diff --git a/src/create.ts b/src/create.ts
index 9d7f6e0..3b32302 100644
--- a/src/create.ts
+++ b/src/create.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { RLNInstance } from "./rln.js";
 
-export async function create(): Promise<RLNInstance> {
+export async function createRLN(): Promise<RLNInstance> {
   // A dependency graph that contains any wasm must all be imported
   // asynchronously. This file does the single async import, so
   // that no one else needs to worry about it again.
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 6b53efc..ae89bec 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   RLN_STORAGE_ABI,
   SEPOLIA_CONTRACT,
 } from "./constants.js";
-import { create } from "./create.js";
+import { createRLN } from "./create.js";
 import { Keystore } from "./keystore/index.js";
 import {
   IdentityCredential,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { RLNContract } from "./rln_contract.js";
 import { MerkleRootTracker } from "./root_tracker.js";
 
 export {
-  create,
+  createRLN,
   Keystore,
   RLNInstance,
   IdentityCredential,