diff --git a/src/auto-updater/index.js b/src/auto-updater/index.js
index c0cd2ae90..f9caabf9e 100644
--- a/src/auto-updater/index.js
+++ b/src/auto-updater/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const { ipcMain } = require('electron')
 const logger = require('../common/logger')
 const { showDialog } = require('../dialogs')
 const { IS_MAC, IS_WIN, IS_APPIMAGE } = require('../common/consts')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('../common/ipc-main-events')
 
 function isAutoUpdateSupported () {
   // atm only macOS, windows and AppImage builds support autoupdate mechanism,
@@ -140,13 +141,13 @@ function setup (ctx) {
 }
 
 async function checkForUpdates () {
-  ipcMain.emit('updating')
+  ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.UPDATING)
   try {
     await autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
   } catch (_) {
     // Ignore. The errors are already handled on 'error' event.
   }
-  ipcMain.emit('updatingEnded')
+  ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.UPDATING_ENDED)
 }
 
 module.exports = async function (ctx) {
diff --git a/src/automatic-gc.js b/src/automatic-gc.js
index 18e636fa1..fc366379e 100644
--- a/src/automatic-gc.js
+++ b/src/automatic-gc.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const logger = require('./common/logger')
 const store = require('./common/store')
 const { AUTO_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR: CONFIG_KEY } = require('./common/config-keys')
 const { ipcMain } = require('electron')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('./common/ipc-main-events')
 
 const gcFlag = '--enable-gc'
 const isEnabled = flags => flags.some(f => f === gcFlag)
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function disable () {
 
 function applyConfig (newFlags) {
   store.set('ipfsConfig.flags', newFlags)
-  ipcMain.emit('ipfsConfigChanged') // trigger node restart
+  ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.IPFS_CONFIG_CHANGED) // trigger node restart
 }
 
 module.exports = async function () {
diff --git a/src/common/ipc-main-events.js b/src/common/ipc-main-events.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eefea57e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/ipc-main-events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const ipcMainEvents = Object.freeze({
+  CONFIG_UPDATED: 'configUpdated',
+  GC_ENDED: 'gcEnded',
+  GC_RUNNING: 'gcRunning',
+  IPFSD: 'ipfsd',
+  IPFS_CONFIG_CHANGED: 'ipfsConfigChanged',
+  LANG_UPDATED: 'languageUpdated',
+  MENUBAR_CLOSE: 'menubar-will-close',
+  MENUBAR_OPEN: 'menubar-will-open',
+  UPDATING: 'updating',
+  UPDATING_ENDED: 'updatingEnded',
+  TOGGLE: (key) => `toggle_${key}`
+})
+
+module.exports = ipcMainEvents
diff --git a/src/daemon/index.js b/src/daemon/index.js
index 7e1c56bcb..828cc417f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/index.js
+++ b/src/daemon/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const store = require('../common/store')
 const logger = require('../common/logger')
 const { STATUS } = require('./consts')
 const createDaemon = require('./daemon')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('../common/ipc-main-events')
 
 module.exports = async function (ctx) {
   let ipfsd = null
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = async function (ctx) {
 
   const updateStatus = (stat, id = null) => {
     status = stat
-    ipcMain.emit('ipfsd', status, id)
+    ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.IPFSD, status, id)
   }
 
   const getIpfsd = async (optional = false) => {
diff --git a/src/enable-namesys-pubsub.js b/src/enable-namesys-pubsub.js
index 0e619e39e..ab51167fd 100644
--- a/src/enable-namesys-pubsub.js
+++ b/src/enable-namesys-pubsub.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const logger = require('./common/logger')
 const store = require('./common/store')
 const { EXPERIMENT_PUBSUB_NAMESYS: CONFIG_KEY } = require('./common/config-keys')
 const { ipcMain } = require('electron')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('./common/ipc-main-events')
 
 const namesysPubsubFlag = '--enable-namesys-pubsub'
 const isEnabled = flags => flags.some(f => f === namesysPubsubFlag)
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function disable () {
 
 function applyConfig (newFlags) {
   store.set('ipfsConfig.flags', newFlags)
-  ipcMain.emit('ipfsConfigChanged') // trigger node restart
+  ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.IPFS_CONFIG_CHANGED) // trigger node restart
 }
 
 module.exports = async function () {
diff --git a/src/enable-pubsub.js b/src/enable-pubsub.js
index bc2006e68..13b3fe670 100644
--- a/src/enable-pubsub.js
+++ b/src/enable-pubsub.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const logger = require('./common/logger')
 const store = require('./common/store')
 const { EXPERIMENT_PUBSUB: CONFIG_KEY } = require('./common/config-keys')
 const { ipcMain } = require('electron')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('./common/ipc-main-events')
 
