diff --git a/packages/api/src/nodeCompat.ts b/packages/api/src/nodeCompat.ts
index f124a8c709..0eff2f113d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/nodeCompat.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/nodeCompat.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 
 import { Constructor } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 
-import { EventRecord77, RuntimeVersion, getTypeRegistry } from '@polkadot/types';
+import { EventRecord_0_76, RuntimeVersion, getTypeRegistry } from '@polkadot/types';
 
 type Compat = {
+  // an array of the spec-name and spec_version that denotes the first version that
+  // does not support this feature. i.e. for EventRecord between 0-76, the new version
+  // went live at 77 - hence the version here denotes 77
   nodeSpecs: Array<[string, number]>,
   types: {
     [index: string]: Constructor
@@ -19,12 +22,12 @@ const types: Array<Compat> = [
   {
     nodeSpecs: [
       ['node', 77],
+      ['polkadot', 1000],
       ['node-template', ANY_VERSION],
-      ['polkadot', ANY_VERSION],
       ['edgeware', ANY_VERSION]
     ],
     types: {
-      'EventRecord': EventRecord77
+      'EventRecord': EventRecord_0_76
     }
   }
 ];
diff --git a/packages/types/src/primitive/EventRecord.ts b/packages/types/src/primitive/EventRecord.ts
index b049e5acc2..7eac29f40b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/primitive/EventRecord.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/primitive/EventRecord.ts
@@ -75,12 +75,13 @@ export class Phase extends Enum {
 }
 
 /**
- * @name EventRecord77
+ * @name EventRecord_0_76
  * @description
  * A record for an [[Event]] (as specified by [[Metadata]]) with the specific [[Phase]] of
  * application.
  */
-export class EventRecord77 extends Struct {
+// tslint:disable-next-line
+export class EventRecord_0_76 extends Struct {
   constructor (value: any) {
     super({
       phase: Phase,
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ export default class EventRecord extends Struct {
     }, value);
   }
 
-  static Fallback = EventRecord77;
+  static Fallback = EventRecord_0_76;
 
   /**
    * @description The [[Event]] this record refers to
diff --git a/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts b/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
index 8c18a7172c..98968b35b6 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/primitive/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export { default as AccountIndex } from './AccountIndex';
 export { default as AccountInfo } from './AccountInfo';
 export { default as Address } from './Address';
 export { default as Event, EventIndex } from './Event';
-export { default as EventRecord, EventRecord77 } from './EventRecord';
+export { default as EventRecord, EventRecord_0_76 } from './EventRecord';
 export { default as Bool, default as bool } from './Bool';
 export { default as Bytes } from './Bytes';
 export { default as Data } from './Data';