diff --git a/src/lib/mt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/mt/CMakeLists.txt
index 8af617efd..ca2908178 100644
--- a/src/lib/mt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/mt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ add_library(mt STATIC
   CondVar.h
   Lock.cpp
   Lock.h
+  MTException.cpp
+  MTException.h
   Mutex.cpp
   Mutex.h
   Thread.cpp
   Thread.h
-  XMT.cpp
-  XMT.h
   XThread.h
 )
 
diff --git a/src/lib/mt/XMT.cpp b/src/lib/mt/MTException.cpp
similarity index 50%
rename from src/lib/mt/XMT.cpp
rename to src/lib/mt/MTException.cpp
index d7696d8b6..1cf30e44a 100644
--- a/src/lib/mt/XMT.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/mt/MTException.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 /*
  * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Deskflow Developers
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
  */
 
-#include "XMT.h"
+#include "MTException.h"
 
 //
-// XMTThreadUnavailable
+// MTThreadUnavailableException
 //
 
-std::string XMTThreadUnavailable::getWhat() const throw()
+std::string MTThreadUnavailableException::getWhat() const throw()
 {
-  return format("XMTThreadUnavailable", "cannot create thread");
+  return format("MTThreadUnavailableException", "cannot create thread");
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/mt/XMT.h b/src/lib/mt/MTException.h
similarity index 55%
rename from src/lib/mt/XMT.h
rename to src/lib/mt/MTException.h
index e6b88ec04..ed2884893 100644
--- a/src/lib/mt/XMT.h
+++ b/src/lib/mt/MTException.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Deskflow Developers
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
@@ -10,19 +11,19 @@
 #include "base/XBase.h"
 
 /**
- * @brief XMT generic multithreading exception
+ * @brief MTException generic multithreading exception
  */
-class XMT : public XBase
+class MTException : public XBase
 {
   using XBase::XBase;
 };
 
 /**
- * @brief XMTThreadUnavailable - Thrown when a thread cannot be created.
+ * @brief MTThreadUnavailableException - Thrown when a thread cannot be created.
  */
-class XMTThreadUnavailable : public XMT
+class MTThreadUnavailableException : public MTException
 {
-  using XMT::XMT;
+  using MTException::MTException;
 
 protected:
   std::string getWhat() const throw() override;
diff --git a/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp b/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp
index 7fa9caa12..b213528b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/mt/Thread.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "arch/Arch.h"
 #include "base/IJob.h"
 #include "base/Log.h"
-#include "mt/XMT.h"
+#include "mt/MTException.h"
 #include "mt/XThread.h"
 #include <exception>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Thread::Thread(IJob *job)
   if (m_thread == nullptr) {
     // couldn't create thread
     delete job;
-    throw XMTThreadUnavailable();
+    throw MTThreadUnavailableException();
   }
 }