diff --git a/docs/API.rst b/docs/API.rst
index aa6a36f..afdfedf 100644
--- a/docs/API.rst
+++ b/docs/API.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ for class names.
 Reading EDF files
 -----------------
 
-.. automodule:: eyelinkio.edf.read_edf
+.. automodule:: eyelinkio.edf.read
    :members:
    :exclude-members: EDF
 
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 4b19e48..9374bef 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Example Usage
 Reading an EDF file
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-You can read EyeLink EDF files using the :func:`~eyelinkio.edf.read_edf` function, which
+You can read EyeLink EDF files using the :func:`~eyelinkio.edf.read.read_edf` function, which
 returns an :class:`~eyelinkio.EDF` instance.
 
 .. code:: python
diff --git a/src/eyelinkio/edf/__init__.py b/src/eyelinkio/edf/__init__.py
index 60520d3..48aa190 100644
--- a/src/eyelinkio/edf/__init__.py
+++ b/src/eyelinkio/edf/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # License: BSD (3-clause)
-from .read_edf import read_edf, EDF
\ No newline at end of file
+from .read import read_edf, EDF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/eyelinkio/edf/read_edf.py b/src/eyelinkio/edf/read.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/eyelinkio/edf/read_edf.py
rename to src/eyelinkio/edf/read.py
diff --git a/src/eyelinkio/tests/test_edf.py b/src/eyelinkio/tests/test_edf.py
index 16e4b8c..0d66072 100644
--- a/src/eyelinkio/tests/test_edf.py
+++ b/src/eyelinkio/tests/test_edf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
@@ -163,3 +165,9 @@ def test_to_mne():
             np.testing.assert_equal(raw.ch_names, want_chs)
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Unexpected file: {fname}")
+
+def test_edfapi_not_installed():
+    """Test that an error is raised if SR Research's edfapi is not installed."""
+    with patch("eyelinkio.edf.read.has_edfapi", False):
+            with pytest.raises(OSError, match="Could not load EDF api"):
+                read_edf(fnames[0])
diff --git a/src/eyelinkio/utils/check.py b/src/eyelinkio/utils/check.py
index a6f7273..8e0ca49 100644
--- a/src/eyelinkio/utils/check.py
+++ b/src/eyelinkio/utils/check.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 def _has_edfapi():
     """Determine if a user has edfapi installed."""
-    from ..edf.read_edf import has_edfapi
+    from ..edf.read import has_edfapi
     return has_edfapi