diff --git a/smocore/deviceManager/deviceSpecParser.cpp b/smocore/deviceManager/deviceSpecParser.cpp
index 161eb0b..fead45b 100644
--- a/smocore/deviceManager/deviceSpecParser.cpp
+++ b/smocore/deviceManager/deviceSpecParser.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 namespace smo {
 namespace device {
 
-std::string DeviceManager::readDeviceFile(const std::string& filename)
+std::string DeviceManager::readDeviceSpecFile(const std::string& filename)
 {
     std::ifstream file(filename);
     if (!file.is_open())
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void DeviceManager::collateAllDeviceSpecs(void)
 
     for (const auto& file : options.deviceSpecFiles)
     {
-        std::string fileContent = readDeviceFile(file);
+        std::string fileContent = readDeviceSpecFile(file);
         if (!allDeviceSpecs.empty()) {
             allDeviceSpecs += "||";
         }
diff --git a/smocore/include/deviceManager/deviceManager.h b/smocore/include/deviceManager/deviceManager.h
index 5919f3b..e685c93 100644
--- a/smocore/include/deviceManager/deviceManager.h
+++ b/smocore/include/deviceManager/deviceManager.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public:
         return instance;
     }
 
-    std::string readDeviceFile(const std::string& filename);
+    std::string readDeviceSpecFile(const std::string& filename);
     void collateAllDeviceSpecs(void);
     void parseAllDeviceSpecs(void);
     static const std::string stringifyDeviceSpecs(void);