diff --git a/ovos_core/intent_services/converse_service.py b/ovos_core/intent_services/converse_service.py
index 3f921d76011..5ad860aa212 100644
--- a/ovos_core/intent_services/converse_service.py
+++ b/ovos_core/intent_services/converse_service.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from ovos_utils import flatten_list
 from ovos_utils.fakebus import FakeBus
 from ovos_utils.lang import standardize_lang_tag
-from ovos_utils.log import LOG
+from ovos_utils.log import LOG, deprecated
 
 
 class ConverseService(PipelineStageMatcher):
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ConverseService(PipelineStageMatcher):
 
     def __init__(self, bus: Optional[Union[MessageBusClient, FakeBus]] = None,
                  config: Optional[Dict] = None):
-        config = config or Configuration().get("skills", {}).get("converse")
+        config = config or Configuration().get("skills", {}).get("converse", {})
         super().__init__(bus, config)
         self._consecutive_activations = {}
         self.bus.on('mycroft.speech.recognition.unknown', self.reset_converse)
@@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ def handle_get_active_skills(self, message: Message):
         self.bus.emit(message.reply("intent.service.active_skills.reply",
                                     {"skills": self.get_active_skills(message)}))
 
+    @deprecated("'converse_with_skills' has been renamed to 'match'", "2.0.0")
+    def converse_with_skills(self, utterances: List[str], lang: str, message: Message = None) -> Optional[PipelineMatch]:
+        return self.match(utterances, lang, message)
+
     def shutdown(self):
         self.bus.remove('mycroft.speech.recognition.unknown', self.reset_converse)
         self.bus.remove('intent.service.skills.deactivate', self.handle_deactivate_skill_request)
diff --git a/ovos_core/intent_services/fallback_service.py b/ovos_core/intent_services/fallback_service.py
index fcb697d751a..59b5954a0a5 100644
--- a/ovos_core/intent_services/fallback_service.py
+++ b/ovos_core/intent_services/fallback_service.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from ovos_utils import flatten_list
 from ovos_utils.fakebus import FakeBus
 from ovos_utils.lang import standardize_lang_tag
-from ovos_utils.log import LOG
+from ovos_utils.log import LOG, deprecated, log_deprecation
 
 FallbackRange = namedtuple('FallbackRange', ['start', 'stop'])
 
@@ -216,6 +216,28 @@ def match_low(self, utterances: List[str], lang: str, message: Message) -> Optio
         return self._fallback_range(utterances, lang, message,
                                     FallbackRange(90, 101))
 
+    @deprecated("'low_prio' has been renamed to 'match_low'", "2.0.0")
+    def low_prio(self, utterances: List[str], lang: str, message: Message = None) -> Optional[PipelineMatch]:
+        return self.match_low(utterances, lang, message)
+
+    @deprecated("'medium_prio' has been renamed to 'match_medium'", "2.0.0")
+    def medium_prio(self, utterances: List[str], lang: str, message: Message = None) -> Optional[PipelineMatch]:
+        return self.match_medium(utterances, lang, message)
+
+    @deprecated("'high_prio' has been renamed to 'high_low'", "2.0.0")
+    def high_prio(self, utterances: List[str], lang: str, message: Message = None) -> Optional[PipelineMatch]:
+        return self.match_high(utterances, lang, message)
+
+    @property
+    def fallback_config(self) -> Dict:
+        log_deprecation("'self.fallback_config' is deprecated, access 'self.config' directly instead", "1.0.0")
+        return self.config
+
+    @fallback_config.setter
+    def fallback_config(self, val):
+        log_deprecation("'self.fallback_config' is deprecated, access 'self.config' directly instead", "1.0.0")
+        self.config = val
+
     def shutdown(self):
         self.bus.remove("ovos.skills.fallback.register", self.handle_register_fallback)
         self.bus.remove("ovos.skills.fallback.deregister", self.handle_deregister_fallback)