diff --git a/src/mesh/DAMASK_mesh.f90 b/src/mesh/DAMASK_mesh.f90
index d6c7d9375..7785750af 100644
--- a/src/mesh/DAMASK_mesh.f90
+++ b/src/mesh/DAMASK_mesh.f90
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ program DAMASK_FEM
   use numerics
   use mesh
   use FEM_Utilities
-  use FEM_mech
+  use mesh_mech_FEM
   
   implicit none
 
diff --git a/src/mesh/FEM_mech.f90 b/src/mesh/mesh_mech_FEM.f90
similarity index 99%
rename from src/mesh/FEM_mech.f90
rename to src/mesh/mesh_mech_FEM.f90
index e52514866..fb90f20e5 100644
--- a/src/mesh/FEM_mech.f90
+++ b/src/mesh/mesh_mech_FEM.f90
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 !> @author Philip Eisenlohr, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
 !> @brief FEM PETSc solver
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-module FEM_mech
+module mesh_mech_FEM
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmplex.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdm.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petsc.h>
@@ -670,4 +670,4 @@ subroutine FEM_mech_converged(snes_local,PETScIter,xnorm,snorm,fnorm,reason,dumm
 
 end subroutine FEM_mech_converged
 
-end module FEM_mech
+end module mesh_mech_FEM