diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 406fe8e..fab328f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.5.1a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-utils/tree/0.5.1a1) (2024-11-21)
+## [0.5.2a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-utils/tree/0.5.2a1) (2024-11-21)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-utils/compare/0.5.0...0.5.1a1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-utils/compare/0.5.1...0.5.2a1)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- fix: remove mycroft-bus-client compat [\#304](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-utils/pull/304) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
-- chore: support newer pyee [\#303](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-utils/pull/303) ([mikejgray](https://github.com/mikejgray))
+- fix: restore backwards compat [\#306](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-utils/pull/306) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
 
 
 
diff --git a/ovos_utils/messagebus.py b/ovos_utils/messagebus.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a199b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ovos_utils/messagebus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from ovos_utils.fakebus import dig_for_message, FakeMessage, FakeBus
+from ovos_utils.log import log_deprecation
+
+
+log_deprecation("ovos_utils.messagebus has been deprecated since version 0.1.0!! "
+                "please import from ovos_utils.fakebus or ovos_bus_client directly", "1.0.0")
+
+
+class Message(FakeMessage):
+  """just for compat, stuff in the wild importing from here even with deprecation warnings..."""
+  
+  
diff --git a/ovos_utils/version.py b/ovos_utils/version.py
index ac04700..d493ef4 100644
--- a/ovos_utils/version.py
+++ b/ovos_utils/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 5
-VERSION_BUILD = 1
-VERSION_ALPHA = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 2
+VERSION_ALPHA = 1
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK