diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da9cf77..00734cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Scribe maintains a rocksdb database containing the [LBRY blockchain](https://git
  * Protobuf schema for encoding and decoding metadata stored on the blockchain ([scribe.schema](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/schema)).
  * Blockchain processor that maintains an up to date rocksdb database ([scribe.blockchain](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/blockchain))
  * Rocksdb based database containing the blockchain data ([scribe.db](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/db))
- * Interface for python services to implement in order for them maintain a read only view of the blockchain data ([scribe.readers.interface](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/readers/interface.py))
- * Electrum based server for thin-wallet clients like lbry-sdk ([scribe.readers.hub_server](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/readers/hub_server.py))
- * Elasticsearch sync utility to index all the claim metadata in the blockchain into an easily searchable form ([scribe.readers.elastic_sync](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/readers/elastic_sync.py))
+ * Interface for python services to implement in order for them maintain a read only view of the blockchain data ([scribe.reader.interface](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/reader/interface.py))
+ * Electrum based server for thin-wallet clients like lbry-sdk ([scribe.reader.hub_server](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/reader/hub_server.py))
+ * Elasticsearch sync utility to index all the claim metadata in the blockchain into an easily searchable form ([scribe.reader.elastic_sync](https://github.com/lbryio/scribe/tree/master/scribe/reader/elastic_sync.py))
 
 
 ## Installation
diff --git a/scribe/cli.py b/scribe/cli.py
index a424c82..a7413be 100644
--- a/scribe/cli.py
+++ b/scribe/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import traceback
 import argparse
 from scribe.env import Env
 from scribe.blockchain.block_processor import BlockProcessor
-from scribe.readers import BlockchainReaderServer, ElasticWriter
+from scribe.reader import BlockchainReaderServer, ElasticWriter
 
 
 def get_arg_parser(name):
diff --git a/scribe/hub/common.py b/scribe/hub/common.py
index 96ca47e..3991c9e 100644
--- a/scribe/hub/common.py
+++ b/scribe/hub/common.py
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-import logging
-import itertools
-import time
-import json
-import typing
-import asyncio
 import inspect
-from asyncio import Event
 from collections import namedtuple
-from functools import partial, lru_cache
-from numbers import Number
-from asyncio import Queue
-from scribe.common import RPCError, CodeMessageError
+from functools import lru_cache
+from scribe.common import CodeMessageError
 
 
 HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS = (
diff --git a/scribe/hub/session.py b/scribe/hub/session.py
index dedb14a..86d5b08 100644
--- a/scribe/hub/session.py
+++ b/scribe/hub/session.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from scribe.base58 import Base58Error
 from scribe.error import ResolveCensoredError, TooManyClaimSearchParametersError
 from scribe import __version__, PROTOCOL_MIN, PROTOCOL_MAX, PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE
 from scribe.build_info import BUILD, COMMIT_HASH, DOCKER_TAG
-from scribe.db import HubDB
 from scribe.elasticsearch import SearchIndex
 from scribe.common import sha256, hash_to_hex_str, hex_str_to_hash, HASHX_LEN, version_string, formatted_time
 from scribe.common import protocol_version, RPCError, DaemonError, TaskGroup
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ from scribe.hub.jsonrpc import JSONRPCAutoDetect, JSONRPCConnection, JSONRPCv2,
 from scribe.hub.common import BatchRequest, ProtocolError, Request, Batch, Notification
 from scribe.hub.framer import NewlineFramer
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from scribe.db import HubDB
     from scribe.env import Env
     from scribe.blockchain.daemon import LBCDaemon
     from scribe.hub.mempool import MemPool
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class SessionManager:
         namespace=NAMESPACE, buckets=HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, env: 'Env', db: HubDB, mempool: 'MemPool', history_cache, resolve_cache, resolve_outputs_cache,
+    def __init__(self, env: 'Env', db: 'HubDB', mempool: 'MemPool', history_cache, resolve_cache, resolve_outputs_cache,
                  daemon: 'LBCDaemon', shutdown_event: asyncio.Event,
                  on_available_callback: typing.Callable[[], None], on_unavailable_callback: typing.Callable[[], None]):
         env.max_send = max(350000, env.max_send)
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ class LBRYElectrumX(SessionBase):
         self.protocol_tuple = self.PROTOCOL_MIN
         self.protocol_string = None
         self.daemon = self.session_manager.daemon
-        self.db: HubDB = self.session_manager.db
+        self.db: 'HubDB' = self.session_manager.db
 
     @classmethod
     def protocol_min_max_strings(cls):
diff --git a/scribe/reader/__init__.py b/scribe/reader/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f464a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scribe/reader/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from scribe.reader.interface import BaseBlockchainReader
+from scribe.reader.hub_server import BlockchainReaderServer
+from scribe.reader.elastic_sync import ElasticWriter
diff --git a/scribe/readers/elastic_sync.py b/scribe/reader/elastic_sync.py
similarity index 99%
rename from scribe/readers/elastic_sync.py
rename to scribe/reader/elastic_sync.py
index 17afcec..6761f55 100644
--- a/scribe/readers/elastic_sync.py
+++ b/scribe/reader/elastic_sync.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from scribe.elasticsearch.notifier_protocol import ElasticNotifierProtocol
 from scribe.elasticsearch.search import IndexVersionMismatch, expand_query
 from scribe.elasticsearch.constants import ALL_FIELDS, INDEX_DEFAULT_SETTINGS
 from scribe.elasticsearch.fast_ar_trending import FAST_AR_TRENDING_SCRIPT
-from scribe.readers import BaseBlockchainReader
+from scribe.reader import BaseBlockchainReader
 from scribe.db.revertable import RevertableOp
 from scribe.db.common import TrendingNotification, DB_PREFIXES
 
diff --git a/scribe/readers/hub_server.py b/scribe/reader/hub_server.py
similarity index 99%
rename from scribe/readers/hub_server.py
rename to scribe/reader/hub_server.py
index 2d8938f..681c713 100644
--- a/scribe/readers/hub_server.py
+++ b/scribe/reader/hub_server.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import asyncio
 import typing
 from scribe import __version__
 from scribe.blockchain.daemon import LBCDaemon
-from scribe.readers import BaseBlockchainReader
+from scribe.reader import BaseBlockchainReader
 from scribe.elasticsearch import ElasticNotifierClientProtocol
 from scribe.hub.session import SessionManager
 from scribe.hub.mempool import MemPool
diff --git a/scribe/readers/interface.py b/scribe/reader/interface.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scribe/readers/interface.py
rename to scribe/reader/interface.py
diff --git a/scribe/readers/__init__.py b/scribe/readers/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c47c7d..0000000
--- a/scribe/readers/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from scribe.readers.interface import BaseBlockchainReader
-from scribe.readers.hub_server import BlockchainReaderServer
-from scribe.readers.elastic_sync import ElasticWriter