diff --git a/src/controllers/activitypub/actor.ts b/src/controllers/activitypub/actor.ts
index 49fda36..6b2c56e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/activitypub/actor.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/activitypub/actor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { findUser } from '@/db/users.ts';
 import { getAuthor } from '@/queries.ts';
-import { activityJson } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { activityJson } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderActor } from '@/views/activitypub/actor.ts';
 
 import type { AppContext, AppController } from '@/app.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 6ad3944..8316ede 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { addTag, deleteTag, getTagSet } from '@/tags.ts';
 import { uploadFile } from '@/upload.ts';
 import { lookupAccount, nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
-import { paginated, paginationSchema, parseBody, updateListEvent } from '@/utils/web.ts';
-import { createEvent } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { createEvent, paginated, paginationSchema, parseBody, updateListEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderAccounts, renderEventAccounts, renderStatuses } from '@/views.ts';
 import { accountFromPubkey, renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
 import { renderRelationship } from '@/views/mastodon/relationships.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/media.ts b/src/controllers/api/media.ts
index b35da9f..f8868c1 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/media.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/media.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { fileSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
-import { parseBody } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { parseBody } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderAttachment } from '@/views/mastodon/attachments.ts';
 import { uploadFile } from '@/upload.ts';
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/notifications.ts b/src/controllers/api/notifications.ts
index 881f9ac..f50f891 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/notifications.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { eventsDB } from '@/db/events.ts';
-import { paginated, paginationSchema } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { paginated, paginationSchema } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderNotification } from '@/views/mastodon/notifications.ts';
 
 const notificationsController: AppController = async (c) => {
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts b/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
index 19daff6..267abb7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { lodash, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
-import { parseBody } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { parseBody } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 
 const passwordGrantSchema = z.object({
   grant_type: z.literal('password'),
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
index 450be07..3b84227 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { eventsDB } from '@/db/events.ts';
 import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { configSchema, elixirTupleSchema } from '@/schemas/pleroma-api.ts';
-import { createAdminEvent } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { createAdminEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 
 const frontendConfigController: AppController = async (c) => {
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 9cb789b..82be6ad 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getUnattachedMediaByIds } from '@/db/unattached-media.ts';
 import { type Event, ISO6391, z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { getAncestors, getAuthor, getDescendants, getEvent } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { addTag, deleteTag } from '@/tags.ts';
-import { createEvent, paginationSchema, parseBody, updateListEvent } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { createEvent, paginationSchema, parseBody, updateListEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderEventAccounts } from '@/views.ts';
 import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
index 2a20fdd..6d93280 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { type DittoFilter } from '@/filter.ts';
 import { getFeedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
-import { paginated, paginationSchema } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { paginated, paginationSchema } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
 
 import type { AppContext, AppController } from '@/app.ts';
diff --git a/src/middleware/auth98.ts b/src/middleware/auth98.ts
index 0520010..67beac6 100644
--- a/src/middleware/auth98.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/auth98.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   type ParseAuthRequestOpts,
   validateAuthEvent,
 } from '@/utils/nip98.ts';
-import { localRequest } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { localRequest } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { signEvent } from '@/sign.ts';
 import { findUser, User } from '@/db/users.ts';
 
diff --git a/src/sign.ts b/src/sign.ts
index de7149f..0ab9608 100644
--- a/src/sign.ts
+++ b/src/sign.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { connectResponseSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { jsonSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { Sub } from '@/subs.ts';
 import { eventMatchesTemplate, Time } from '@/utils.ts';
-import { createAdminEvent } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { createAdminEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 
 const debug = Debug('ditto:sign');
 
diff --git a/src/utils/web.ts b/src/utils/api.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/utils/web.ts
rename to src/utils/api.ts
diff --git a/src/views.ts b/src/views.ts
index b87baad..c90f26d 100644
--- a/src/views.ts
+++ b/src/views.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { eventsDB } from '@/db/events.ts';
 import { type Filter } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
 import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
-import { paginated, paginationSchema } from '@/utils/web.ts';
+import { paginated, paginationSchema } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 
 /** Render account objects for the author of each event. */
 async function renderEventAccounts(c: AppContext, filters: Filter[], signal = AbortSignal.timeout(1000)) {