diff --git a/ts/session/sending/PendingMessageCache.ts b/ts/session/sending/PendingMessageCache.ts
index 1fd9574b7..43c84cd4a 100644
--- a/ts/session/sending/PendingMessageCache.ts
+++ b/ts/session/sending/PendingMessageCache.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {
   createOrUpdateItem,
   getItemById,
 } from '../../../js/modules/data';
-import { BareRawMessage, RawMessage } from '../types/RawMessage';
+import { PartialRawMessage, RawMessage } from '../types/RawMessage';
 import { ContentMessage } from '../messages/outgoing';
 import { PubKey } from '../types';
 import * as MessageUtils from '../utils';
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ export class PendingMessageCache {
       return [];
     }
 
-    const barePending = JSON.parse(String(data.value)) as Array<BareRawMessage>;
+    const barePending = JSON.parse(String(data.value)) as Array<PartialRawMessage>;
 
     // Rebuild plainTextBuffer
     // tslint:disable-next-line: no-unnecessary-local-variable
-    const pending = barePending.map((message: BareRawMessage) => {
+    const pending = barePending.map((message: PartialRawMessage) => {
       const rebuiltMessage = { ...message };
 
       // From Array<number> to ArrayBuffer
diff --git a/ts/session/types/RawMessage.ts b/ts/session/types/RawMessage.ts
index 490dbf041..a0333c603 100644
--- a/ts/session/types/RawMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/session/types/RawMessage.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export interface RawMessage {
   encryption: EncryptionType;
 }
 
-export interface BareRawMessage {
+// For building RawMessages from JSON
+export interface PartialRawMessage {
   identifier: string;
   plainTextBuffer: any;
   timestamp: number;