diff --git a/oauthproxy.go b/oauthproxy.go
index 00f472c1..5ef92c33 100644
--- a/oauthproxy.go
+++ b/oauthproxy.go
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func buildSessionChain(opts *options.Options, provider providers.Provider, sessi
 		if oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshURL == "" {
 			oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s/session/refresh", oidcProviderSettings.IssuerURL)
 		}
-		chain = chain.Append(middleware.NewCookieRefresh(&middleware.CookieRefreshOptions{CookieRefreshURL: oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshURL, CookieRefreshName: oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshName}))
+		chain = chain.Append(middleware.PicsNewCookieRefresh(&middleware.CookieRefreshOptions{CookieRefreshURL: oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshURL, CookieRefreshName: oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshName}))
 		logger.Printf("Enabling OIDC cookie refresh functionality for the cookie '%s' using the url '%s' because OIDCEnableCookieRefresh is enabled", oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshURL, oidcProviderSettings.CookieRefreshName)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/cookie_refresh.go b/pkg/middleware/pics_cookie_refresh.go
similarity index 96%
rename from pkg/middleware/cookie_refresh.go
rename to pkg/middleware/pics_cookie_refresh.go
index 890594ab..38127f75 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/cookie_refresh.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/pics_cookie_refresh.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type CookieRefreshOptions struct {
 	CookieRefreshURL  string
 }
 
-func NewCookieRefresh(opts *CookieRefreshOptions) alice.Constructor {
+func PicsNewCookieRefresh(opts *CookieRefreshOptions) alice.Constructor {
 	cr := &cookieRefresh{
 		HTTPClient:        &http.Client{},
 		CookieRefreshName: opts.CookieRefreshName,