diff --git a/src/blueapi/service/interface.py b/src/blueapi/service/interface.py
index 69d3da4f3..397ba8f1d 100644
--- a/src/blueapi/service/interface.py
+++ b/src/blueapi/service/interface.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def worker() -> TaskWorker:
 
 
 @lru_cache
-def cached_stomp_client() -> StompClient | None:
+def messaging_template() -> StompClient | None:
     stomp_config: StompConfig | None = config().stomp
     if stomp_config is not None:
         client = StompClient.for_broker(
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ def setup(config: ApplicationConfig) -> None:
 
     logging.basicConfig(level=config.logging.level)
     worker()
-    cached_stomp_client()
+    messaging_template()
 
 
 def teardown() -> None:
     worker().stop()
-    if (template := cached_stomp_client()) is not None:
+    if (template := messaging_template()) is not None:
         template.disconnect()
     context.cache_clear()
     worker.cache_clear()
-    cached_stomp_client.cache_clear()
+    messaging_template.cache_clear()
 
 
 def _publish_event_streams(
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def _publish_event_streams(
 
 def _publish_event_stream(stream: EventStream, destination: DestinationBase) -> None:
     def forward_message(event: Any, correlation_id: str | None) -> None:
-        if (template := cached_stomp_client()) is not None:
+        if (template := messaging_template()) is not None:
             template.send(destination, event, None, correlation_id=correlation_id)
 
     stream.subscribe(forward_message)
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/service/test_interface.py b/tests/unit_tests/service/test_interface.py
index 617a91935..86dd2e5c1 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/service/test_interface.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/service/test_interface.py
@@ -288,4 +288,4 @@ def test_stomp_config(template: StompClient):
         "blueapi.service.interface.StompClient.for_broker", return_value=template
     ):
         interface.set_config(ApplicationConfig(stomp=StompConfig()))
-        assert interface.cached_stomp_client() is not None
+        assert interface.messaging_template() is not None