diff --git a/lib/badge-cli.js b/lib/badge-cli.js
index 6362040c25..92feb5e394 100755
--- a/lib/badge-cli.js
+++ b/lib/badge-cli.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const badge = require('./badge');
+const makeBadge = require('./make-badge');
 const svg2img = require('./svg-to-img');
 const colorscheme = require('./colorscheme.json');
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (color[0] === ':') {
   if (colorA) { badgeData.colorA = colorA; }
 }
 
-badge(badgeData, function produceOutput(svg) {
+makeBadge(badgeData, function produceOutput(svg) {
   if (/png|jpg|gif/.test(format)) {
     svg2img(svg, format, function (err, data) {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/lib/badge.js b/lib/make-badge.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/badge.js
rename to lib/make-badge.js
diff --git a/lib/badge.spec.js b/lib/make-badge.spec.js
similarity index 74%
rename from lib/badge.spec.js
rename to lib/make-badge.spec.js
index 95588fb0fd..6a65340a08 100644
--- a/lib/badge.spec.js
+++ b/lib/make-badge.spec.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const assert = require('assert');
-const badge = require('./badge');
+const makeBadge = require('./make-badge');
 const isSvg = require('is-svg');
 
 describe('The badge generator', function () {
   it('should produce SVG', function (done) {
-    badge({ text: ['cactus', 'grown'], format: 'svg' }, svg => {
+    makeBadge({ text: ['cactus', 'grown'], format: 'svg' }, svg => {
       assert.ok(isSvg(svg));
       assert(svg.includes('cactus'), 'cactus');
       assert(svg.includes('grown'), 'grown');
diff --git a/lib/request-handler.js b/lib/request-handler.js
index 4e6318524f..c78b89265f 100644
--- a/lib/request-handler.js
+++ b/lib/request-handler.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-deprecated-api
 const domain = require('domain');
 const request = require('request');
-const badge = require('./badge');
+const makeBadge = require('./make-badge');
 const { makeBadgeData: getBadgeData } = require('./badge-data');
 const log = require('./log');
 const LruCache = require('./lru-cache');
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function handleRequest (handlerOptions) {
       // A request was made not long ago.
       const tooSoon = (+reqTime - cached.time) < cached.interval;
       if (tooSoon || (cached.dataChange / cached.reqs <= freqRatioMax)) {
-        badge(cached.data.badgeData, makeSend(cached.data.format, ask.res, end));
+        makeBadge(cached.data.badgeData, makeSend(cached.data.format, ask.res, end));
         cachedVersionSent = true;
         // We do not wish to call the vendor servers.
         if (tooSoon) { return; }
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function handleRequest (handlerOptions) {
       if (cachedVersionSent) { return; }
       if (requestCache.has(cacheIndex)) {
         const cached = requestCache.get(cacheIndex).data;
-        badge(cached.badgeData, makeSend(cached.format, ask.res, end));
+        makeBadge(cached.badgeData, makeSend(cached.format, ask.res, end));
         return;
       }
       ask.res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate');
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function handleRequest (handlerOptions) {
       try {
         extension = match[0].split('.').pop();
       } catch(e) { extension = 'svg'; }
-      badge(badgeData, makeSend(extension, ask.res, end));
+      makeBadge(badgeData, makeSend(extension, ask.res, end));
     }, 25000);
 
     // Only call vendor servers when last request is older than…
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ function handleRequest (handlerOptions) {
         };
         requestCache.set(cacheIndex, updatedCache);
         if (!cachedVersionSent) {
-          badge(badgeData, makeSend(format, ask.res, end));
+          makeBadge(badgeData, makeSend(format, ask.res, end));
         }
       }, cachingRequest);
     });
diff --git a/lib/svg-badge-parser.spec.js b/lib/svg-badge-parser.spec.js
index 81b7967ddd..f4060e3c0b 100644
--- a/lib/svg-badge-parser.spec.js
+++ b/lib/svg-badge-parser.spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const assert = require('assert');
 const { makeBadgeData } = require('./badge-data');
-const badge = require('./badge');
+const makeBadge = require('./make-badge');
 const { valueFromSvgBadge } = require('./svg-badge-parser');
 
 describe('The SVG badge parser', function() {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('The SVG badge parser', function() {
     const badgeData = makeBadgeData('this is the label', {});
     badgeData.text[1] = 'this is the result!';
 
