diff --git a/src/characters/alice.ts b/src/characters/alice.ts
index e1361989a..fa640f668 100644
--- a/src/characters/alice.ts
+++ b/src/characters/alice.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import {
   EnactedPolicy,
   PreEnactedPolicy,
 } from '../policies/policy';
+import { PorterClient } from '../porter';
 import { ChecksumAddress } from '../types';
 
 import { RemoteBob } from './bob';
-import { Porter } from './porter';
 
 export class Alice {
-  private readonly porter: Porter;
+  private readonly porter: PorterClient;
   private readonly keyring: Keyring;
 
   private constructor(
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class Alice {
     secretKey: SecretKey,
     public readonly web3Provider: ethers.providers.Web3Provider
   ) {
-    this.porter = new Porter(porterUri);
+    this.porter = new PorterClient(porterUri);
     this.keyring = new Keyring(secretKey);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/characters/bob.ts b/src/characters/bob.ts
index 2a5533c85..c08a351c6 100644
--- a/src/characters/bob.ts
+++ b/src/characters/bob.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import {
 import { Keyring } from '../keyring';
 import { PolicyMessageKit } from '../kits/message';
 import { RetrievalResult } from '../kits/retrieval';
+import { PorterClient } from '../porter';
 import { zip } from '../utils';
 
-import { Porter } from './porter';
-
 export class RemoteBob {
   private constructor(
     public readonly decryptingKey: PublicKey,
@@ -36,11 +35,11 @@ export class RemoteBob {
 }
 
 export class Bob {
-  private readonly porter: Porter;
+  private readonly porter: PorterClient;
   private readonly keyring: Keyring;
 
   constructor(porterUri: string, secretKey: SecretKey) {
-    this.porter = new Porter(porterUri);
+    this.porter = new PorterClient(porterUri);
     this.keyring = new Keyring(secretKey);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts b/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts
index 939b25ccd..87bf20c05 100644
--- a/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts
+++ b/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ import {
   getCombineDecryptionSharesFunction,
   getVariantClass,
 } from '../dkg';
+import { PorterClient } from '../porter';
 import { fromJSON, toJSON } from '../utils';
 
-import { Porter } from './porter';
-
 export type ThresholdDecrypterJSON = {
   porterUri: string;
   ritualId: number;
@@ -34,14 +33,14 @@ export class ThresholdDecrypter {
   // private readonly verifyingKey: Keyring;
 
   private constructor(
-    private readonly porter: Porter,
+    private readonly porter: PorterClient,
     private readonly ritualId: number,
     private readonly threshold: number
   ) {}
 
   public static create(porterUri: string, dkgRitual: DkgRitual) {
     return new ThresholdDecrypter(
-      new Porter(porterUri),
+      new PorterClient(porterUri),
       dkgRitual.id,
       dkgRitual.threshold
     );
@@ -210,7 +209,11 @@ export class ThresholdDecrypter {
     ritualId,
     threshold,
   }: ThresholdDecrypterJSON) {
-    return new ThresholdDecrypter(new Porter(porterUri), ritualId, threshold);
+    return new ThresholdDecrypter(
+      new PorterClient(porterUri),
+      ritualId,
+      threshold
+    );
   }
 
   public static fromJSON(json: string) {
diff --git a/src/characters/pre-recipient.ts b/src/characters/pre-recipient.ts
index c30f9265f..f321c34cb 100644
--- a/src/characters/pre-recipient.ts
+++ b/src/characters/pre-recipient.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ import { Condition, ConditionContext } from '../conditions';
 import { Keyring } from '../keyring';
 import { PolicyMessageKit } from '../kits/message';
 import { RetrievalResult } from '../kits/retrieval';
+import { PorterClient } from '../porter';
 import { base64ToU8Receiver, bytesEquals, toJSON, zip } from '../utils';
 
-import { Porter } from './porter';
-
 export type PreDecrypterJSON = {
   porterUri: string;
   policyEncryptingKeyBytes: Uint8Array;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export class PreDecrypter {
   // private readonly verifyingKey: Keyring;
 
   constructor(
-    private readonly porter: Porter,
+    private readonly porter: PorterClient,
     private readonly keyring: Keyring,
     private readonly policyEncryptingKey: PublicKey,
     private readonly publisherVerifyingKey: PublicKey,
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ export class PreDecrypter {
     encryptedTreasureMap: EncryptedTreasureMap
   ): PreDecrypter {
     return new PreDecrypter(
-      new Porter(porterUri),
+      new PorterClient(porterUri),
       new Keyring(secretKey),
       policyEncryptingKey,
       publisherVerifyingKey,
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ export class PreDecrypter {
     bobSecretKeyBytes,
   }: PreDecrypterJSON) {
     return new PreDecrypter(
-      new Porter(porterUri),
+      new PorterClient(porterUri),
       new Keyring(SecretKey.fromBEBytes(bobSecretKeyBytes)),
       PublicKey.fromCompressedBytes(policyEncryptingKeyBytes),
       PublicKey.fromCompressedBytes(publisherVerifyingKeyBytes),
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 25c662a08..071b3fb38 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export { Alice } from './characters/alice';
 export { Bob, RemoteBob } from './characters/bob';
 export { Enrico } from './characters/enrico';
 export { PreDecrypter } from './characters/pre-recipient';
-export { Porter } from './characters/porter';
+export { PorterClient } from './porter';
 
