diff --git a/src/data/mod.rs b/src/data/mod.rs
index dbd0695..290ac3a 100644
--- a/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ use crate::{data::database::Database, error::MTTError};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt, ops::Deref};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum UniError {
+pub enum GblError {
     DuplicateDB(String),
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for UniError {
+impl fmt::Display for GblError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
-            UniError::DuplicateDB(data) => write!(f, "database '{}' already exists", data),
+            GblError::DuplicateDB(data) => write!(f, "database '{}' already exists", data),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mod errors {
     #[test]
     fn duplicate_database() {
         let name = "name";
-        let err = UniError::DuplicateDB(name.to_string());
+        let err = GblError::DuplicateDB(name.to_string());
         assert_eq!(
             err.to_string(),
             format!("database '{}' already exists", name)
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ mod errors {
     }
 }
 
-struct Universe {
+struct Global {
     databases: HashMap<String, Database>,
 }
 
-impl Universe {
+impl Global {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             databases: HashMap::new(),
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl Universe {
     fn add_database(&mut self, name: &str, db: Database) -> Result<(), MTTError> {
         match self.databases.get(name) {
             Some(_) => {
-                let err = UniError::DuplicateDB(name.to_string());
+                let err = GblError::DuplicateDB(name.to_string());
                 Err(err.into())
             }
             None => {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl Universe {
     }
 }
 
-impl Deref for Universe {
+impl Deref for Global {
     type Target = HashMap<String, Database>;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
@@ -68,31 +68,31 @@ impl Deref for Universe {
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-mod universes {
+mod gblverses {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn create_universe() {
-        let uni = Universe::new();
-        assert_eq!(uni.len(), 0);
+    fn create_gblverse() {
+        let gbl = Global::new();
+        assert_eq!(gbl.len(), 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn add_database() {
-        let mut uni = Universe::new();
+        let mut gbl = Global::new();
         let db = Database::new();
-        uni.add_database("barney", db).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(uni.len(), 1);
+        gbl.add_database("barney", db).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(gbl.len(), 1);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn no_duplicate_dbs() {
-        let mut uni = Universe::new();
+        let mut gbl = Global::new();
         let db1 = Database::new();
         let db2 = Database::new();
         let name = "duplicate";
-        uni.add_database("barney", db2).unwrap();
-        match uni.add_database("barney", db1) {
+        gbl.add_database("barney", db2).unwrap();
+        match gbl.add_database("barney", db1) {
             Ok(_) => unreachable!("should have been an error"),
             Err(err) => {}
         }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index c16bb79..dd39241 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::data::{database::DBError, id::IDError, table::TBLError, UniError};
+use crate::data::{database::DBError, id::IDError, table::TBLError, GblError};
 use std::{error::Error, fmt};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub enum ErrorType {
     DBErr(DBError),
     IDErr(IDError),
     TBLErr(TBLError),
-    UniErr(UniError),
+    GblErr(GblError),
 }
 
 impl From<DBError> for ErrorType {
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ impl From<TBLError> for ErrorType {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<UniError> for ErrorType {
-    fn from(value: UniError) -> Self {
-        ErrorType::UniErr(value)
+impl From<GblError> for ErrorType {
+    fn from(value: GblError) -> Self {
+        ErrorType::GblErr(value)
     }
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for ErrorType {
             ErrorType::DBErr(data) => write!(f, "database: {}", data),
             ErrorType::IDErr(data) => write!(f, "id: {}", data),
             ErrorType::TBLErr(data) => write!(f, "table: {}", data),
-            ErrorType::UniErr(data) => write!(f, "global: {}", data),
+            ErrorType::GblErr(data) => write!(f, "global: {}", data),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mod errortypes {
 
     #[test]
     fn universal_error() {
-        let err = UniError::DuplicateDB("bad".to_string());
+        let err = GblError::DuplicateDB("bad".to_string());
         let result = ErrorType::from(err.clone());
         assert_eq!(result.to_string(), format!("global: {}", err));
     }
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ impl From<TBLError> for MTTError {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<UniError> for MTTError {
-    fn from(value: UniError) -> Self {
+impl From<GblError> for MTTError {
+    fn from(value: GblError) -> Self {
         Self { err: value.into() }
     }
 }
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ mod errors {
 
     #[test]
     fn from_global_error() {
-        let error = UniError::DuplicateDB(rand_str());
+        let error = GblError::DuplicateDB(rand_str());
         let err = MTTError::from(error.clone());
-        assert_eq!(err.to_string(), ErrorType::UniErr(error).to_string());
+        assert_eq!(err.to_string(), ErrorType::GblErr(error).to_string());
     }
 }