diff --git a/nomt/src/beatree/iterator.rs b/nomt/src/beatree/iterator.rs
index 06aca129..a0383c82 100644
--- a/nomt/src/beatree/iterator.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/beatree/iterator.rs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl CurrentLeaf {
         let key = self.leaf.key(index);
         let (cell, overflow) = self.leaf.value(index);
         if overflow {
-            let (_, value_hash, _) = super::leaf::overflow::decode_cell(cell);
+            let (_, value_hash, _) = super::ops::overflow::decode_cell(cell);
             IterOutput::OverflowItem(key, value_hash, cell)
         } else {
             IterOutput::Item(key, cell)
diff --git a/nomt/src/beatree/leaf/mod.rs b/nomt/src/beatree/leaf/mod.rs
index 5e02630d..1322a638 100644
--- a/nomt/src/beatree/leaf/mod.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/beatree/leaf/mod.rs
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@
 // be required to access the data again.
 
 pub mod node;
-pub mod overflow;
diff --git a/nomt/src/beatree/ops/mod.rs b/nomt/src/beatree/ops/mod.rs
index 1b5eaf56..f697f470 100644
--- a/nomt/src/beatree/ops/mod.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/beatree/ops/mod.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ use super::{
     allocator::{PageNumber, StoreReader},
     branch::{node::get_key, BranchNode},
     index::Index,
-    leaf::{self, node::LeafNode},
+    leaf::node::LeafNode,
     leaf_cache::LeafCache,
     Key,
 };
 
 pub(crate) mod bit_ops;
+pub mod overflow;
 mod reconstruction;
 mod update;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn partial_lookup(key: Key, bbn_index: &Index) -> Option<PageNumber> {
 pub fn finish_lookup(key: Key, leaf: &LeafNode, leaf_store: &StoreReader) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     leaf.get(&key).map(|(v, is_overflow)| {
         if is_overflow {
-            leaf::overflow::read(v, leaf_store)
+            overflow::read(v, leaf_store)
         } else {
             v.to_vec()
         }
diff --git a/nomt/src/beatree/leaf/overflow.rs b/nomt/src/beatree/ops/overflow.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from nomt/src/beatree/leaf/overflow.rs
rename to nomt/src/beatree/ops/overflow.rs
index 931d25b2..310e80ca 100644
--- a/nomt/src/beatree/leaf/overflow.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/beatree/ops/overflow.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
 use crate::{
     beatree::{
         allocator::{StoreReader, SyncAllocator},
+        leaf::node::MAX_OVERFLOW_CELL_NODE_POINTERS,
         PageNumber,
     },
     io::{page_pool::FatPage, IoCommand, IoHandle, IoKind, PagePool, PAGE_SIZE},
 };
 
-use super::node::MAX_OVERFLOW_CELL_NODE_POINTERS;
-
 const BODY_SIZE: usize = PAGE_SIZE - 4;
 const MAX_PNS: usize = BODY_SIZE / 4;
 const HEADER_SIZE: usize = 4;
diff --git a/nomt/src/beatree/ops/update/leaf_stage.rs b/nomt/src/beatree/ops/update/leaf_stage.rs
index 1275ddd6..f8544322 100644
--- a/nomt/src/beatree/ops/update/leaf_stage.rs
+++ b/nomt/src/beatree/ops/update/leaf_stage.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ use threadpool::ThreadPool;
 use crate::beatree::{
     allocator::{PageNumber, StoreReader, SyncAllocator},
     index::Index,
-    leaf::{node::LeafNode, overflow},
+    leaf::node::LeafNode,
     leaf_cache::LeafCache,
     ops::{
-        search_branch,
+        overflow, search_branch,
         update::{
             extend_range_protocol::{
                 request_range_extension, try_answer_left_neighbor, LeftNeighbor, RightNeighbor,