diff --git a/ipfs/chunking.nim b/ipfs/chunking.nim
index 4b15a48f..59e601d8 100644
--- a/ipfs/chunking.nim
+++ b/ipfs/chunking.nim
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import ./merkledag
+import ./ipfsobject
 
-export merkledag
+export ipfsobject
 
-proc createChunks*(file: File): MerkleDag =
+proc createObject*(file: File): IpfsObject =
   let contents = file.readAll()
-  MerkleDag(data: cast[seq[byte]](contents))
+  IpfsObject(data: cast[seq[byte]](contents))
 
-proc assembleChunks*(dag: MerkleDag, output: File) =
-  output.write(cast[string](dag.data))
+proc writeToFile*(obj: IpfsObject, output: File) =
+  output.write(cast[string](obj.data))
diff --git a/ipfs/merkledag.nim b/ipfs/ipfsobject.nim
similarity index 50%
rename from ipfs/merkledag.nim
rename to ipfs/ipfsobject.nim
index d79878d2..d3cadc3f 100644
--- a/ipfs/merkledag.nim
+++ b/ipfs/ipfsobject.nim
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import pkg/libp2p
 
 type
-  MerkleDag* = object
+  IpfsObject* = object
     data*: seq[byte]
 
-proc rootId*(dag: MerkleDag): Cid =
+proc cid*(obj: IpfsObject): Cid =
   let codec = multiCodec("dag-pb")
-  let hash =  MultiHash.digest("sha2-256", dag.data).get()
+  let hash =  MultiHash.digest("sha2-256", obj.data).get()
   Cid.init(CIDv0, codec, hash).get()
diff --git a/ipfs/repo.nim b/ipfs/repo.nim
index 7f0c9d95..c82f87c8 100644
--- a/ipfs/repo.nim
+++ b/ipfs/repo.nim
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 import std/tables
 import std/hashes
 import pkg/libp2p
-import ./merkledag
+import ./ipfsobject
 
-export merkledag
+export ipfsobject
 
 type
   Repo* = ref object
-    storage: Table[Cid, MerkleDag]
+    storage: Table[Cid, IpfsObject]
 
 proc hash(id: Cid): Hash =
   hash($id)
 
-proc store*(repo: Repo, dag: MerkleDag) =
-  repo.storage[dag.rootId] = dag
+proc store*(repo: Repo, obj: IpfsObject) =
+  repo.storage[obj.cid] = obj
 
 proc contains*(repo: Repo, id: Cid): bool =
   repo.storage.hasKey(id)
 
-proc retrieve*(repo: Repo, id: Cid): MerkleDag =
+proc retrieve*(repo: Repo, id: Cid): IpfsObject =
   repo.storage[id]
diff --git a/tests/ipfs/testChunking.nim b/tests/ipfs/testChunking.nim
index 0567974c..56e48461 100644
--- a/tests/ipfs/testChunking.nim
+++ b/tests/ipfs/testChunking.nim
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ suite "chunking":
     removeFile("tests/input.txt")
     removeFile("tests/output.txt")
 
-  test "creates a Merkle DAG from a file":
-    check createChunks(input) != MerkleDag.default
+  test "creates an IPFS object from a file":
+    check createObject(input) != IpfsObject.default
 
-  test "creates a file from a Merkle DAG":
-    let dag = createChunks(input)
-    assembleChunks(dag, output)
+  test "writes an IPFS object to a file":
+    let obj = createObject(input)
+    writeToFile(obj, output)
 
     input.setFilePos(0)
     output.setFilePos(0)
diff --git a/tests/ipfs/testMerkleDag.nim b/tests/ipfs/testMerkleDag.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index 1abceea5..00000000
--- a/tests/ipfs/testMerkleDag.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import std/unittest
-import pkg/libp2p
-import pkg/ipfs/merkledag
-
-suite "Merkle DAG":
-
-  test "has a content id":
-    let dag1 = MerkleDag(data: @[1'u8, 2'u8, 3'u8])
-    let dag2 = MerkleDag(data: @[4'u8, 5'u8, 6'u8])
-    let dag3 = MerkleDag(data: @[4'u8, 5'u8, 6'u8])
-    check dag1.rootId != dag2.rootId
-    check dag2.rootId == dag3.rootId
diff --git a/tests/ipfs/testObject.nim b/tests/ipfs/testObject.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..551cfcd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ipfs/testObject.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import std/unittest
+import pkg/libp2p
+import pkg/ipfs/ipfsobject
+
+suite "IPFS Object":
+
+  test "has a content id":
+    let dag1 = IpfsObject(data: @[1'u8, 2'u8, 3'u8])
+    let dag2 = IpfsObject(data: @[4'u8, 5'u8, 6'u8])
+    let dag3 = IpfsObject(data: @[4'u8, 5'u8, 6'u8])
+    check dag1.cid != dag2.cid
+    check dag2.cid == dag3.cid
diff --git a/tests/ipfs/testRepo.nim b/tests/ipfs/testRepo.nim
index 5c3550b1..b54f5cef 100644
--- a/tests/ipfs/testRepo.nim
+++ b/tests/ipfs/testRepo.nim
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@ import pkg/ipfs/repo
 
 suite "repo":
 
-  let dag = MerkleDag(data: @[1'u8, 2'u8, 3'u8])
+  let obj = IpfsObject(data: @[1'u8, 2'u8, 3'u8])
   var repo: Repo
 
   setup:
     repo = Repo()
 
-  test "stores Merkle DAGs":
-    repo.store(dag)
+  test "stores IPFS objects":
+    repo.store(obj)
 
-  test "retrieves Merkle DAGs by their root id":
-    repo.store(dag)
-    check repo.retrieve(dag.rootId) == dag
+  test "retrieves IPFS objects by their content id":
+    repo.store(obj)
+    check repo.retrieve(obj.cid) == obj
 
-  test "knows which ids are stored":
-    check repo.contains(dag.rootId) == false
-    repo.store(dag)
-    check repo.contains(dag.rootId) == true
+  test "knows which content ids are stored":
+    check repo.contains(obj.cid) == false
+    repo.store(obj)
+    check repo.contains(obj.cid) == true
diff --git a/tests/testAll.nim b/tests/testAll.nim
index aaee2396..6059f90f 100644
--- a/tests/testAll.nim
+++ b/tests/testAll.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ./ipfs/testMerkleDag
+import ./ipfs/testObject
 import ./ipfs/testChunking
 import ./ipfs/testRepo
 import ./ipfs/testIpfs