 const pubsubFlag = '--enable-pubsub-experiment'
 const isEnabled = flags => flags.some(f => f === pubsubFlag)
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function disable () {
 
 function applyConfig (newFlags) {
   store.set('ipfsConfig.flags', newFlags)
-  ipcMain.emit('ipfsConfigChanged') // trigger node restart
+  ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.IPFS_CONFIG_CHANGED) // trigger node restart
 }
 
 module.exports = async function () {
diff --git a/src/i18n.js b/src/i18n.js
index 6e6d69c69..c23090c7b 100644
--- a/src/i18n.js
+++ b/src/i18n.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const i18n = require('i18next')
 const ICU = require('i18next-icu')
 const Backend = require('i18next-fs-backend')
 const store = require('./common/store')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('./common/ipc-main-events')
 
 module.exports = async function () {
   await i18n
@@ -30,6 +31,6 @@ module.exports = async function () {
     store.set('language', lang)
 
     await i18n.changeLanguage(lang)
-    ipcMain.emit('languageUpdated', lang)
+    ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.LANG_UPDATED, lang)
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/run-gc.js b/src/run-gc.js
index 7b6879bc3..afb88990e 100644
--- a/src/run-gc.js
+++ b/src/run-gc.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const { ipcMain } = require('electron')
 const logger = require('./common/logger')
 const { showDialog, recoverableErrorDialog } = require('./dialogs')
 const dock = require('./utils/dock')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('./common/ipc-main-events')
 
 module.exports = function runGarbageCollector ({ getIpfsd }) {
   dock.run(async () => {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = function runGarbageCollector ({ getIpfsd }) {
       return
     }
 
-    ipcMain.emit('gcRunning')
+    ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.GC_RUNNING)
 
     try {
       const errors = []
@@ -63,6 +64,6 @@ module.exports = function runGarbageCollector ({ getIpfsd }) {
       })
     }
 
-    ipcMain.emit('gcEnded')
+    ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.GC_ENDED)
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/tray.js b/src/tray.js
index e745b64a2..f640ca3da 100644
--- a/src/tray.js
+++ b/src/tray.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const logger = require('./common/logger')
 const store = require('./common/store')
 const moveRepositoryLocation = require('./move-repository-location')
 const runGarbageCollector = require('./run-gc')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('./common/ipc-main-events')
 const { setCustomBinary, clearCustomBinary, hasCustomBinary } = require('./custom-ipfs-binary')
 const { STATUS } = require('./daemon')
 const { IS_MAC, IS_WIN, VERSION, GO_IPFS_VERSION } = require('./common/consts')
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ function buildCheckbox (key, label) {
   return {
     id: key,
     label: i18n.t(label),
-    click: () => { ipcMain.emit(`toggle_${key}`) },
+    click: () => { ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.TOGGLE(key)) },
     type: 'checkbox',
     checked: false
   }
@@ -261,8 +262,8 @@ module.exports = function (ctx) {
     tray.setContextMenu(menu)
     tray.setToolTip('IPFS Desktop')
 
-    menu.on('menu-will-show', () => { ipcMain.emit('menubar-will-open') })
-    menu.on('menu-will-close', () => { ipcMain.emit('menubar-will-close') })
+    menu.on('menu-will-show', () => { ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.MENUBAR_OPEN) })
+    menu.on('menu-will-close', () => { ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.MENUBAR_CLOSE) })
 
     updateMenu()
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/create-toggler.js b/src/utils/create-toggler.js
index ab179e61b..fc32e39c5 100644
--- a/src/utils/create-toggler.js
+++ b/src/utils/create-toggler.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 const { ipcMain } = require('electron')
 const store = require('../common/store')
 const logger = require('../common/logger')
+const ipcMainEvents = require('../common/ipc-main-events')
 
 module.exports = function (settingsOption, activate) {
-  ipcMain.on(`toggle_${settingsOption}`, async () => {
+  ipcMain.on(ipcMainEvents.TOGGLE(settingsOption), async () => {
     const oldValue = store.get(settingsOption, null)
     const newValue = !oldValue
 
@@ -17,6 +18,6 @@ module.exports = function (settingsOption, activate) {
     // We always emit the event so any handlers for it can act upon
     // the current configuration, whether it was successfully
     // updated or not.
-    ipcMain.emit('configUpdated')
+    ipcMain.emit(ipcMainEvents.CONFIG_UPDATED)
   })
 }