 // Policies
 export type {
diff --git a/src/policies/policy.ts b/src/policies/policy.ts
index 59be31dd0..ffe284939 100644
--- a/src/policies/policy.ts
+++ b/src/policies/policy.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { PreSubscriptionManagerAgent } from '../agents/subscription-manager';
 import { Alice } from '../characters/alice';
 import { RemoteBob } from '../characters/bob';
-import { Ursula } from '../characters/porter';
+import { Ursula } from '../porter';
 import { toBytes, toEpoch, zip } from '../utils';
 import { toCanonicalAddress } from '../web3';
 
diff --git a/src/characters/porter.ts b/src/porter.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from src/characters/porter.ts
rename to src/porter.ts
index 1bcc6aa41..0d306d81b 100644
--- a/src/characters/porter.ts
+++ b/src/porter.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import {
 import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 import qs from 'qs';
 
-import { ConditionContext } from '../conditions';
-import { Base64EncodedBytes, ChecksumAddress, HexEncodedBytes } from '../types';
-import { fromBase64, fromHexString, toBase64, toHexString } from '../utils';
+import { ConditionContext } from './conditions';
+import { Base64EncodedBytes, ChecksumAddress, HexEncodedBytes } from './types';
+import { fromBase64, fromHexString, toBase64, toHexString } from './utils';
 
 // /get_ursulas
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export type CbdDecryptResult = {
   errors: Record<string, string>;
 };
 
-export class Porter {
+export class PorterClient {
   readonly porterUrl: URL;
 
   constructor(porterUri: string) {
diff --git a/src/sdk/cohort.ts b/src/sdk/cohort.ts
index 697f7cb8a..d377a6a4b 100644
--- a/src/sdk/cohort.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/cohort.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Porter } from '../characters/porter';
+import { PorterClient } from '../porter';
 import { ChecksumAddress } from '../types';
 import { objectEquals } from '../utils';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class Cohort {
     include: string[] = [],
     exclude: string[] = []
   ) {
-    const porter = new Porter(porterUri);
+    const porter = new PorterClient(porterUri);
     const ursulas = await porter.getUrsulas(numUrsulas, exclude, include);
     const ursulaAddresses = ursulas.map((ursula) => ursula.checksumAddress);
     return new Cohort(ursulaAddresses, porterUri);
diff --git a/test/acceptance/alice-grants.test.ts b/test/acceptance/alice-grants.test.ts
index a5fce2365..a887004a0 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/alice-grants.test.ts
+++ b/test/acceptance/alice-grants.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nucypher/nucypher-core';
 
 import { EnactedPolicy, Enrico, MessageKit } from '../../src';
-import { Ursula } from '../../src/characters/porter';
+import { Ursula } from '../../src/porter';
 import { ChecksumAddress } from '../../src/types';
 import { toBytes } from '../../src/utils';
 import {
diff --git a/test/docs/cbd.test.ts b/test/docs/cbd.test.ts
index 217a45ca0..cffde9aac 100644
--- a/test/docs/cbd.test.ts
+++ b/test/docs/cbd.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { MessageKit, VerifiedKeyFrag } from '@nucypher/nucypher-core';
 import { providers } from 'ethers';
 
 import { Cohort, conditions, PreStrategy, SecretKey } from '../../src';
-import { Ursula } from '../../src/characters/porter';
+import { Ursula } from '../../src/porter';
 import { toBytes } from '../../src/utils';
 import {
   fakeUrsulas,
diff --git a/test/unit/pre-strategy.test.ts b/test/unit/pre-strategy.test.ts
index bdd8ace8f..d68e586b0 100644
--- a/test/unit/pre-strategy.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/pre-strategy.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   PreDecrypter,
   PreStrategy,
 } from '../../src';
-import { Ursula } from '../../src/characters/porter';
+import { Ursula } from '../../src/porter';
 import { toBytes } from '../../src/utils';
 import {
   fakeUrsulas,
diff --git a/test/utils.ts b/test/utils.ts
index e6e92f427..9792e6b6a 100644
--- a/test/utils.ts
+++ b/test/utils.ts
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ import { keccak256 } from 'ethers/lib/utils';
 import { Alice, Bob, Cohort, RemoteBob } from '../src';
 import { DkgCoordinatorAgent, DkgParticipant } from '../src/agents/coordinator';
 import { ThresholdDecrypter } from '../src/characters/cbd-recipient';
+import { DkgClient, DkgRitual, FerveoVariant } from '../src/dkg';
+import { BlockchainPolicy, PreEnactedPolicy } from '../src/policies/policy';
 import {
   CbdDecryptResult,
   GetUrsulasResult,
-  Porter,
+  PorterClient,
   RetrieveCFragsResult,
   Ursula,
-} from '../src/characters/porter';
-import { DkgClient, DkgRitual, FerveoVariant } from '../src/dkg';
-import { BlockchainPolicy, PreEnactedPolicy } from '../src/policies/policy';
+} from '../src/porter';
 import { ChecksumAddress } from '../src/types';
 import { toBytes, toHexString, zip } from '../src/utils';
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export const mockRetrieveCFragsRequest = (
 ) => {
   const results = fakeCFragResponse(ursulas, verifiedKFrags, capsule);
   return jest
-    .spyOn(Porter.prototype, 'retrieveCFrags')
+    .spyOn(PorterClient.prototype, 'retrieveCFrags')
     .mockImplementation(() => {
       return Promise.resolve(results);
     });
@@ -481,9 +481,11 @@ export const mockCbdDecrypt = (
     encryptedResponses,
     errors,
   };
-  return jest.spyOn(Porter.prototype, 'cbdDecrypt').mockImplementation(() => {
-    return Promise.resolve(result);
-  });
+  return jest
+    .spyOn(PorterClient.prototype, 'cbdDecrypt')
+    .mockImplementation(() => {
+      return Promise.resolve(result);
+    });
 };
 
 export const mockRandomSessionStaticSecret = (secret: SessionStaticSecret) => {