diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index 0084c61a7..6d86f07e6 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ from peewee_migrate import Router
 from playhouse.sqlite_ext import SqliteExtDatabase
 from playhouse.sqliteq import SqliteQueueDatabase
 
-from frigate.communication.dispatcher import Communicator, Dispatcher
-from frigate.communication.mqtt import MqttClient
-from frigate.communication.ws import WebSocketClient
+from frigate.comms.dispatcher import Communicator, Dispatcher
+from frigate.comms.mqtt import MqttClient
+from frigate.comms.ws import WebSocketClient
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import CACHE_DIR, CLIPS_DIR, RECORD_DIR
 from frigate.object_detection import ObjectDetectProcess
diff --git a/frigate/communication/dispatcher.py b/frigate/comms/dispatcher.py
similarity index 100%
rename from frigate/communication/dispatcher.py
rename to frigate/comms/dispatcher.py
diff --git a/frigate/communication/mqtt.py b/frigate/comms/mqtt.py
similarity index 99%
rename from frigate/communication/mqtt.py
rename to frigate/comms/mqtt.py
index f4653b279..4c5ee49d7 100644
--- a/frigate/communication/mqtt.py
+++ b/frigate/comms/mqtt.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import threading
 
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 
-from frigate.communication.dispatcher import Communicator
+from frigate.comms.dispatcher import Communicator
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 
 
diff --git a/frigate/communication/ws.py b/frigate/comms/ws.py
similarity index 98%
rename from frigate/communication/ws.py
rename to frigate/comms/ws.py
index 4a39116d4..7b771821c 100644
--- a/frigate/communication/ws.py
+++ b/frigate/comms/ws.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from ws4py.server.wsgirefserver import (
 from ws4py.server.wsgiutils import WebSocketWSGIApplication
 from ws4py.websocket import WebSocket
 
-from frigate.communication.dispatcher import Communicator
+from frigate.comms.dispatcher import Communicator
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/frigate/object_processing.py b/frigate/object_processing.py
index 5fe5e387b..f87373569 100644
--- a/frigate/object_processing.py
+++ b/frigate/object_processing.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from typing import Callable
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 
-from frigate.communication.dispatcher import Dispatcher
+from frigate.comms.dispatcher import Dispatcher
 from frigate.config import (
     CameraConfig,
     MqttConfig,
diff --git a/frigate/stats.py b/frigate/stats.py
index e45cbf72d..23ac02172 100644
--- a/frigate/stats.py
+++ b/frigate/stats.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import requests
 from typing import Optional, Any
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 
-from frigate.communication.dispatcher import Dispatcher
+from frigate.comms.dispatcher import Dispatcher
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import RECORD_DIR, CLIPS_DIR, CACHE_DIR
 from frigate.types import StatsTrackingTypes, CameraMetricsTypes