diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/config/FilesystemBlobStoreContextModule.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/config/FilesystemBlobStoreContextModule.java
index 1eb4079fcb..e72f769268 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/config/FilesystemBlobStoreContextModule.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/config/FilesystemBlobStoreContextModule.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalAsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalBlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalStorageStrategy;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.TransientBlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.ConsistencyModel;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.config.BlobStoreMapModule;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.config.BlobStoreObjectModule;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class FilesystemBlobStoreContextModule extends AbstractModule {
       bind(BlobUtils.class).to(FileSystemBlobUtilsImpl.class);
       bind(FilesystemBlobKeyValidator.class).to(FilesystemBlobKeyValidatorImpl.class);
       bind(FilesystemContainerNameValidator.class).to(FilesystemContainerNameValidatorImpl.class);
-      bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(TransientBlobRequestSigner.class);
+      bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(LocalBlobRequestSigner.class);
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSigner.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/LocalBlobRequestSigner.java
similarity index 94%
rename from blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSigner.java
rename to blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/LocalBlobRequestSigner.java
index 9cd59a79be..87f03ab457 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSigner.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/LocalBlobRequestSigner.java
@@ -36,19 +36,18 @@ import org.jclouds.location.Provider;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 
 /**
- * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 @Singleton
-public class TransientBlobRequestSigner implements BlobRequestSigner {
+public class LocalBlobRequestSigner implements BlobRequestSigner {
 
    private final BasicAuthentication basicAuth;
    private final BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2HttpGetOptions;
    private final Supplier<URI> endpoint;
    private final ContentMetadataCodec contentMetadataCodec;
-   
+
    @Inject
-   public TransientBlobRequestSigner(BasicAuthentication basicAuth, BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2HttpGetOptions, @Provider Supplier<URI> endpoint,
+   public LocalBlobRequestSigner(BasicAuthentication basicAuth, BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2HttpGetOptions, @Provider Supplier<URI> endpoint,
              ContentMetadataCodec contentMetadataCodec) {
       this.basicAuth = checkNotNull(basicAuth, "basicAuth");
       this.blob2HttpGetOptions = checkNotNull(blob2HttpGetOptions, "blob2HttpGetOptions");
@@ -96,4 +95,4 @@ public class TransientBlobRequestSigner implements BlobRequestSigner {
       return basicAuth.filter(request);
    }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java
index e5bdb32cd6..975c3266eb 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStoreContextModule.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalAsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalBlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalStorageStrategy;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.TransientBlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.TransientStorageStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.ConsistencyModel;
 import org.jclouds.rest.config.BinderUtils;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class TransientBlobStoreContextModule extends AbstractModule {
       bind(BlobStore.class).to(LocalBlobStore.class);
       bind(ConsistencyModel.class).toInstance(ConsistencyModel.STRICT);
       bind(LocalStorageStrategy.class).to(TransientStorageStrategy.class);
-      bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(TransientBlobRequestSigner.class);
+      bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(LocalBlobRequestSigner.class);
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java
index 445accb319..4089855abc 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientBlobRequestSignerTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 
 /**
- * Tests behavior of {@code TransientBlobRequestSigner}
+ * Tests behavior of {@code LocalBlobRequestSigner}
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */