diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes-config.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/middlewares.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/medusa/src/api/routes-config.ts
rename to packages/medusa/src/api/middlewares.ts
index f66361ef43..ea6b7a82e0 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes-config.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/middlewares.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineRoutesConfig } from "../utils/define-routes-config"
+import { defineMiddlewares } from "../utils/define-middlewares"
 import { adminApiKeyRoutesMiddlewares } from "./admin/api-keys/middlewares"
 import { adminCampaignRoutesMiddlewares } from "./admin/campaigns/middlewares"
 import { adminCollectionRoutesMiddlewares } from "./admin/collections/middlewares"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import { storeReturnReasonRoutesMiddlewares } from "./store/return-reasons/middl
 import { storeShippingOptionRoutesMiddlewares } from "./store/shipping-options/middlewares"
 import { adminReturnRoutesMiddlewares } from "./admin/returns/middlewares"
 
-export default defineRoutesConfig([
+export default defineMiddlewares([
   ...adminCustomerGroupRoutesMiddlewares,
   ...adminCustomerRoutesMiddlewares,
   ...adminPromotionRoutesMiddlewares,
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-error-handler/routes-config.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-error-handler/middlewares.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-error-handler/routes-config.ts
rename to packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-error-handler/middlewares.ts
index 7653c55588..1ca12d184f 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-error-handler/routes-config.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-error-handler/middlewares.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { defineRoutesConfig } from "../../../../../utils/define-routes-config"
+import { defineMiddlewares } from "../../../../../utils/define-middlewares"
 
-export default defineRoutesConfig({
+export default defineMiddlewares({
   errorHandler: (err, _req, res, _next) => {
     const { code, message } = err
 
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-middleware/routes-config.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-middleware/middlewares.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-middleware/routes-config.ts
rename to packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-middleware/middlewares.ts
index 1b47438b04..c8ca5aa185 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-middleware/routes-config.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/__fixtures__/routers-middleware/middlewares.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   customersGlobalMiddlewareMock,
   storeGlobalMiddlewareMock,
 } from "../mocks"
-import { defineRoutesConfig } from "../../../../../utils/define-routes-config"
+import { defineMiddlewares } from "../../../../../utils/define-middlewares"
 
 const customersGlobalMiddleware = (
   req: Request,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const storeGlobal = (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
   next()
 }
 
-export default defineRoutesConfig([
+export default defineMiddlewares([
   {
     matcher: "/customers",
     middlewares: [customersGlobalMiddleware],
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/index.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/index.ts
index 60189b4575..ed9c520395 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/routing/index.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const AUTHTHENTICATE = "AUTHENTICATE"
 /**
  * File name for the global middlewares file
  */
-const ROUTES_CONFIG_FILENAME = "routes-config"
+const MIDDLEWARES_NAME = "middlewares"
 
 const pathSegmentReplacer = {
   "\\[\\.\\.\\.\\]": () => `*`,
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class RoutesLoader {
     if (!config?.routes && !config?.errorHandler) {
       log({
         activityId: this.activityId,
-        message: `Empty routes config. Skipping configuration.`,
+        message: `Empty middleware config. Skipping middleware application.`,
       })
 
       return
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ export class RoutesLoader {
   }) {
     const files = await readdir(dirPath)
 
-    const routesConfigFiles = files
+    const middlewareFilePath = files
       .filter((path) => {
         if (
           this.excludes.length &&
@@ -431,18 +431,18 @@ export class RoutesLoader {
         return true
       })
       .find((file) => {
-        return file.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") === ROUTES_CONFIG_FILENAME
+        return file.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "") === MIDDLEWARES_NAME
       })
 
-    if (!routesConfigFiles) {
+    if (!middlewareFilePath) {
       log({
         activityId: this.activityId,
-        message: `No routes config file found in ${dirPath}. Skipping configuration.`,
+        message: `No middleware files found in ${dirPath}. Skipping middleware configuration.`,
       })
       return
     }
 
-    const absolutePath = join(dirPath, routesConfigFiles)
+    const absolutePath = join(dirPath, middlewareFilePath)
 
     try {
       await import(absolutePath).then((import_) => {
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ export class RoutesLoader {
         if (!middlewaresConfig) {
           log({
             activityId: this.activityId,
-            message: `No routes config file found in ${absolutePath}. Skipping configuration.`,
+            message: `No middleware configuration found in ${absolutePath}. Skipping middleware configuration.`,
           })
           return
         }
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ export class RoutesLoader {
     } catch (error) {
       log({
         activityId: this.activityId,
-        message: `Failed to load routes configuration from ${absolutePath}. Skipping configuration.`,
+        message: `Failed to load middleware configuration in ${absolutePath}. Skipping middleware configuration.`,
       })
 
       return
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/utils/__tests__/define-routes-config.spec.ts b/packages/medusa/src/utils/__tests__/define-routes-config.spec.ts
index 66776609b5..632020d4d8 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/utils/__tests__/define-routes-config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/utils/__tests__/define-routes-config.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import zod from "zod"
-import { defineRoutesConfig } from "../define-routes-config"
+import { defineMiddlewares } from "../define-middlewares"
 import { MedusaRequest, MedusaResponse } from "../../types/routing"
 
-describe("defineRoutesConfig", function () {
+describe("defineMiddlewares", function () {
   test("define custom middleware for a route", () => {
-    const config = defineRoutesConfig([
+    const config = defineMiddlewares([
       {
         matcher: "/admin/products",
         middlewares: [() => {}],
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe("defineRoutesConfig", function () {
       brand_id: zod.string(),
     })
 
-    const config = defineRoutesConfig([
+    const config = defineMiddlewares([
       {
         matcher: "/admin/products",
         extendedValidators: {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe("defineRoutesConfig", function () {
       brand_id: zod.string(),
     })
 
-    const config = defineRoutesConfig([
+    const config = defineMiddlewares([
       {
         matcher: "/admin/products",
         extendedValidators: {
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/utils/define-routes-config.ts b/packages/medusa/src/utils/define-middlewares.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/medusa/src/utils/define-routes-config.ts
rename to packages/medusa/src/utils/define-middlewares.ts
index 803d5aad99..7b2a4da2a8 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/utils/define-routes-config.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/utils/define-middlewares.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
  * bodyparser config and validators to be merged with the pre-existing
  * route validators.
  */
-export function defineRoutesConfig<
+export function defineMiddlewares<
   Route extends {
     method?: MiddlewareVerb | MiddlewareVerb[]
     matcher: string | RegExp
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/medusa/src/utils/index.ts
index 271d85e5d3..6ddfc3036b 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ export * from "./clean-response-data"
 export * from "./exception-formatter"
 export * from "./middlewares"
 export * from "./omit-deep"
-export * from "./define-routes-config"
+export * from "./define-middlewares"
 export * from "./remove-undefined-properties"