diff --git a/src/handlers/mod.rs b/src/http/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/handlers/mod.rs
rename to src/http/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/handlers/request.rs b/src/http/request.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/handlers/request.rs
rename to src/http/request.rs
diff --git a/src/handlers/response.rs b/src/http/response.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/handlers/response.rs
rename to src/http/response.rs
index 6142725..9ca2381 100644
--- a/src/handlers/response.rs
+++ b/src/http/response.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! message specs. see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Messages
 //! NOTE: only few parts of the specification has been implemented
 
-use crate::handlers::request::{HTTPRequest, HTTPVersion};
+use crate::http::request::{HTTPRequest, HTTPVersion};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use json;
 // add the Store trait to be used by `FileStore`
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 93b29cc..54f10ed 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mod handlers;
+mod http;
 mod stores;
 
 use tokio::{
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tokio::{
     net::{TcpListener, TcpStream},
 };
 
-use handlers::{handle_request, HTTPResponse};
+use http::{handle_request, HTTPResponse};
 
 const SERVER_URL: &str = "127.0.0.1:9000";