diff --git a/piker/data/feed.py b/piker/data/feed.py
index 59a7b303..302b324c 100644
--- a/piker/data/feed.py
+++ b/piker/data/feed.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ from .._daemon import (
     maybe_spawn_brokerd,
     check_for_service,
 )
-from ._flumes import Flume
+from .flows import Flume
 from ._sharedmem import (
     maybe_open_shm_array,
     ShmArray,
diff --git a/piker/data/_flumes.py b/piker/data/flows.py
similarity index 100%
rename from piker/data/_flumes.py
rename to piker/data/flows.py