diff --git a/benchmark.go b/benchmark.go
index 883756e..67efe6e 100644
--- a/benchmark.go
+++ b/benchmark.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func runBenchmark(plonky2Circuit string, proofSystem string, profileCircuit bool, dummy bool, saveArtifacts bool) {
-	commonCircuitData := types.DeserializeCommonCircuitData("testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/common_circuit_data.json")
+	commonCircuitData := types.ReadCommonCircuitData("testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/common_circuit_data.json")
 
 	proofWithPis := variables.DeserializeProofWithPublicInputs(types.ReadProofWithPublicInputs("testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/proof_with_public_inputs.json"))
 	verifierOnlyCircuitData := variables.DeserializeVerifierOnlyCircuitData(types.ReadVerifierOnlyCircuitData("testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/verifier_only_circuit_data.json"))
diff --git a/fri/fri_test.go b/fri/fri_test.go
index 19fb51d..6634bdf 100644
--- a/fri/fri_test.go
+++ b/fri/fri_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestDecodeBlockFriVerification(t *testing.T) {
 	verifierOnlyCircuitDataFilename := "../testdata/decode_block/verifier_only_circuit_data.json"
 
 	proofWithPis := variables.DeserializeProofWithPublicInputs(types.ReadProofWithPublicInputs(proofWithPIsFilename))
-	commonCircuitData := types.DeserializeCommonCircuitData(commonCircuitDataFilename)
+	commonCircuitData := types.ReadCommonCircuitData(commonCircuitDataFilename)
 	verifierOnlyCircuitData := variables.DeserializeVerifierOnlyCircuitData(types.ReadVerifierOnlyCircuitData(verifierOnlyCircuitDataFilename))
 
 	testCase := func() {
diff --git a/plonk/gates/gates_test.go b/plonk/gates/gates_test.go
index 0f64769..8e793c9 100644
--- a/plonk/gates/gates_test.go
+++ b/plonk/gates/gates_test.go
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ type TestGateCircuit struct {
 }
 
 func (circuit *TestGateCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
-	commonCircuitData := types.DeserializeCommonCircuitData("../../testdata/decode_block/common_circuit_data.json")
+	commonCircuitData := types.ReadCommonCircuitData("../../testdata/decode_block/common_circuit_data.json")
 	numSelectors := commonCircuitData.SelectorsInfo.NumSelectors()
 
 	glApi := gl.New(api)
diff --git a/plonk/plonk_test.go b/plonk/plonk_test.go
index 5a7b898..5b27c1b 100644
--- a/plonk/plonk_test.go
+++ b/plonk/plonk_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestPlonkDecodeBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	verifierOnlyCircuitDataFilename := "../testdata/decode_block/verifier_only_circuit_data.json"
 
 	proofWithPis := variables.DeserializeProofWithPublicInputs(types.ReadProofWithPublicInputs(proofWithPIsFilename))
-	commonCircuitData := types.DeserializeCommonCircuitData(commonCircuitDataFilename)
+	commonCircuitData := types.ReadCommonCircuitData(commonCircuitDataFilename)
 	verifierOnlyCircuitData := variables.DeserializeVerifierOnlyCircuitData(types.ReadVerifierOnlyCircuitData(verifierOnlyCircuitDataFilename))
 
 	testCase := func() {
diff --git a/types/common_data.go b/types/common_data.go
index 3c386f3..9117e89 100644
--- a/types/common_data.go
+++ b/types/common_data.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type CommonCircuitDataRaw struct {
 	NumPartialProducts   uint64   `json:"num_partial_products"`
 }
 
-func DeserializeCommonCircuitData(path string) CommonCircuitData {
+func ReadCommonCircuitData(path string) CommonCircuitData {
 	jsonFile, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/types/common_data_test.go b/types/common_data_test.go
index 865a569..0215efc 100644
--- a/types/common_data_test.go
+++ b/types/common_data_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestDeserializeCommonCircuitData(t *testing.T) {
-	DeserializeCommonCircuitData("../testdata/decode_block/common_circuit_data.json")
+func TestReadCommonCircuitData(t *testing.T) {
+	ReadCommonCircuitData("../testdata/decode_block/common_circuit_data.json")
 }
diff --git a/verifier/verifier_test.go b/verifier/verifier_test.go
index 901dcd5..c41c9e8 100644
--- a/verifier/verifier_test.go
+++ b/verifier/verifier_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestStepVerifier(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testCase := func() {
 		plonky2Circuit := "step"
-		commonCircuitData := types.DeserializeCommonCircuitData("../testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/common_circuit_data.json")
+		commonCircuitData := types.ReadCommonCircuitData("../testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/common_circuit_data.json")
 
 		proofWithPis := variables.DeserializeProofWithPublicInputs(types.ReadProofWithPublicInputs("../testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/proof_with_public_inputs.json"))
 		verifierOnlyCircuitData := variables.DeserializeVerifierOnlyCircuitData(types.ReadVerifierOnlyCircuitData("../testdata/" + plonky2Circuit + "/verifier_only_circuit_data.json"))