diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/ast.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/file.rs
rename to src/ast.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/scan.rs b/src/commands/scan.rs
index cc6aa171..bd1c8da4 100644
--- a/src/commands/scan.rs
+++ b/src/commands/scan.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use crate::errors::NyxResult;
-pub(crate) use crate::file::run_rules_on_file;
+pub(crate) use crate::ast::run_rules_on_file;
 
 type DynError = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f8c72605..1177a775 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod walk;
 mod database;
 mod patterns;
 mod errors;
-mod file;
+mod ast;
 
 use crate::utils::Config;
 use cli::Cli;