterHandler(DStaticEventHandler* handler)
 	if (handler->next)
 		handler->next->prev = handler;
 	E_FirstEventHandler = handler;
-	if (handler->IsStatic() && !handler->isMapScope) handler->ObjectFlags |= OF_Fixed;
+	if (handler->IsStatic())
+	{
+		handler->ObjectFlags |= OF_Fixed;
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -36,10 +39,10 @@ bool E_UnregisterHandler(DStaticEventHandler* handler)
 		handler->next->prev = handler->prev;
 	if (handler == E_FirstEventHandler)
 		E_FirstEventHandler = handler->next;
-	if (handler->IsStatic() && !handler->isMapScope)
+	if (handler->IsStatic())
 	{
-		handler->ObjectFlags |= OF_YesReallyDelete;
-		delete handler;
+		handler->ObjectFlags &= ~OF_Fixed;
+		handler->Destroy();
 	}
 	return true;
 }
@@ -114,13 +117,13 @@ static void E_InitStaticHandler(PClass* type, FString typestring, bool map)
 {
 	if (type == nullptr)
 	{
-		Printf("%cGWarning: unknown event handler class %s in MAPINFO!", TEXTCOLOR_ESCAPE, typestring.GetChars());
+		Printf("%cGWarning: unknown event handler class %s in MAPINFO!\n", TEXTCOLOR_ESCAPE, typestring.GetChars());
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!E_IsStaticType(type))
+	if (!E_IsStaticType(type) && !map)
 	{
-		Printf("%cGWarning: invalid event handler class %s in MAPINFO!\nMAPINFO event handlers should inherit Static* directly!", TEXTCOLOR_ESCAPE, typestring.GetChars());
+		Printf("%cGWarning: invalid event handler class %s in MAPINFO!\nGameInfo event handlers should inherit Static* directly!\n", TEXTCOLOR_ESCAPE, typestring.GetChars());
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -137,21 +140,15 @@ static void E_InitStaticHandler(PClass* type, FString typestring, bool map)
 
 	if (typeExists) return;
 	DStaticEventHandler* handler = (DStaticEventHandler*)type->CreateNew();
-	handler->isMapScope = map;
 	E_RegisterHandler(handler);
 }
 
 void E_InitStaticHandlers(bool map)
 {
-	// remove existing
-	for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = E_FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
-	{
-		if (handler->IsStatic() && handler->isMapScope == map)
-			handler->Destroy();
-	}
+	if (savegamerestore)
+		return;
 
-	// add new
-	if (map)
+	if (map) // don't initialize map handlers if restoring from savegame.
 	{
 		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < level.info->EventHandlers.Size(); i++)
 		{
@@ -162,6 +159,13 @@ void E_InitStaticHandlers(bool map)
 	}
 	else
 	{
+		// delete old static handlers if any.
+		for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = E_FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
+		{
+			if (handler->IsStatic())
+				handler->Destroy();
+		}
+
 		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < gameinfo.EventHandlers.Size(); i++)
 		{
 			FString typestring = gameinfo.EventHandlers[i];
@@ -177,10 +181,47 @@ void E_InitStaticHandlers(bool map)
 		handler->name(); \
 }
 
-DEFINE_EVENT_LOOPER(WorldLoaded)
-DEFINE_EVENT_LOOPER(WorldUnloading)
-DEFINE_EVENT_LOOPER(WorldLoadedUnsafe)
-DEFINE_EVENT_LOOPER(WorldUnloadingUnsafe)
+// note for the functions below.
+// *Unsafe is executed on EVERY map load/close, including savegame loading, etc.
+// There is no point in allowing non-static handlers to receive unsafe event separately, as there is no point in having static handlers receive safe event.
+// Because the main point of safe WorldLoaded/Unloading is that it will be preserved in savegames.
+void E_WorldLoaded()
+{
+	for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = E_FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
+	{
+		if (handler->IsStatic()) continue;
+		if (handler->isFromSaveGame) continue; // don't execute WorldLoaded for handlers loaded from the savegame.
+		handler->WorldLoaded();
+	}
+}
+
+void E_WorldUnloading()
+{
+	for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = E_FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
+	{
+		if (handler->IsStatic()) continue;
+		handler->WorldUnloading();
+	}
+}
+
+void E_WorldLoadedUnsafe()
+{
+	for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = E_FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
+	{
+		if (!handler->IsStatic()) continue;
+		handler->WorldLoaded();
+	}
+}
+
+void E_WorldUnloadingUnsafe()
+{
+	for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = E_FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
+	{
+		if (!handler->IsStatic()) continue;
+		handler->WorldUnloading();
+	}
+}
+
 DEFINE_EVENT_LOOPER(RenderFrame)
 
