diff --git a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/GitDB.java b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/GitDB.java
index 4511917..32028ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/GitDB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/GitDB.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public interface GitDB {
             final String userName,
             final String userEmailAddress
     ) throws IOException {
-        return GitDBLocal.init(dbDir, userName, userEmailAddress);
+        return LocalGitDB.init(dbDir, userName, userEmailAddress);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public interface GitDB {
      * @return a GitDB instance for the local gitdb
      */
     static GitDB openLocal(final Path dbDir, final String userName, final String userEmailAddress) {
-        return GitDBLocal.open(dbDir, userName, userEmailAddress);
+        return LocalGitDB.open(dbDir, userName, userEmailAddress);
 
 
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/GitDBLocal.java b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/LocalGitDB.java
similarity index 97%
rename from src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/GitDBLocal.java
rename to src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/LocalGitDB.java
index cf48288..37d8fde 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/GitDBLocal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/gitdb/LocalGitDB.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import java.util.Optional;
  * @author Paul Campbell (pcampbell@kemitix.net)
  */
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
-class GitDBLocal implements GitDB {
+class LocalGitDB implements GitDB {
 
     private static final String NOT_A_BARE_REPO = "Not a bare repo";
     private static final String ERROR_OPENING_REPOSITORY = "Error opening repository";
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class GitDBLocal implements GitDB {
             return Optional.of(Git.open(dbDir.toFile()))
                     .map(Git::getRepository)
                     .filter(Repository::isBare)
-                    .map(repository -> new GitDBLocal(repository, userName, userEmailAddress))
+                    .map(repository -> new LocalGitDB(repository, userName, userEmailAddress))
                     .orElseThrow(() -> new InvalidRepositoryException(NOT_A_BARE_REPO, dbDir));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new InvalidRepositoryException(ERROR_OPENING_REPOSITORY, dbDir, e);