diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2d0f247..782b251 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
 name = "app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "common",
  "env_logger",
+ "gpcommon",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -357,23 +357,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "common"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "cc",
- "data-encoding",
- "log",
- "ring",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1101,16 +1084,33 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "gpclient"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "common",
+ "gpcommon",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gpcommon"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "cc",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gpservice"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "common",
  "env_logger",
+ "gpcommon",
  "log",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9fda31e..b98cf98 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 
 members = [
-    "common",
+    "gpcommon",
     "gpclient",
     "gpservice",
     "gpauth",
diff --git a/gpclient/Cargo.toml b/gpclient/Cargo.toml
index b999530..9419e0a 100644
--- a/gpclient/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gpclient/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-common = { path = "../common" }
+gpcommon = { path = "../gpcommon" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/gpclient/src/main.rs b/gpclient/src/main.rs
index 109ffcc..36e2077 100644
--- a/gpclient/src/main.rs
+++ b/gpclient/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use common::{Client, SOCKET_PATH};
+use gpcommon::{Client, SOCKET_PATH};
 use tokio::{io::AsyncReadExt, net::UnixStream, sync::mpsc};
 
 #[tokio::main]
diff --git a/common/.gitignore b/gpcommon/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from common/.gitignore
rename to gpcommon/.gitignore
diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/gpcommon/Cargo.toml
similarity index 95%
rename from common/Cargo.toml
rename to gpcommon/Cargo.toml
index 6c406dc..e2fbe34 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gpcommon/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "common"
+name = "gpcommon"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/common/build.rs b/gpcommon/build.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/build.rs
rename to gpcommon/build.rs
diff --git a/common/src/client.rs b/gpcommon/src/client.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/client.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/client.rs
diff --git a/common/src/cmd/connect.rs b/gpcommon/src/cmd/connect.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/cmd/connect.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/cmd/connect.rs
diff --git a/common/src/cmd/disconnect.rs b/gpcommon/src/cmd/disconnect.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/cmd/disconnect.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/cmd/disconnect.rs
diff --git a/common/src/cmd/mod.rs b/gpcommon/src/cmd/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/cmd/mod.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/cmd/mod.rs
diff --git a/common/src/cmd/status.rs b/gpcommon/src/cmd/status.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/cmd/status.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/cmd/status.rs
diff --git a/common/src/connection.rs b/gpcommon/src/connection.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/connection.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/connection.rs
diff --git a/common/src/lib.rs b/gpcommon/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/lib.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/common/src/reader.rs b/gpcommon/src/reader.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/reader.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/reader.rs
diff --git a/common/src/request.rs b/gpcommon/src/request.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/request.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/request.rs
diff --git a/common/src/response.rs b/gpcommon/src/response.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/response.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/response.rs
diff --git a/common/src/server.rs b/gpcommon/src/server.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/server.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/server.rs
diff --git a/common/src/vpn/ffi.rs b/gpcommon/src/vpn/ffi.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/vpn/ffi.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/vpn/ffi.rs
diff --git a/common/src/vpn/mod.rs b/gpcommon/src/vpn/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/vpn/mod.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/vpn/mod.rs
diff --git a/common/src/vpn/vpn.c b/gpcommon/src/vpn/vpn.c
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/vpn/vpn.c
rename to gpcommon/src/vpn/vpn.c
diff --git a/common/src/vpn/vpn.h b/gpcommon/src/vpn/vpn.h
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/vpn/vpn.h
rename to gpcommon/src/vpn/vpn.h
diff --git a/common/src/writer.rs b/gpcommon/src/writer.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/src/writer.rs
rename to gpcommon/src/writer.rs
diff --git a/gpgui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/gpgui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 6a9c9df..c8c086b 100644
--- a/gpgui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gpgui/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.10"
-common = { path = "../../common" }
+gpcommon = { path = "../../gpcommon" }
 
 [features]
 # by default Tauri runs in production mode
diff --git a/gpgui/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/gpgui/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index f289c49..8dae445 100644
--- a/gpgui/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/gpgui/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     windows_subsystem = "windows"
 )]
 
-use common::{Client, ServerApiError, VpnStatus};
+use gpcommon::{Client, ServerApiError, VpnStatus};
 use env_logger::Env;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::sync::Arc;
diff --git a/gpservice/Cargo.toml b/gpservice/Cargo.toml
index 48bc724..b55bc49 100644
--- a/gpservice/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gpservice/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-common = { path = "../common" }
+gpcommon = { path = "../gpcommon" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 env_logger = "0.10"
 log = "0.4"
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ log = "0.4"
 # procfs = "0.15"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-common = { path = "../common" }
+gpcommon = { path = "../gpcommon" }
diff --git a/gpservice/build.rs b/gpservice/build.rs
index e590261..4e4fdf9 100644
--- a/gpservice/build.rs
+++ b/gpservice/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use common::sha256_digest;
+use gpcommon::sha256_digest;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{env, fs};
 
diff --git a/gpservice/src/main.rs b/gpservice/src/main.rs
index e62a2a1..0bb3d53 100644
--- a/gpservice/src/main.rs
+++ b/gpservice/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/client_hash.rs"));
 
 // use aes_gcm::{aead::OsRng, Aes256Gcm, KeyInit};
-use common::{server, SOCKET_PATH};
+use gpcommon::{server, SOCKET_PATH};
 use env_logger::Env;
 use log::error;
 use tokio::signal;