diff --git a/packages/multi-test/src/app.rs b/packages/multi-test/src/app.rs
index 0f5f1a242..611d231eb 100644
--- a/packages/multi-test/src/app.rs
+++ b/packages/multi-test/src/app.rs
@@ -732,12 +732,8 @@ mod test {
         // validate the events written in the reply blob...should just be bank transfer
         let reply = res.result.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(1, reply.events.len());
-        // Note: this shows we must make the helpers more generic
-        let app_res = AppResponse {
-            events: reply.events,
-            data: reply.data,
-        };
-        app_res.assert_event(&Event::new("transfer").add_attribute("amount", "7eth"));
+        AppResponse::from(reply)
+            .assert_event(&Event::new("transfer").add_attribute("amount", "7eth"));
 
         // reflect sends 300 btc, failure, but error caught by submessage (so shows success)
         let msg = SubMsg::reply_always(
diff --git a/packages/multi-test/src/executor.rs b/packages/multi-test/src/executor.rs
index 45d8fee2a..c56c5cf43 100644
--- a/packages/multi-test/src/executor.rs
+++ b/packages/multi-test/src/executor.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
 use crate::parse_contract_addr;
-use cosmwasm_std::{to_binary, Addr, Attribute, BankMsg, Binary, Coin, CosmosMsg, Event, WasmMsg};
+use cosmwasm_std::{
+    to_binary, Addr, Attribute, BankMsg, Binary, Coin, CosmosMsg, Event, SubMsgExecutionResponse,
+    WasmMsg,
+};
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
@@ -47,6 +50,17 @@ impl AppResponse {
     }
 }
 
+/// They have the same shape, SubMsgExecutionResponse is what is returned in reply.
+/// This is just to make some test cases easier.
+impl From<SubMsgExecutionResponse> for AppResponse {
+    fn from(reply: SubMsgExecutionResponse) -> Self {
+        AppResponse {
+            data: reply.data,
+            events: reply.events,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait Executor<C>
 where
     C: Clone + fmt::Debug + PartialEq + JsonSchema + 'static,