 // declarations
@@ -273,8 +314,6 @@ void cls::funcname(args) \
 
 DEFINE_EVENT_HANDLER(DStaticEventHandler, WorldLoaded,)
 DEFINE_EVENT_HANDLER(DStaticEventHandler, WorldUnloading,)
-DEFINE_EVENT_HANDLER(DStaticEventHandler, WorldLoadedUnsafe, )
-DEFINE_EVENT_HANDLER(DStaticEventHandler, WorldUnloadingUnsafe, )
 DEFINE_EVENT_HANDLER(DStaticEventHandler, RenderFrame, )
 
 //
diff --git a/src/events.h b/src/events.h
index d7ceb4056..b8adffd48 100755
--- a/src/events.h
+++ b/src/events.h
@@ -35,11 +35,16 @@ class DStaticEventHandler : public DObject // make it a part of normal GC proces
 {
 	DECLARE_CLASS(DStaticEventHandler, DObject)
 public:
+	DStaticEventHandler()
+	{
+		prev = 0;
+		next = 0;
+		isFromSaveGame = false;
+	}
+
 	DStaticEventHandler* prev;
 	DStaticEventHandler* next;
-	DStaticEventHandler* unregPrev;
-	DStaticEventHandler* unregNext;
-	bool isMapScope; // this is only used with IsStatic=true
+	bool isFromSaveGame; // this gets set to true if this object was received using serializator
 	virtual bool IsStatic() { return true; }
 
 	// serialization handler. let's keep it here so that I don't get lost in serialized/not serialized fields
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ public:
 		if (arc.isReading())
 		{
 			Printf("DStaticEventHandler::Serialize: reading object %s\n", GetClass()->TypeName.GetChars());
+			isFromSaveGame = true;
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -62,8 +68,6 @@ public:
 
 	virtual void WorldLoaded();
 	virtual void WorldUnloading();
-	virtual void WorldLoadedUnsafe();
-	virtual void WorldUnloadingUnsafe();
 	virtual void RenderFrame();
 };
 class DEventHandler : public DStaticEventHandler
diff --git a/src/g_level.cpp b/src/g_level.cpp
index 06fc40ff9..0310b3846 100644
--- a/src/g_level.cpp
+++ b/src/g_level.cpp
@@ -1077,6 +1077,8 @@ void G_DoLoadLevel (int position, bool autosave)
 	E_InitStaticHandlers(true);
 	//      unsafe world load
 	E_WorldLoadedUnsafe();
+	//      regular world load (savegames are handled internally)
+	E_WorldLoaded();
 	P_DoDeferedScripts ();	// [RH] Do script actions that were triggered on another map.
 	
 	if (demoplayback || oldgs == GS_STARTUP || oldgs == GS_TITLELEVEL)
diff --git a/src/p_spec.cpp b/src/p_spec.cpp
index b52166347..0eb619723 100644
--- a/src/p_spec.cpp
+++ b/src/p_spec.cpp
@@ -1443,8 +1443,6 @@ void P_SpawnSpecials (void)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	// [ZZ] safe world load
-	E_WorldLoaded();
 	// [RH] Start running any open scripts on this map
 	FBehavior::StaticStartTypedScripts (SCRIPT_Open, NULL, false);
 }
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/events.txt b/wadsrc/static/zscript/events.txt
index 80c022efb..c604101ce 100755
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/events.txt
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/events.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 class StaticEventHandler : Object native
 {
 	virtual native void WorldLoaded();
-    virtual native void WorldLoadedUnsafe();
 	virtual native void WorldUnloading();
-    virtual native void WorldUnloadingUnsafe();
 
 	virtual native void RenderFrame();
 }