diff --git a/src/common/string/compare.ts b/src/common/string/compare.ts
index 4a505ea10a..bfea6f9657 100644
--- a/src/common/string/compare.ts
+++ b/src/common/string/compare.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export default (a, b) => {
+export const compare = (a: string, b: string) => {
   if (a < b) {
     return -1;
   }
diff --git a/src/components/user/ha-user-picker.ts b/src/components/user/ha-user-picker.ts
index d98186cea0..d162842cfb 100644
--- a/src/components/user/ha-user-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/user/ha-user-picker.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import { User, fetchUsers } from "../../data/user";
-import compare from "../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../common/string/compare";
 
 class HaEntityPicker extends LitElement {
   public hass?: HomeAssistant;
diff --git a/src/panels/config/area_registry/ha-config-area-registry.ts b/src/panels/config/area_registry/ha-config-area-registry.ts
index c96748b141..1f62ce1d6c 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/area_registry/ha-config-area-registry.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/area_registry/ha-config-area-registry.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 import "../../../components/ha-card";
 import "../../../layouts/hass-subpage";
 import "../../../layouts/hass-loading-screen";
-import compare from "../../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../../common/string/compare";
 import "../ha-config-section";
 import {
   showAreaRegistryDetailDialog,
diff --git a/src/panels/config/entity_registry/ha-config-entity-registry.ts b/src/panels/config/entity_registry/ha-config-entity-registry.ts
index 39b5666ca9..37ba01f76e 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/entity_registry/ha-config-entity-registry.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/entity_registry/ha-config-entity-registry.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import "../../../layouts/hass-subpage";
 import "../../../layouts/hass-loading-screen";
 import "../../../components/ha-card";
 import "../../../components/ha-icon";
-import compare from "../../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../../common/string/compare";
 import domainIcon from "../../../common/entity/domain_icon";
 import stateIcon from "../../../common/entity/state_icon";
 import computeDomain from "../../../common/entity/compute_domain";
diff --git a/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-entry-page.js b/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-entry-page.js
index 2d9cb78001..17e8be289b 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-entry-page.js
+++ b/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-entry-page.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { PolymerElement } from "@polymer/polymer/polymer-element";
 import "../../../layouts/hass-subpage";
 
 import "../../../components/entity/state-badge";
-import compare from "../../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../../common/string/compare";
 
 import "./ha-device-card";
 import "./ha-ce-entities-card";
diff --git a/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-integrations.js b/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-integrations.js
index b24a600bb0..30250593fa 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-integrations.js
+++ b/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-config-integrations.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { timeOut } from "@polymer/polymer/lib/utils/async";
 import "./ha-config-entries-dashboard";
 import "./ha-config-entry-page";
 import NavigateMixin from "../../../mixins/navigate-mixin";
-import compare from "../../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../../common/string/compare";
 import { fetchAreaRegistry } from "../../../data/area_registry";
 
 class HaConfigIntegrations extends NavigateMixin(PolymerElement) {
diff --git a/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-device-card.js b/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-device-card.js
index fc29daf4f5..c344b14c26 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-device-card.js
+++ b/src/panels/config/integrations/ha-device-card.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import EventsMixin from "../../../mixins/events-mixin";
 import LocalizeMixin from "../../../mixins/localize-mixin";
 import computeStateName from "../../../common/entity/compute_state_name";
 import "../../../components/entity/state-badge";
-import compare from "../../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../../common/string/compare";
 import { updateDeviceRegistryEntry } from "../../../data/device_registry";
 
 function computeEntityName(hass, entity) {
diff --git a/src/panels/config/person/ha-config-person.ts b/src/panels/config/person/ha-config-person.ts
index 2065edf653..402aa2f29d 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/person/ha-config-person.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/person/ha-config-person.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 import "../../../components/ha-card";
 import "../../../layouts/hass-subpage";
 import "../../../layouts/hass-loading-screen";
-import compare from "../../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../../common/string/compare";
 import "../ha-config-section";
 import {
   showPersonDetailDialog,
diff --git a/src/panels/config/zha/zha-device-card.ts b/src/panels/config/zha/zha-device-card.ts
index 51f8f41480..4b4ee0f785 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/zha/zha-device-card.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/zha/zha-device-card.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from "lit-element";
 
 import { fireEvent } from "../../../common/dom/fire_event";
-import compare from "../../../common/string/compare";
+import { compare } from "../../../common/string/compare";
 import {
   AreaRegistryEntry,
   fetchAreaRegistry,