diff --git a/dispatch.ts b/dispatch.ts
index 01bd58bedd..1ed6af71ec 100644
--- a/dispatch.ts
+++ b/dispatch.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ export function pub(channel: string, payload: Uint8Array): null | ArrayBuffer {
 
 // Internal version of "pub".
 // TODO add internal version of "sub"
-// TODO rename to pubInternal()
-export function sendMsg(channel: string, obj: pb.IMsg): null | pb.Msg {
+export function pubInternal(channel: string, obj: pb.IMsg): null | pb.Msg {
   const msg = pb.Msg.fromObject(obj);
   const ui8 = pb.Msg.encode(msg).finish();
   const resBuf = pub(channel, ui8);
diff --git a/fetch.ts b/fetch.ts
index e0ac4db714..42acfa22f0 100644
--- a/fetch.ts
+++ b/fetch.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // All rights reserved. MIT License.
 import { assert, log, createResolvable, Resolvable } from "./util";
 import * as util from "./util";
-import * as dispatch from "./dispatch";
+import { pubInternal, sub } from "./dispatch";
 import { main as pb } from "./msg.pb";
 
 export function initFetch() {
-  dispatch.sub("fetch", (payload: Uint8Array) => {
+  sub("fetch", (payload: Uint8Array) => {
     const msg = pb.Msg.decode(payload);
     assert(msg.command === pb.Msg.Command.FETCH_RES);
     const id = msg.fetchResId;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class FetchRequest {
 
   start() {
     log("dispatch FETCH_REQ", this.id, this.url);
-    const res = dispatch.sendMsg("fetch", {
+    const res = pubInternal("fetch", {
       command: pb.Msg.Command.FETCH_REQ,
       fetchReqId: this.id,
       fetchReqUrl: this.url
diff --git a/os.ts b/os.ts
index 2817a97cc4..87f8061ff7 100644
--- a/os.ts
+++ b/os.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2018 Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>
 // All rights reserved. MIT License.
 import { ModuleInfo } from "./types";
-import { sendMsg } from "./dispatch";
+import { pubInternal } from "./dispatch";
 import { main as pb } from "./msg.pb";
 import { assert } from "./util";
 
 export function exit(exitCode = 0): void {
-  sendMsg("os", {
+  pubInternal("os", {
     command: pb.Msg.Command.EXIT,
     exitCode
   });
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function codeFetch(
   moduleSpecifier: string,
   containingFile: string
 ): ModuleInfo {
-  const res = sendMsg("os", {
+  const res = pubInternal("os", {
     command: pb.Msg.Command.CODE_FETCH,
     codeFetchModuleSpecifier: moduleSpecifier,
     codeFetchContainingFile: containingFile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function codeCache(
   sourceCode: string,
   outputCode: string
 ): void {
-  sendMsg("os", {
+  pubInternal("os", {
     command: pb.Msg.Command.CODE_CACHE,
     codeCacheFilename: filename,
     codeCacheSourceCode: sourceCode,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function codeCache(
 }
 
 export function readFileSync(filename: string): Uint8Array {
-  const res = sendMsg("os", {
+  const res = pubInternal("os", {
     command: pb.Msg.Command.READ_FILE_SYNC,
     readFileSyncFilename: filename
   });
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function writeFileSync(
   data: Uint8Array,
   perm: number
 ): void {
-  sendMsg("os", {
+  pubInternal("os", {
     command: pb.Msg.Command.WRITE_FILE_SYNC,
     writeFileSyncFilename: filename,
     writeFileSyncData: data,
diff --git a/timers.ts b/timers.ts
index 6fa0e7a435..136ae745cf 100644
--- a/timers.ts
+++ b/timers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018 Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>
 // All rights reserved. MIT License.
 import { main as pb } from "./msg.pb";
-import * as dispatch from "./dispatch";
+import { pubInternal, sub } from "./dispatch";
 import { assert } from "./util";
 
 let nextTimerId = 1;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface Timer {
 const timers = new Map<number, Timer>();
 
 export function initTimers() {
-  dispatch.sub("timers", onMessage);
+  sub("timers", onMessage);
 }
 
 function onMessage(payload: Uint8Array) {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function setTimer(
     cb
   };
   timers.set(timer.id, timer);
-  dispatch.sendMsg("timers", {
+  pubInternal("timers", {
     command: pb.Msg.Command.TIMER_START,
     timerStartId: timer.id,
     timerStartInterval: timer.interval,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function setInterval(
 }
 
 export function clearTimer(id: number) {
-  dispatch.sendMsg("timers", {
+  pubInternal("timers", {
     command: pb.Msg.Command.TIMER_CLEAR,
     timerClearId: id
   });