diff --git a/pkg/cortex/serve/cortex_internal/lib/api/async.py b/pkg/cortex/serve/cortex_internal/lib/api/async_api.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/cortex/serve/cortex_internal/lib/api/async.py
rename to pkg/cortex/serve/cortex_internal/lib/api/async_api.py
diff --git a/pkg/cortex/serve/init/bootloader.sh b/pkg/cortex/serve/init/bootloader.sh
index f3a2d9d416..cbc319aa72 100755
--- a/pkg/cortex/serve/init/bootloader.sh
+++ b/pkg/cortex/serve/init/bootloader.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ elif [ "$CORTEX_KIND" = "BatchAPI" ]; then
     create_s6_service "batch" "cd /mnt/project && $source_env_file_cmd && PYTHONUNBUFFERED=TRUE PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$CORTEX_PYTHON_PATH exec /opt/conda/envs/env/bin/python /src/cortex/serve/start/batch.py"
 elif [ "$CORTEX_KIND" = "AsyncAPI" ]; then
     create_s6_service "py_init" "cd /mnt/project && exec /opt/conda/envs/env/bin/python /src/cortex/serve/init/script.py"
-    create_s6_service "async" "cd /mnt/project && $source_env_file_cmd && PYTHONUNBUFFERED=TRUE PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$CORTEX_PYTHON_PATH exec /opt/conda/envs/env/bin/python /src/cortex/serve/start/async.py"
+    create_s6_service "async" "cd /mnt/project && $source_env_file_cmd && PYTHONUNBUFFERED=TRUE PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$CORTEX_PYTHON_PATH exec /opt/conda/envs/env/bin/python /src/cortex/serve/start/async_api.py"
 elif [ "$CORTEX_KIND" = "TaskAPI" ]; then
     create_s6_service "task" "cd /mnt/project && $source_env_file_cmd && PYTHONUNBUFFERED=TRUE PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$CORTEX_PYTHON_PATH exec /opt/conda/envs/env/bin/python /src/cortex/serve/start/task.py"
 fi
diff --git a/pkg/cortex/serve/start/async.py b/pkg/cortex/serve/start/async_api.py
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/cortex/serve/start/async.py
rename to pkg/cortex/serve/start/async_api.py
index a35564be30..d890974a13 100644
--- a/pkg/cortex/serve/start/async.py
+++ b/pkg/cortex/serve/start/async_api.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import boto3
 
 from cortex_internal.lib.api import get_spec
-from cortex_internal.lib.api.async import AsyncAPI
+from cortex_internal.lib.api.async_api import AsyncAPI
 from cortex_internal.lib.exceptions import UserRuntimeException
 from cortex_internal.lib.log import configure_logger
 from cortex_internal.lib.metrics import MetricsClient