diff --git a/app/event_guard/resources/classes/event_guard.php b/app/event_guard/resources/classes/event_guard.php
index 8a388a949..09afd5786 100644
--- a/app/event_guard/resources/classes/event_guard.php
+++ b/app/event_guard/resources/classes/event_guard.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class event_guard {
 	 */
 	const app_name = 'event_guard';
 	const app_uuid = 'c5b86612-1514-40cb-8e2c-3f01a8f6f637';
+	const app_category = 'switch';
 
 	/**
 	 * Set in the constructor. Must be a database object and cannot be null.
@@ -98,6 +99,15 @@ class event_guard {
 		$this->location      = 'event_guard_logs.php';
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the category of this class.
+	 *
+	 * @return string The constant category value.
+	 */
+	public static function get_category(): string {
+		return self::app_category;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Deletes one or more records.
 	 *