diff --git a/core-writer/src/ProcessManager.cpp b/core-writer/src/ProcessManager.cpp
index 33854fd..5c025f5 100644
--- a/core-writer/src/ProcessManager.cpp
+++ b/core-writer/src/ProcessManager.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "ProcessManager.hpp"
 #include "config.hpp"
 #include "BufferedWriter.hpp"
-#include "compression.h"
+#include "compression.hpp"
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/core-writer/src/WriterManager.hpp b/core-writer/src/WriterManager.hpp
index aa48056..18648c4 100644
--- a/core-writer/src/WriterManager.hpp
+++ b/core-writer/src/WriterManager.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "ZmqReceiver.hpp"
 #include "RingBuffer.hpp"
 #include "H5Format.hpp"
-#include "compression.h"
+#include "compression.hpp"
 
 namespace writer_utils {
     void set_process_id(int user_id);
diff --git a/core-writer/src/compression.cpp b/core-writer/src/compression.cpp
index 161a373..be43eb2 100644
--- a/core-writer/src/compression.cpp
+++ b/core-writer/src/compression.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "compression.h"
+#include "compression.hpp"
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
diff --git a/core-writer/src/compression.h b/core-writer/src/compression.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from core-writer/src/compression.h
rename to core-writer/src/compression.hpp