diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 733976de7..32e98863d 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { getGatewayBot } from "./api/handlers/gateway.ts";
 import {
   BotConfig,
   DiscordBotGatewayData,
+  DiscordIdentify,
   EventHandlers,
   Intents,
 } from "./types/mod.ts";
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ export let eventHandlers: EventHandlers = {};
 export let botGatewayData: DiscordBotGatewayData;
 export let proxyWSURL = `wss://gateway.discord.gg`;
 
-export const identifyPayload: IdentifyPayload = {
+export const identifyPayload: DiscordIdentify = {
   token: "",
   compress: true,
   properties: {
@@ -29,18 +30,6 @@ export const identifyPayload: IdentifyPayload = {
   shard: [0, 0],
 };
 
-export interface IdentifyPayload {
-  token: string;
-  compress: boolean;
-  properties: {
-    $os: string;
-    $browser: string;
-    $device: string;
-  };
-  intents: number;
-  shard: [number, number];
-}
-
 export async function startBot(config: BotConfig) {
   if (config.eventHandlers) eventHandlers = config.eventHandlers;
   authorization = `Bot ${config.token}`;
diff --git a/src/ws/shard.ts b/src/ws/shard.ts
index 91e81068f..9f41b45bc 100644
--- a/src/ws/shard.ts
+++ b/src/ws/shard.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-import {
-  botGatewayData,
-  eventHandlers,
-  IdentifyPayload,
-  proxyWSURL,
-} from "../bot.ts";
+import { botGatewayData, eventHandlers, proxyWSURL } from "../bot.ts";
 import {
   DiscordBotGatewayData,
   DiscordHeartbeatPayload,
+  DiscordIdentify,
   DiscordPayload,
   FetchMembersOptions,
   GatewayOpcode,
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ interface RequestMemberQueuedRequest {
 
 export function createShard(
   data: DiscordBotGatewayData,
-  identifyPayload: IdentifyPayload,
+  identifyPayload: DiscordIdentify,
   resuming = false,
   shardID = 0,
 ) {
@@ -174,7 +170,7 @@ export function createShard(
   };
 }
 
-function identify(shard: BasicShard, payload: IdentifyPayload) {
+function identify(shard: BasicShard, payload: DiscordIdentify) {
   eventHandlers.debug?.(
     {
       type: "gatewayIdentify",
@@ -190,7 +186,7 @@ function identify(shard: BasicShard, payload: IdentifyPayload) {
   }, shard.id);
 }
 
-function resume(shard: BasicShard, payload: IdentifyPayload) {
+function resume(shard: BasicShard, payload: DiscordIdentify) {
   sendWS({
     op: GatewayOpcode.Resume,
     d: {
@@ -204,7 +200,7 @@ function resume(shard: BasicShard, payload: IdentifyPayload) {
 async function heartbeat(
   shard: BasicShard,
   interval: number,
-  payload: IdentifyPayload,
+  payload: DiscordIdentify,
   data: DiscordBotGatewayData,
 ) {
   // We lost socket connection between heartbeats, resume connection
@@ -257,7 +253,7 @@ async function heartbeat(
 
 async function resumeConnection(
   data: DiscordBotGatewayData,
-  payload: IdentifyPayload,
+  payload: DiscordIdentify,
   shardID: number,
 ) {
   const shard = basicShards.get(shardID);
diff --git a/src/ws/shard_manager.ts b/src/ws/shard_manager.ts
index 019bd0229..b43a8eaa5 100644
--- a/src/ws/shard_manager.ts
+++ b/src/ws/shard_manager.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { controllers } from "../api/controllers/mod.ts";
 import { Guild } from "../api/structures/guild.ts";
 import { Member } from "../api/structures/mod.ts";
-import { eventHandlers, IdentifyPayload } from "../bot.ts";
+import { eventHandlers } from "../bot.ts";
 import {
   DiscordBotGatewayData,
+  DiscordIdentify,
   DiscordPayload,
   FetchMembersOptions,
   GatewayOpcode,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export function allowNextShard(enabled = true) {
 
 export async function spawnShards(
   data: DiscordBotGatewayData,
-  payload: IdentifyPayload,
+  payload: DiscordIdentify,
   shardID: number,
   lastShardID: number,
   skipChecks?: number,