diff --git a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/arch/sample_arch.xml b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/arch/sample_arch.xml
index c5a7014e3..42367c98a 100644
--- a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/arch/sample_arch.xml
+++ b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/arch/sample_arch.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
      3. circuit models, where we define circuit-level details for
         each primitives in FPGA architecture
   -->
-<circuit_settings>
+<openfpga_architecture>
   <simulation_parameters>
     <options sim_temp="25" post="off" captab="off" fast="on"/>
     <monte_carlo mc_sim="off" num_mc_points="2" cmos_variation="off" rram_variation="off">
@@ -257,4 +257,4 @@
        <port type="output" prefix="sumout" size="1"/>
     </circuit_model>
   </circuit_library>
-</circuit_settings>
+</openfpga_architecture>
diff --git a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/circuit_settings.h b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/openfpga_arch.h
similarity index 72%
rename from libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/circuit_settings.h
rename to libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/openfpga_arch.h
index db1f84f16..9ce746fb0 100644
--- a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/circuit_settings.h
+++ b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/openfpga_arch.h
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-#ifndef CIRCUIT_SETTINGS_H
-#define CIRCUIT_SETTINGS_H
+#ifndef OPENFPGA_ARCH_H
+#define OPENFPGA_ARCH_H
 
 #include "circuit_library.h"
 
 /* A unified data structure to store circuit-level settings,
  * including circuit library, technology library and simulation parameters
  */
-struct CircuitSettings {
+struct OpenFPGAArch {
   CircuitLibrary circuit_lib;
 };
 
diff --git a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_circuit_settings.h b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_circuit_settings.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 423e4ede2..000000000
--- a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_circuit_settings.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef READ_XML_CIRCUIT_SETTINGS_H
-#define READ_XML_CIRCUIT_SETTINGS_H
-
-#include <string>
-#include "circuit_settings.h"
-
-CircuitSettings read_xml_circuit_settings(const char* arch_file_name);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_circuit_settings.cpp b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_openfpga_arch.cpp
similarity index 78%
rename from libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_circuit_settings.cpp
rename to libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_openfpga_arch.cpp
index b3aab5ae0..20f701028 100644
--- a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_circuit_settings.cpp
+++ b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_openfpga_arch.cpp
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 #include "read_xml_util.h"
 
 #include "read_xml_circuit_library.h"
-#include "read_xml_circuit_settings.h"
+#include "read_xml_openfpga_arch.h"
 
 /********************************************************************
  * Top-level function to parse an XML file and load data to :
  * 1. circuit library
  *******************************************************************/
-CircuitSettings read_xml_circuit_settings(const char* arch_file_name) {
-  CircuitSettings circuit_settings;
+OpenFPGAArch read_xml_openfpga_arch(const char* arch_file_name) {
+  OpenFPGAArch openfpga_arch;
 
   pugi::xml_node Next;
 
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ CircuitSettings read_xml_circuit_settings(const char* arch_file_name) {
     loc_data = pugiutil::load_xml(doc, arch_file_name);
 
     /* Root node should be <circuit_settings> */
-    auto xml_circuit_settings = get_single_child(doc, "circuit_settings", loc_data); 
+    auto xml_circuit_settings = get_single_child(doc, "openfpga_architecture", loc_data); 
 
     /* Parse circuit_models to circuit library 
      * under the node <module_circuit_models> 
      */
     auto xml_circuit_models = get_single_child(xml_circuit_settings, "circuit_library", loc_data);
-    circuit_settings.circuit_lib = read_xml_circuit_library(xml_circuit_models, loc_data);
+    openfpga_arch.circuit_lib = read_xml_circuit_library(xml_circuit_models, loc_data);
 
   } catch (pugiutil::XmlError& e) {
     archfpga_throw(arch_file_name, e.line(),
                    "%s", e.what());
   }
 
-  return circuit_settings;
+  return openfpga_arch;
 }
diff --git a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_openfpga_arch.h b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_openfpga_arch.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c539d83ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/src/read_xml_openfpga_arch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef READ_XML_OPENFPGA_ARCH_H
+#define READ_XML_OPENFPGA_ARCH_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include "openfpga_arch.h"
+
+OpenFPGAArch read_xml_openfpga_arch(const char* arch_file_name);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/test/main.cpp b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/test/main.cpp
index 2e54fafef..7e24167e8 100644
--- a/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/test/main.cpp
+++ b/libopenfpga/libarchopenfpga/test/main.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  *******************************************************************/
 #include "vtr_log.h"
 
-#include "read_xml_circuit_settings.h"
+#include "read_xml_openfpga_arch.h"
 
 int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
   /* Parse the circuit library from an XML file */
-  const CircuitSettings& circuit_settings = read_xml_circuit_settings(argv[1]); 
+  const OpenFPGAArch& openfpga_arch = read_xml_openfpga_arch(argv[1]); 
   VTR_LOG("Parsed %lu circuit models from XML into circuit library.\n",
-          circuit_settings.circuit_lib.num_models());
+          openfpga_arch.circuit_lib.num_models());
 
   /* Check the circuit library */