diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 712039cc..37abc93b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -150,4 +150,4 @@ test.*
 
 # benchmarking files
 .benchmarks
-benchmarks/output.json
\ No newline at end of file
+output.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benchmarks/generative.py b/benchmarks/generators.py
similarity index 87%
rename from benchmarks/generative.py
rename to benchmarks/generators.py
index edb700bc..d38150d6 100644
--- a/benchmarks/generative.py
+++ b/benchmarks/generators.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 
 def test_erdos_renyi(benchmark):
-    def erdos_renyi(H):
+
+    def erdos_renyi():
         xgi.fast_random_hypergraph(100, [0.1, 0.001])
 
     benchmark.pedantic(erdos_renyi, rounds=rounds)