diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa1edee..95072b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(kNCurses Threads::Threads)
 
 ### demo application
-add_executable(kNCursesDemoApp main.cpp App.cpp)
+add_executable(kNCursesDemoApp main.cpp DemoApp.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(kNCursesDemoApp kNCurses)
 
 ### installation and packaging
diff --git a/App.cpp b/DemoApp.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from App.cpp
rename to DemoApp.cpp
index 7ca4480..a4a4df9 100644
--- a/App.cpp
+++ b/DemoApp.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @author Christian Burger (christian@krikkel.de)
  */
 
-#include "App.hpp"
+#include "DemoApp.hpp"
 #include "Debug.hpp"
 #include <kNCurses/VerticalTilingWindowManager.hpp>
 #include <kNCurses/Window.hpp>
diff --git a/App.hpp b/DemoApp.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from App.hpp
rename to DemoApp.hpp
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 6a67c26..7c1a384 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
  * @author Christian Burger (christian@krikkel.de)
  */
 
-#include "App.hpp"
+#include "DemoApp.hpp"
 
 krikkel::NCurses::DemoApp demoApp;
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