diff --git a/mycroft/messagebus/client/client.py b/mycroft/messagebus/client/client.py
index 5748f4399e6..5fe62ff7acc 100644
--- a/mycroft/messagebus/client/client.py
+++ b/mycroft/messagebus/client/client.py
@@ -1,50 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright 2019 Mycroft AI Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-from ovos_bus_client.client import MessageBusClient as _MessageBusClient
+from ovos_bus_client.client.client import MessageBusClient, echo
 from ovos_bus_client.client import MessageWaiter
-
 from mycroft.messagebus.load_config import load_message_bus_config
-import mycroft.util.process_utils
-
-
-class MessageBusClient(_MessageBusClient):
-    # minimize reading of the .conf
-    _config_cache = None
-
-    def __init__(self, host=None, port=None, route=None, ssl=None, cache=False):
-        config_overrides = dict(host=host, port=port, route=route, ssl=ssl)
-        if cache and self._config_cache:
-            config = self._config_cache
-        else:
-            config = load_message_bus_config(**config_overrides)
-            if cache:
-                MessageBusClient._config_cache = config
-        super().__init__(config.host, config.port, config.route, config.ssl)
-
-
-def echo():
-    message_bus_client = MessageBusClient()
-
-    def repeat_utterance(message):
-        message.msg_type = 'speak'
-        message_bus_client.emit(message)
-
-    message_bus_client.on('message', mycroft.util.process_utils.create_echo_function(None))
-    message_bus_client.on('recognizer_loop:utterance', repeat_utterance)
-    message_bus_client.run_forever()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/mycroft/messagebus/load_config.py b/mycroft/messagebus/load_config.py
index 9573d865a73..639063cce9f 100644
--- a/mycroft/messagebus/load_config.py
+++ b/mycroft/messagebus/load_config.py
@@ -1,53 +1 @@
-# Copyright 2019 Mycroft AI Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-"""Message bus configuration loader.
-
-The message bus event handler and client use basically the same configuration.
-This code is re-used in both to load config values.
-"""
-from collections import namedtuple
-
-from ovos_config.config import Configuration
-from mycroft.util.log import LOG
-
-MessageBusConfig = namedtuple(
-    'MessageBusConfig',
-    ['host', 'port', 'route', 'ssl']
-)
-
-
-def load_message_bus_config(**overrides):
-    """Load the bits of device configuration needed to run the message bus."""
-    LOG.info('Loading message bus configs')
-    config = Configuration()
-
-    try:
-        websocket_configs = config['websocket']
-    except KeyError as ke:
-        LOG.error('No websocket configs found ({})'.format(repr(ke)))
-        raise
-    else:
-        mb_config = MessageBusConfig(
-            host=overrides.get('host') or websocket_configs.get('host'),
-            port=overrides.get('port') or websocket_configs.get('port'),
-            route=overrides.get('route') or websocket_configs.get('route'),
-            ssl=overrides.get('ssl') or config.get('ssl')
-        )
-        if not all([mb_config.host, mb_config.port, mb_config.route]):
-            error_msg = 'Missing one or more websocket configs'
-            LOG.error(error_msg)
-            raise ValueError(error_msg)
-
-    return mb_config
+from ovos_bus_client.conf import load_message_bus_config, client_from_config, MessageBusConfig
diff --git a/mycroft/messagebus/message.py b/mycroft/messagebus/message.py
index a887a0e2ac1..89e662c35e0 100644
--- a/mycroft/messagebus/message.py
+++ b/mycroft/messagebus/message.py
@@ -1,41 +1 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Mycroft AI Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-import re
-
-from mycroft.util.parse import normalize
-from ovos_bus_client.message import dig_for_message
-import ovos_bus_client
-
-
-class Message(ovos_bus_client.Message):
-    """Mycroft specific Message class."""
-
-    def utterance_remainder(self):
-        """
-        For intents get the portion not consumed by Adapt.
-
-        For example: if they say 'Turn on the family room light' and there are
-        entity matches for "turn on" and "light", then it will leave behind
-        " the family room " which is then normalized to "family room".
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Leftover words or None if not an utterance.
-        """
-        utt = normalize(self.data.get("utterance", ""))
-        if utt and "__tags__" in self.data:
-            for token in self.data["__tags__"]:
-                # Substitute only whole words matching the token
-                utt = re.sub(r'\b' + token.get("key", "") + r"\b", "", utt)
-        return normalize(utt)
+from ovos_bus_client.message import dig_for_message, Message
diff --git a/mycroft/messagebus/send.py b/mycroft/messagebus/send.py
index 1a250e3cfa2..4ee0cda70b6 100644
--- a/mycroft/messagebus/send.py
+++ b/mycroft/messagebus/send.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import sys
 import json
 
-from mycroft.messagebus.send_func import send
+from ovos_bus_client.send_func import send
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/mycroft/messagebus/send_func.py b/mycroft/messagebus/send_func.py
index abc26313807..f1f1d5a88a3 100644
--- a/mycroft/messagebus/send_func.py
+++ b/mycroft/messagebus/send_func.py
@@ -1,46 +1 @@
-# Copyright 2019 Mycroft AI Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-from websocket import create_connection
-
-from ovos_config.config import Configuration
-from mycroft.messagebus.client import MessageBusClient
-from mycroft.messagebus.message import Message
-
-
-def send(message_to_send, data_to_send=None):
-    """Send a single message over the websocket.
-
-    Args:
-        message_to_send (str): Message to send
-        data_to_send (dict): data structure to go along with the
-            message, defaults to empty dict.
-    """
-    data_to_send = data_to_send or {}
-
-    # Calculate the standard Mycroft messagebus websocket address
-    config = Configuration()
-    config = config.get("websocket")
-    url = MessageBusClient.build_url(
-        config.get("host"),
-        config.get("port"),
-        config.get("route"),
-        config.get("ssl")
-    )
-
-    # Send the provided message/data
-    ws = create_connection(url)
-    packet = Message(message_to_send, data_to_send).serialize()
-    ws.send(packet)
-    ws.close()
+from ovos_bus_client.send_func import send
diff --git a/requirements/minimal.txt b/requirements/minimal.txt
index f5e2cebc844..15cfaea27c9 100644
--- a/requirements/minimal.txt
+++ b/requirements/minimal.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mycroft-messagebus-client~=0.9,!=0.9.2,!=0.9.3
 combo-lock~=0.2
 ovos-utils~=0.0, >=0.0.26
 ovos-plugin-manager~=0.0, >=0.0.20a1
-ovos-bus-client~=0.0, >=0.0.1
+ovos-bus-client~=0.0, >=0.0.2
 ovos-config~=0.0,>=0.0.5
 python-dateutil~=2.6
 ovos-lingua-franca==0.4.6a1
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index cb2fc70e47b..38ed56faf96 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ combo-lock~=0.2
 PyYAML~=5.4
 watchdog
 
-ovos-bus-client~=0.0, >=0.0.1
+ovos-bus-client~=0.0, >=0.0.2
 ovos_backend_client~=0.0, >=0.0.5
 ovos-config~=0.0,>=0.0.5a5
 ovos-utils~=0.0, >=0.0.26