diff --git a/ovos_utils/messagebus.py b/ovos_utils/messagebus.py
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+++ b/ovos_utils/messagebus.py
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+from ovos_utils.fakebus import dig_for_message, FakeMessage, FakeBus
+from ovos_utils.log import log_deprecation
+
+
+log_deprecation("ovos_utils.messagebus has been deprecated since version 0.1.0!! "
+                "please import from ovos_utils.fakebus or ovos_bus_client directly", "1.0.0")
+
+
+class Message(FakeMessage):
+  """just for compat, stuff in the wild importing from here even with deprecation warnings..."""
+  
+