diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
index 0dec6d30df..d2d473fd3d 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ import RoomHeader from "../views/rooms/RoomHeader";
 import {XOR} from "../../@types/common";
 import { IThreepidInvite } from "../../stores/ThreepidInviteStore";
 import EffectsOverlay from "../views/elements/EffectsOverlay";
-import {containsEmoji} from '../../effects/effectUtilities';
-import {CHAT_EFFECTS} from '../../effects'
+import {containsEmoji} from '../../effects/utils';
+import {CHAT_EFFECTS} from '../../effects';
 import { CallState, MatrixCall } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/webrtc/call";
 import WidgetStore from "../../stores/WidgetStore";
 import {UPDATE_EVENT} from "../../stores/AsyncStore";
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/EffectsOverlay.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/EffectsOverlay.tsx
index 684b647365..6297d80768 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/EffectsOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/EffectsOverlay.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  Copyright 2020 Nurjin Jafar
  Copyright 2020 Nordeck IT + Consulting GmbH.
 
-
  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
@@ -17,14 +16,14 @@
  */
 import React, { FunctionComponent, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher/dispatcher';
-import ICanvasEffect, { ICanvasEffectConstructable } from '../../../effects/ICanvasEffect.js';
+import ICanvasEffect  from '../../../effects/ICanvasEffect';
 import {CHAT_EFFECTS} from '../../../effects'
 
-export type EffectsOverlayProps = {
+interface IProps {
     roomWidth: number;
 }
 
-const EffectsOverlay: FunctionComponent<EffectsOverlayProps> = ({ roomWidth }) => {
+const EffectsOverlay: FunctionComponent<IProps> = ({ roomWidth }) => {
     const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null);
     const effectsRef = useRef<Map<string, ICanvasEffect>>(new Map<string, ICanvasEffect>());
 
@@ -34,12 +33,11 @@ const EffectsOverlay: FunctionComponent<EffectsOverlayProps> = ({ roomWidth }) =
         if (effect === null) {
             const options = CHAT_EFFECTS.find((e) => e.command === name)?.options
             try {
-                const { default: Effect }: { default: ICanvasEffectConstructable }
-                = await import(`../../../effects/${name}`);
+                const { default: Effect } = await import(`../../../effects/${name}`);
                 effect = new Effect(options);
                 effectsRef.current[name] = effect;
             } catch (err) {
-                console.warn('Unable to load effect module at \'../../../effects/${name}\'.', err)
+                console.warn('Unable to load effect module at \'../../../effects/${name}\'.', err);
             }
         }
         return effect;
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
index 6a7270c3d6..8171da7eca 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import {Key, isOnlyCtrlOrCmdKeyEvent} from "../../../Keyboard";
 import MatrixClientContext from "../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 import RateLimitedFunc from '../../../ratelimitedfunc';
 import {Action} from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
-import {containsEmoji} from "../../../effects/effectUtilities";
+import {containsEmoji} from "../../../effects/utils";
 import {CHAT_EFFECTS} from '../../../effects';
 import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import CountlyAnalytics from "../../../CountlyAnalytics";
diff --git a/src/effects/ICanvasEffect.ts b/src/effects/ICanvasEffect.ts
index dbbde3dbe7..9bf3e9293d 100644
--- a/src/effects/ICanvasEffect.ts
+++ b/src/effects/ICanvasEffect.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  Copyright 2020 Nurjin Jafar
  Copyright 2020 Nordeck IT + Consulting GmbH.
 
-
  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
@@ -20,10 +19,10 @@
  */
 export interface ICanvasEffectConstructable {
     /**
-     * @param  {{[key:string]:any}} options? Optional animation options
+     * @param {{[key:string]:any}} options? Optional animation options
      * @returns ICanvasEffect Returns a new instance of the canvas effect
      */
-    new(options?: { [key: string]: any }): ICanvasEffect
+    new(options?: { [key: string]: any }): ICanvasEffect;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -31,16 +30,18 @@ export interface ICanvasEffectConstructable {
  */
 export default interface ICanvasEffect {
     /**
-     * @param  {HTMLCanvasElement} canvas The canvas instance as the render target of the animation
-     * @param  {number} timeout? A timeout that defines the runtime of the animation (defaults to false)
+     * @param {HTMLCanvasElement} canvas The canvas instance as the render target of the animation
+     * @param {number} timeout? A timeout that defines the runtime of the animation (defaults to false)
      */
-    start: (canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, timeout?: number) => Promise<void>,
+    start: (canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, timeout?: number) => Promise<void>;
+
     /**
      * Stops the current animation
      */
-    stop: () => Promise<void>,
+    stop: () => Promise<void>;
+
     /**
      * Returns a value that defines if the animation is currently running
      */
-    isRunning: boolean
+    isRunning: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/effects/confetti/index.ts b/src/effects/confetti/index.ts
index 646ac30524..8c4b2d2616 100644
--- a/src/effects/confetti/index.ts
+++ b/src/effects/confetti/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  Copyright 2020 Nurjin Jafar
  Copyright 2020 Nordeck IT + Consulting GmbH.
 
-
  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
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 import ICanvasEffect from '../ICanvasEffect';
 
-
 export type ConfettiOptions = {
     /**
      * max confetti count
diff --git a/src/effects/index.ts b/src/effects/index.ts
index 067bd6848c..16a0851070 100644
--- a/src/effects/index.ts
+++ b/src/effects/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  Copyright 2020 Nurjin Jafar
  Copyright 2020 Nordeck IT + Consulting GmbH.
 
-
  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
diff --git a/src/effects/effectUtilities.ts b/src/effects/utils.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from src/effects/effectUtilities.ts
rename to src/effects/utils.ts
index e708f4864e..c2b499b154 100644
--- a/src/effects/effectUtilities.ts
+++ b/src/effects/utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  Copyright 2020 Nurjin Jafar
  Copyright 2020 Nordeck IT + Consulting GmbH.
 
-
  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