diff --git a/services/identity/src/websockets/mod.rs b/services/identity/src/websockets/mod.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/websockets/mod.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/websockets/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use hyper_tungstenite::HyperWebsocket;
 use identity_search_messages::{
   ConnectionInitializationResponse, ConnectionInitializationStatus, Heartbeat,
-  Messages, SearchQuery, SearchResult, User,
+  IdentitySearchUser, Messages, SearchQuery, SearchResult,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
@@ -157,10 +157,11 @@
 
   let search_response = send_search_request(&opensearch_url, prefix_query)
     .await?
-    .json::<SearchResponse<User>>()
+    .json::<SearchResponse<IdentitySearchUser>>()
     .await?;
 
-  let usernames: Vec<User> = search_response.into_documents().collect();
+  let usernames: Vec<IdentitySearchUser> =
+    search_response.into_documents().collect();
 
   let search_result = serde_json::to_string(&SearchResult { hits: usernames })?;
 
diff --git a/shared/identity_search_messages/src/messages/search_result.rs b/shared/identity_search_messages/src/messages/search_result.rs
--- a/shared/identity_search_messages/src/messages/search_result.rs
+++ b/shared/identity_search_messages/src/messages/search_result.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct User {
+pub struct IdentitySearchUser {
   #[serde(rename = "userID")]
   pub user_id: String,
   pub username: String,
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "type")]
 pub struct SearchResult {
-  pub hits: Vec<User>,
+  pub hits: Vec<IdentitySearchUser>,
 }