diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js b/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js
index 62f4d442a7..db0ddb74b2 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import EditorModel from '../../../editor/model';
 import {setCaretPosition} from '../../../editor/caret';
 import {getCaretOffsetAndText} from '../../../editor/dom';
 import {htmlSerialize, textSerialize, requiresHtml} from '../../../editor/serialize';
-import parseEvent from '../../../editor/parse-event';
+import {parseEvent} from '../../../editor/deserialize';
 import Autocomplete from '../rooms/Autocomplete';
 // import AutocompleteModel from '../../../editor/autocomplete';
 import {PartCreator} from '../../../editor/parts';
diff --git a/src/editor/parse-event.js b/src/editor/deserialize.js
similarity index 98%
rename from src/editor/parse-event.js
rename to src/editor/deserialize.js
index 303f234f9e..969393b4d9 100644
--- a/src/editor/parse-event.js
+++ b/src/editor/deserialize.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function parseHtmlMessage(html) {
     return parts;
 }
 
-export default function parseEvent(event) {
+export function parseEvent(event) {
     const content = event.getContent();
     if (content.format === "org.matrix.custom.html") {
         return parseHtmlMessage(content.formatted_body);