diff --git a/proglearn/base.py b/proglearn/base.py
index 84a1a12629..d4221132b3 100644
--- a/proglearn/base.py
+++ b/proglearn/base.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def is_fitted(self):
         pass
 
 
-class ClassificationDecider(BaseDecider):
+class BaseClassificationDecider(BaseDecider):
     """
     A class for a decider which inherits from the base decider 
     but adds the functionality of estimating posteriors.
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def predict(self, X, task_id):
         pass
 
 
-class ClassificationProgressiveLearner(BaseProgressiveLearner):
+class BaseClassificationProgressiveLearner(BaseProgressiveLearner):
     """
     A class for a progressive learner which inherits from the base progressive learner 
     but adds the functionality of estimating posteriors for a given task_id.
diff --git a/proglearn/deciders.py b/proglearn/deciders.py
index 2389c0a7c7..f466c9867c 100755
--- a/proglearn/deciders.py
+++ b/proglearn/deciders.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '''
 import numpy as np
 
-from .base import ClassificationDecider
+from .base import BaseClassificationDecider
 
 from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsRegressor
 from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from sklearn.utils.multiclass import type_of_target
 
 
-class SimpleArgmaxAverage(ClassificationDecider):
+class SimpleArgmaxAverage(BaseClassificationDecider):
     """
     Doc string here.
     """
diff --git a/proglearn/progressive_learner.py b/proglearn/progressive_learner.py
index e0156ebc0c..8362d23829 100755
--- a/proglearn/progressive_learner.py
+++ b/proglearn/progressive_learner.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 Corresponding Email: levinewill@icloud.com
 '''
 import numpy as np
-from .base import ClassificationDecider, ClassificationProgressiveLearner
+from .base import BaseClassificationDecider, BaseClassificationProgressiveLearner
 
-class ProgressiveLearner(ClassificationProgressiveLearner):
+class ProgressiveLearner(BaseClassificationProgressiveLearner):
     """
     A class for progressive learning in the classification setting. 
     
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ def predict(self, X, task_id, transformer_ids=None):
 
     def predict_proba(self, X, task_id, transformer_ids=None):
         decider = self.task_id_to_decider[task_id]
-        if isinstance(decider, ClassificationDecider):
+        if isinstance(decider, BaseClassificationDecider):
             return self.task_id_to_decider[task_id].predict_proba(
                 X, transformer_ids=transformer_ids
             )