diff --git a/ipfs-api-backend-actix/src/lib.rs b/ipfs-api-backend-actix/src/lib.rs
index de04294..943290d 100644
--- a/ipfs-api-backend-actix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ipfs-api-backend-actix/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ extern crate actix_multipart_rfc7578 as multipart;
 mod backend;
 mod error;
 
-pub use crate::{backend::ActixBackend as IpfsClient, error::Error};
+pub type IpfsClient = ActixBackend;
+pub use crate::{backend::ActixBackend, error::Error};
 pub use ipfs_api_prelude::{
     request::{self, KeyType, Logger, LoggingLevel, ObjectTemplate},
     response, ApiError, BackendWithGlobalOptions, GlobalOptions, IpfsApi, TryFromUri,
diff --git a/ipfs-api-backend-hyper/src/lib.rs b/ipfs-api-backend-hyper/src/lib.rs
index e3bcc76..9c71df2 100644
--- a/ipfs-api-backend-hyper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ipfs-api-backend-hyper/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ extern crate hyper_multipart_rfc7578 as multipart;
 mod backend;
 mod error;
 
-pub use crate::{backend::HyperBackend as IpfsClient, error::Error};
+pub type IpfsClient = HyperBackend;
+pub use crate::{backend::HyperBackend, error::Error};
 pub use ipfs_api_prelude::{
     request::{self, KeyType, Logger, LoggingLevel, ObjectTemplate},
     response, ApiError, BackendWithGlobalOptions, GlobalOptions, IpfsApi, TryFromUri,