diff --git a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/DisableEventIndexDialog.js b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/DisableEventIndexDialog.js
index 8af0bf278e..ec4b88f759 100644
--- a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/DisableEventIndexDialog.js
+++ b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/DisableEventIndexDialog.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { _t } from '../../../../languageHandler';
 
 import SettingsStore, {SettingLevel} from "../../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import EventIndexPeg from "../../../../indexing/EventIndexPeg";
+import {Action} from "../../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 /*
  * Allows the user to disable the Event Index.
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export default class DisableEventIndexDialog extends React.Component {
         await SettingsStore.setValue('enableEventIndexing', null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, false);
         await EventIndexPeg.deleteEventIndex();
         this.props.onFinished();
-        dis.dispatch({ action: 'view_user_settings' });
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
     }
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/NewRecoveryMethodDialog.js b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/NewRecoveryMethodDialog.js
index f00f2d9c3c..74552a5c08 100644
--- a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/NewRecoveryMethodDialog.js
+++ b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/NewRecoveryMethodDialog.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {MatrixClientPeg} from '../../../../MatrixClientPeg';
 import dis from "../../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import { _t } from "../../../../languageHandler";
 import Modal from "../../../../Modal";
+import {Action} from "../../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 export default class NewRecoveryMethodDialog extends React.PureComponent {
     static propTypes = {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export default class NewRecoveryMethodDialog extends React.PureComponent {
 
     onGoToSettingsClick = () => {
         this.props.onFinished();
-        dis.dispatch({ action: 'view_user_settings' });
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
     }
 
     onSetupClick = async () => {
diff --git a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RecoveryMethodRemovedDialog.js b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RecoveryMethodRemovedDialog.js
index 722334cd70..cda353e717 100644
--- a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RecoveryMethodRemovedDialog.js
+++ b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RecoveryMethodRemovedDialog.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import * as sdk from "../../../../index";
 import dis from "../../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import { _t } from "../../../../languageHandler";
 import Modal from "../../../../Modal";
+import {Action} from "../../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 export default class RecoveryMethodRemovedDialog extends React.PureComponent {
     static propTypes = {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export default class RecoveryMethodRemovedDialog extends React.PureComponent {
 
     onGoToSettingsClick = () => {
         this.props.onFinished();
-        dis.dispatch({ action: 'view_user_settings' });
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
     }
 
     onSetupClick = () => {
diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
index d368b2c23a..cf0388c490 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export enum Views {
 // re-dispatched. NOTE: some actions are non-trivial and would require
 // re-factoring to be included in this list in future.
 const ONBOARDING_FLOW_STARTERS = [
-    'view_user_settings',
+    Action.ViewUserSettings,
     'view_create_chat',
     'view_create_room',
     'view_create_group',
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             case 'view_indexed_room':
                 this.viewIndexedRoom(payload.roomIndex);
                 break;
-            case 'view_user_settings': {
+            case Action.ViewUserSettings: {
                 const UserSettingsDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.UserSettingsDialog");
                 Modal.createTrackedDialog('User settings', '', UserSettingsDialog, {},
                     /*className=*/null, /*isPriority=*/false, /*isStatic=*/true);
@@ -1621,9 +1621,7 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                 action: 'view_create_room',
             });
         } else if (screen === 'settings') {
-            dis.dispatch({
-                action: 'view_user_settings',
-            });
+            dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
         } else if (screen === 'welcome') {
             dis.dispatch({
                 action: 'view_welcome_page',
diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/TopLeftMenu.js b/src/components/views/context_menus/TopLeftMenu.js
index 3ec857be2f..ec99c63724 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/TopLeftMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/TopLeftMenu.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {MatrixClientPeg} from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
 import {MenuItem} from "../../structures/ContextMenu";
 import * as sdk from "../../../index";
 import {getHomePageUrl} from "../../../utils/pages";
+import {Action} from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 export default class TopLeftMenu extends React.Component {
     static propTypes = {
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ export default class TopLeftMenu extends React.Component {
     }
 
     openSettings() {
-        dis.dispatch({action: 'view_user_settings'});
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
         this.closeMenu();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/AddressPickerDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/AddressPickerDialog.js
index 41a819c005..8ddd89dc65 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/AddressPickerDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/AddressPickerDialog.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { getDefaultIdentityServerUrl, useDefaultIdentityServer } from '../../../
 import { abbreviateUrl } from '../../../utils/UrlUtils';
 import {sleep} from "../../../utils/promise";
 import {Key} from "../../../Keyboard";
+import {Action} from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 const TRUNCATE_QUERY_LIST = 40;
 const QUERY_USER_DIRECTORY_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
@@ -615,7 +616,7 @@ export default createReactClass({
 
     onManageSettingsClick(e) {
         e.preventDefault();
-        dis.dispatch({ action: 'view_user_settings' });
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
         this.onCancel();
     },
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/IntegrationsDisabledDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/IntegrationsDisabledDialog.js
index 2677963281..7c996fbeab 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/IntegrationsDisabledDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/IntegrationsDisabledDialog.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import {_t} from "../../../languageHandler";
 import * as sdk from "../../../index";
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher/dispatcher';
+import {Action} from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 export default class IntegrationsDisabledDialog extends React.Component {
     static propTypes = {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export default class IntegrationsDisabledDialog extends React.Component {
 
     _onOpenSettingsClick = () => {
         this.props.onFinished();
-        dis.dispatch({action: "view_user_settings"});
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
     };
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js
index e62c417a70..1e624f7545 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/InviteDialog.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {inviteMultipleToRoom} from "../../../RoomInvite";
 import SettingsStore from '../../../settings/SettingsStore';
 import RoomListStore, {TAG_DM} from "../../../stores/RoomListStore";
 import {Key} from "../../../Keyboard";
+import {Action} from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 export const KIND_DM = "dm";
 export const KIND_INVITE = "invite";
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@ export default class InviteDialog extends React.PureComponent {
 
     _onManageSettingsClick = (e) => {
         e.preventDefault();
-        dis.dispatch({ action: 'view_user_settings' });
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
         this.props.onFinished();
     };
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js b/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js
index 16dffd857b..cd00e5048c 100644
--- a/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/views/room_settings/UrlPreviewSettings.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { _t, _td } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import SettingsStore, {SettingLevel} from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import dis from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import {MatrixClientPeg} from "../../../MatrixClientPeg";
+import {Action} from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
 
 
 export default createReactClass({
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export default createReactClass({
     _onClickUserSettings: (e) => {
         e.preventDefault();
         e.stopPropagation();
-        dis.dispatch({action: 'view_user_settings'});
+        dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
     },
 
     render: function() {
diff --git a/src/dispatcher/actions.ts b/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
index 880e7e62cd..a2f9c3efe3 100644
--- a/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
+++ b/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
@@ -33,5 +33,10 @@ export enum Action {
      * View a user's profile. Should be used with a ViewUserPayload.
      */
     ViewUser = "view_user",
+
+    /**
+     * Open the user settings. No additional payload information required.
+     */
+    ViewUserSettings = "view_user_settings",
 }