diff --git a/kms/kmspeers.go b/kms/kmspeers.go
index 67d2bdb61f4a33d33ee9aecc25230e1583758041..9a37de516d344f343d1420a6193393e96f213963 100644
--- a/kms/kmspeers.go
+++ b/kms/kmspeers.go
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ import (
 type KmsPeerStatus int16
 
 const (
-	kmsPeerUp      KmsPeerStatus = iota // peer was seen up lately
-	kmsPeerDown                         // peer not reachable anymore
-	kmsPeerPending                      // peer was added and has to be succesfully contacted once
-	kmsPeerUnknown                      // not known, not initialized
+	KmsPeerUp      KmsPeerStatus = iota // peer was seen up lately
+	KmsPeerDown                         // peer not reachable anymore
+	KmsPeerPending                      // peer was added and has to be succesfully contacted once
+	KmsPeerUnknown                      // not known, not initialized
 )
 
 type kmsPeerInfo interface {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (ph *kmsPeer) PeerHandler(kmsName string) {
 	r, err := c.ETSICapabilities(ctx, &pb.ETSICapabilitiesRequest{MyKmsName: kmsName})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("could not greet: %v", err)
-		ph.peerStatus = kmsPeerDown
+		ph.peerStatus = KmsPeerDown
 		// Send notification about change
 		if ph.externalNotifierKMSPeer != nil {
 			ph.externalNotifierKMSPeer <- ph.tcpSocketStr
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (ph *kmsPeer) PeerHandler(kmsName string) {
 		return
 	}
 	// Works and peer moves to kmsPeerUp
-	ph.peerStatus = kmsPeerUp
+	ph.peerStatus = KmsPeerUp
 
 	// Send notification about change
 	if ph.externalNotifierKMSPeer != nil {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (ph *kmsPeer) PeerHandler(kmsName string) {
 		_, err := c.ETSICapabilities(ctx, &pb.ETSICapabilitiesRequest{MyKmsName: kmsName})
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("could not greet: %v", err)
-			ph.peerStatus = kmsPeerDown
+			ph.peerStatus = KmsPeerDown
 			// Send notification about change
 			if ph.externalNotifierKMSPeer != nil {
 				ph.externalNotifierKMSPeer <- ph.tcpSocketStr