diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 81170e0e..ff4cb745 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ doc-check:
 
 build:
 	rm -rf build/ dist/
-	mv httpie/internal/_build_channel.py httpie/internal/_build_channel.py.original
-	echo 'BUILD_CHANNEL = "pip"' > httpie/internal/_build_channel.py
+	mv httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py.original
+	echo 'BUILD_CHANNEL = "pip"' > httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py
 	$(VENV_PYTHON) -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
-	mv httpie/internal/_build_channel.py.original httpie/internal/_build_channel.py
+	mv httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py.original httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py
 
 
 publish: test-all publish-no-test
diff --git a/extras/packaging/linux/Dockerfile b/extras/packaging/linux/Dockerfile
index 83db86f9..ea441fd6 100644
--- a/extras/packaging/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/extras/packaging/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN python -m pip install /app
 RUN python -m pip install pyinstaller wheel
 RUN python -m pip install --force-reinstall --upgrade pip
 
-RUN echo 'BUILD_CHANNEL="pypi"' > /app/httpie/internal/_build_channel.py
+RUN echo 'BUILD_CHANNEL="pypi"' > /app/httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py
 RUN python build.py
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["mv", "/app/extras/packaging/linux/dist/", "/artifacts"]
diff --git a/httpie/internal/_build_channel.py b/httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from httpie/internal/_build_channel.py
rename to httpie/internal/__build_channel__.py
diff --git a/httpie/internal/daemon_runner.py b/httpie/internal/daemon_runner.py
index 8b27068f..1998ba17 100644
--- a/httpie/internal/daemon_runner.py
+++ b/httpie/internal/daemon_runner.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from httpie.context import Environment
 from httpie.internal.update_warnings import _fetch_updates
 from httpie.status import ExitStatus
 
-STATUS_FILE = '.status'
+STATUS_FILE = '.httpie-test-daemon-status'
 
 
 def _check_status(env):
diff --git a/httpie/internal/daemons.py b/httpie/internal/daemons.py
index 16d33b12..bdf1be52 100644
--- a/httpie/internal/daemons.py
+++ b/httpie/internal/daemons.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+"""
+This module provides an interface to spawn a detached task to be
+runned with httpie.internal.daemon_runner on a separate process. It is
+based on DVC's daemon system.
+https://github.com/iterative/dvc/blob/main/dvc/daemon.py
+"""
+
 import inspect
 import os
 import platform
@@ -6,12 +13,8 @@ import httpie.__main__
 from contextlib import suppress
 from subprocess import Popen
 from typing import Dict, List
-from httpie.compat import is_frozen
+from httpie.compat import is_frozen, is_windows
 
-# This module provides an interface to spawn a detached task to be
-# runned with httpie.internal.daemon_runner on a separate process. It is
-# based on DVC's daemon system.
-# https://github.com/iterative/dvc/blob/main/dvc/daemon.py
 
 ProcessContext = Dict[str, str]
 
@@ -50,13 +53,15 @@ def _spawn_windows(cmd: List[str], process_context: ProcessContext) -> None:
 
 
 def _spawn_posix(args: List[str], process_context: ProcessContext) -> None:
-    from httpie.core import main
+    """
+    Perform a double fork procedure* to detach from the parent
+    process so that we don't block the user even if their original
+    command's execution is done but the release fetcher is not.
 
-    # Perform a double fork procedure* to detach from the parent
-    # process so that we don't block the user even if their original
-    # command's execution is done but the release fetcher is not.
-    #
-    # [1]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap11.html#tag_11_01_03
+    [1]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap11.html#tag_11_01_03
+    """
+
+    from httpie.core import main
 
     try:
         pid = os.fork()
@@ -94,6 +99,16 @@ def _spawn_posix(args: List[str], process_context: ProcessContext) -> None:
     os._exit(0)
 
 
+def _spawn(args: List[str], process_context: ProcessContext) -> None:
+    """
+    Spawn a new process to run the given command.
+    """
+    if is_windows:
+        _spawn_windows(args, process_context)
+    else:
+        _spawn_posix(args, process_context)
+
+
 def spawn_daemon(task: str) -> None:
     args = [task, '--daemon']
     process_context = os.environ.copy()
@@ -103,9 +118,4 @@ def spawn_daemon(task: str) -> None:
             os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(file_path))
         )
 
-    if os.name == 'nt':
-        # Windows lacks os.fork(), so we need to
-        # handle it separately.
-        _spawn_windows(args, process_context)
-    else:
-        _spawn_posix(args, process_context)
+    _spawn(args, process_context)
diff --git a/httpie/internal/update_warnings.py b/httpie/internal/update_warnings.py
index 9c8fd4c1..a4b80d46 100644
--- a/httpie/internal/update_warnings.py
+++ b/httpie/internal/update_warnings.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import requests
 
 import httpie
 from httpie.context import Environment, LogLevel
-from httpie.internal._build_channel import BUILD_CHANNEL
+from httpie.internal.__build_channel__ import BUILD_CHANNEL
 from httpie.internal.daemons import spawn_daemon
 from httpie.utils import is_version_greater, open_with_lockfile