diff --git a/infer/src/backend/DB.ml b/infer/src/backend/DB.ml
index 7b5b8064b..c74696fb6 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/DB.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/DB.ml
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ let source_file_encoding source_file =
       let crc = CRC.crc16 dir in
       base ^ "." ^ crc
 
+(** covert a long filename to a short ones by truncating the name and adding a hash *)
+let get_short_filename filename =
+  let cutoff_length = 100 in (** if longer than cutoff, cut it and append CRC *)
+  let name_up_to_cutoff =
+    if String.length filename <= cutoff_length
+    then filename
+    else String.sub filename 0 cutoff_length in
+  let crc_str = CRC.crc16 filename in
+  name_up_to_cutoff ^ ":" ^ crc_str
+
 let source_file_empty = Absolute ""
 
 (** current source file *)
@@ -118,7 +128,8 @@ let source_dir_to_string source_dir = source_dir
 
 (** get the path to an internal file with the given extention (.cfg, .cg, .tenv) *)
 let source_dir_get_internal_file source_dir extension =
-  let source_dir_name = Filename.chop_extension (Filename.basename source_dir) in
+  let source_dir_name =
+    get_short_filename (Filename.chop_extension (Filename.basename source_dir)) in
   let fname = source_dir_name ^ extension in
   Filename.concat source_dir fname
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/DB.mli b/infer/src/backend/DB.mli
index 4aa754986..b0bdcb7f3 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/DB.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/DB.mli
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ val source_dir_from_source_file : source_file -> source_dir
 (** get the path to the copy of the source file to be stored in the results directory *)
 val source_file_in_resdir : source_file -> filename
 
+(** covert a long filename to a short ones by truncating the name and adding a hash *)
+val get_short_filename : string -> string
+
 (** directory where the results of the capture phase are stored *)
 val captured_dir : unit -> filename
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/procname.ml b/infer/src/backend/procname.ml
index ba221ba01..6ff7076d8 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/procname.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/procname.ml
@@ -449,14 +449,7 @@ let to_simplified_string ?(withclass = false) p =
 
 (** Convert a proc name to a filename *)
 let to_filename (pn : proc_name) =
-  let cutoff_length = 100 in (** if longer than cutoff, cut it and append CRC *)
-  let name = to_unique_id pn in
-  let pname_up_to_cutoff =
-    if String.length name <= cutoff_length
-    then name
-    else String.sub name 0 cutoff_length in
-  let crc_str = CRC.crc16 name in
-  pname_up_to_cutoff ^ ":" ^ crc_str
+  DB.get_short_filename (to_unique_id pn)
 
 (** Pretty print a proc name *)
 let pp f pn =