diff --git a/cluster/delegate.go b/cluster/delegate.go
index 3e73267..d8d632d 100644
--- a/cluster/delegate.go
+++ b/cluster/delegate.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (n *delegateNode) NotifyConflict(node, other *memberlist.Node) {
 // Metadata is provided by the local node settings, encoding is handled
 // by the node implementation directly
 func (n *delegateNode) NodeMeta(limit int) []byte {
-	encoded, err := n.Encode(limit)
+	encoded, err := n.EncodeMeta(limit)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("failed to encode local node: %s", err)
 		return nil
diff --git a/common/node.go b/common/node.go
index 4babcc2..b2e8f2b 100644
--- a/common/node.go
+++ b/common/node.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ func (n *Node) String() string {
 	return n.Addr.String()
 }
 
-// Encode the node metadata to bytes, in a deterministic reversible way
-func (n *Node) Encode(limit int) ([]byte, error) {
+// EncodeMeta the node metadata to bytes, in a deterministic reversible way
+func (n *Node) EncodeMeta(limit int) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	if err := gob.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(n.nodeMeta); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not encode local state")
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ func (n *Node) Encode(limit int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
-// Decode the node Meta field into its metadata
-func (n *Node) Decode() error {
+// DecodeMeta the node Meta field into its metadata
+func (n *Node) DecodeMeta() error {
 	// TODO: we blindly trust the info we get from the peers; We should be more defensive to limit the damage a leaked
 	// PSK can cause.
 	nm := nodeMeta{}
diff --git a/common/node_test.go b/common/node_test.go
index 240677f..0d66af8 100644
--- a/common/node_test.go
+++ b/common/node_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ func Test_Node_Encode_Decode(t *testing.T) {
 				PubKey:      pubKey,
 			},
 		}
-		encoded, _ := node.Encode(1024)
+		encoded, _ := node.EncodeMeta(1024)
 		new := Node{Meta: encoded}
-		new.Decode()
+		new.DecodeMeta()
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(node.nodeMeta, new.nodeMeta) {
 			t.Errorf("node encoding then decoding mismatch: %s / %s", node.nodeMeta, new.nodeMeta)
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2a1655a..f15fc95 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func main() {
 			hosts := make(map[string][]string, len(rawNodes))
 			logrus.Info("cluster members:\n")
 			for _, node := range rawNodes {
-				if err := node.Decode(); err != nil {
+				if err := node.DecodeMeta(); err != nil {
 					logrus.Warnf("\t addr: %s, could not decode metadata", node.Addr)
 					continue
 				}