-    badge(badgeData, (svg, err) => {
+    makeBadge(badgeData, (svg, err) => {
       assert(! err);
       exampleSvg = svg;
       done();
diff --git a/lib/svg-to-img.spec.js b/lib/svg-to-img.spec.js
index f4e0f34ffc..1bb5e87f28 100644
--- a/lib/svg-to-img.spec.js
+++ b/lib/svg-to-img.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const assert = require('assert');
-const badge = require('./badge');
+const makeBadge = require('./make-badge');
 const isPng = require('is-png');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const svg2img = require('./svg-to-img');
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('The rasterizer', function () {
   afterEach(function () { cacheGet.restore(); });
 
   it('should produce PNG', function(done) {
-    badge({ text: ['cactus', 'grown'], format: 'svg' }, svg => {
+    makeBadge({ text: ['cactus', 'grown'], format: 'svg' }, svg => {
       svg2img(svg, 'png', (err, data) => {
         assert.equal(err, null);
         assert.ok(isPng(data));
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('The rasterizer', function () {
   });
 
   it('should cache its results', function(done) {
-    badge({ text: ['will-this', 'be-cached?'], format: 'svg' }, svg => {
+    makeBadge({ text: ['will-this', 'be-cached?'], format: 'svg' }, svg => {
       svg2img(svg, 'png', (err, data) => {
         assert.equal(err, null);
         assert.ok(isPng(data));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 66caed8e25..190498055c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   "license": "CC0-1.0",
   "author": "Thaddée Tyl <thaddee.tyl@gmail.com>",
-  "main": "lib/badge.js",
+  "main": "lib/make-badge.js",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/badges/shields"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   "files": [
     "README.md",
     "lib/badge-cli.js",
-    "lib/badge.js",
+    "lib/make-badge.js",
     "lib/colorscheme.json",
     "lib/lru-cache.js",
     "lib/measure-text.js",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 2cd7071332..2c1e3d56b8 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var tryUrl = require('url').format({
   pathname: '/',
 });
 var log = require('./lib/log.js');
-var badge = require('./lib/badge.js');
+const makeBadge = require('./lib/make-badge');
 var githubAuth = require('./lib/github-auth');
 var queryString = require('query-string');
 var prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes');
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ camp.notfound(/\.(svg|png|gif|jpg|json)/, function(query, match, end, request) {
     badgeData.colorscheme = 'red';
     // Add format to badge data.
     badgeData.format = format;
-    badge(badgeData, makeSend(format, request.res, end));
+    makeBadge(badgeData, makeSend(format, request.res, end));
 });
 
 camp.notfound(/.*/, function(query, match, end, request) {
@@ -7244,10 +7244,10 @@ function(data, match, end, ask) {
     if (isValidStyle(data.style)) {
       badgeData.template = data.style;
     }
-    badge(badgeData, makeSend(format, ask.res, end));
+    makeBadge(badgeData, makeSend(format, ask.res, end));
   } catch(e) {
     log.error(e.stack);
-    badge({text: ['error', 'bad badge'], colorscheme: 'red'},
+    makeBadge({text: ['error', 'bad badge'], colorscheme: 'red'},
       makeSend(format, ask.res, end));
   }
 });
@@ -7264,7 +7264,7 @@ camp.route(/^\/flip\.svg$/, function(data, match, end, ask) {
   bitFlip = !bitFlip;
   badgeData.text[1] = bitFlip? 'on': 'off';
   badgeData.colorscheme = bitFlip? 'brightgreen': 'red';
-  badge(badgeData, makeSend('svg', ask.res, end));
+  makeBadge(badgeData, makeSend('svg', ask.res, end));
 });
 
 // Any badge, old version.
@@ -7288,9 +7288,9 @@ function(data, match, end, ask) {
   try {
     var badgeData = {text: [subject, status]};
     badgeData.colorscheme = color;
-    badge(badgeData, makeSend('png', ask.res, end));
+    makeBadge(badgeData, makeSend('png', ask.res, end));
   } catch(e) {
-    badge({text: ['error', 'bad badge'], colorscheme: 'red'},
+    makeBadge({text: ['error', 'bad badge'], colorscheme: 'red'},
       makeSend('png', ask.res, end));
   }
 });