diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb803abd..7bffb426 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ klab debug <hash>
 
 klab comes with a set of pre-defined K rewrite rules, additional to the ones
 defined in [evm-semantics](https://github.com/kframework/evm-semantics). They
-are located in `resources/rules.k`.
+are located in `resources/rules.k.tmpl`.
 
 ### Key Bindings
 
diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index a05d0f0d..a1fcc7be 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ endmodule
     .join("\n")
 
   const rules_k = rules_template([
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../resources/rules.k")).toString(),
+    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../resources/rules.k.tmpl")).toString(),
     rules
   ])
   const rules_path = path.join(KLAB_OUT, "rules.k");
diff --git a/resources/rules.k b/resources/rules.k.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/rules.k
rename to resources/rules.k.tmpl