diff --git a/commonspace/object/acl/syncacl/response/response.go b/commonspace/object/acl/syncacl/response/response.go
index 5d44e6de..0f8a32c2 100644
--- a/commonspace/object/acl/syncacl/response/response.go
+++ b/commonspace/object/acl/syncacl/response/response.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package response
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/anyproto/any-sync/commonspace/spacesyncproto"
diff --git a/commonspace/spacesyncproto/spacesync.go b/commonspace/spacesyncproto/spacesync.go
index feae3a7b..64f27a0d 100644
--- a/commonspace/spacesyncproto/spacesync.go
+++ b/commonspace/spacesyncproto/spacesync.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type ClientFactory interface {
 }
 
 func MarshallSyncMessage(message proto.Message, spaceId, objectId string) (objMsg *ObjectSyncMessage, err error) {
-	payload, err := message.(protobuf.ProtoBuf).MarshalVT()
+	payload, err := message.(protobuf.Message).MarshalVT()
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/protobuf/protobuf.go b/protobuf/protobuf.go
index a2f400d3..62106d4c 100644
--- a/protobuf/protobuf.go
+++ b/protobuf/protobuf.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
-type ProtoBuf interface {
+type Message interface {
 	SizeVT() (n int)
 	MarshalVT() (dAtA []byte, err error)
 	UnmarshalVT(dAtA []byte) error
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type ProtoBuf interface {
 }
 
 func MarshalAppend(buf []byte, pb proto.Message) ([]byte, error) {
-	if m, ok := pb.(ProtoBuf); ok {
+	if m, ok := pb.(Message); ok {
 		siz := m.SizeVT()
 		offset := len(buf)
 		buf = slices.Grow(buf, offset+siz)[:offset+siz]
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func MarshalAppend(buf []byte, pb proto.Message) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("proto: MarshalAppend not supported by %T", pb)
 }
 
-func MarshalToSizedBuffer(m ProtoBuf, b []byte, offset int) ([]byte, error) {
+func MarshalToSizedBuffer(m Message, b []byte, offset int) ([]byte, error) {
 	_, err := m.MarshalToSizedBufferVT(b[offset:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err