diff --git a/bo/__init__.py b/bo/__init__.py
index d7e45fc..8e460ae 100644
--- a/bo/__init__.py
+++ b/bo/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-from .bo_base import BOEngine
+from .base import BOEngine
 from .random import RandomBOEngine
 from .sobo import SingleObjectiveBOEngine
diff --git a/bo/bo_base.py b/bo/base.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bo/bo_base.py
rename to bo/base.py
diff --git a/bo/random.py b/bo/random.py
index 55cb930..871ef54 100644
--- a/bo/random.py
+++ b/bo/random.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import copy
 import numpy as np
-from bo.bo_base import BOEngine
+from bo.base import BOEngine
 
 
 class RandomBOEngine(BOEngine):
diff --git a/bo/sobo.py b/bo/sobo.py
index 788e3b2..4783783 100644
--- a/bo/sobo.py
+++ b/bo/sobo.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from botorch.sampling.normal import SobolQMCNormalSampler
 from botorch.utils.rounding import approximate_round
 
 
-from bo.bo_base import BOEngine
+from bo.base import BOEngine
 
 
 class SingleObjectiveBOEngine(BOEngine):
diff --git a/ptycho/__init__.py b/ptycho/__init__.py
index 6aceeef..3bf318d 100644
--- a/ptycho/__init__.py
+++ b/ptycho/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-from .ptycho_base import PtychoEngine
+from .base import PtychoEngine
 from .ptycho_example import ExamplePtychoEngine
 from .fold_slice import FoldSlicePtychoEngine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ptycho/ptycho_base.py b/ptycho/base.py
similarity index 100%
rename from ptycho/ptycho_base.py
rename to ptycho/base.py
diff --git a/ptycho/ptycho_example.py b/ptycho/ptycho_example.py
index 3b39ca6..fd15700 100644
--- a/ptycho/ptycho_example.py
+++ b/ptycho/ptycho_example.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 import time
 import random
-from ptycho.ptycho_base import PtychoEngine
+from ptycho.base import PtychoEngine
 
 class ExamplePtychoEngine(PtychoEngine):