diff --git a/src/tagstudio/renderers/blender.py b/src/tagstudio/renderers/blender.py
index 9e08347d..b8de3479 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/renderers/blender.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/renderers/blender.py
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ from PIL import Image
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
 from PySide6.QtGui import QGuiApplication
 
-from tagstudio.renderers.vendored.blender_renderer import (
-    blend_thumb,  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]
-)
+from tagstudio.renderers.vendored.blender_thumbnailer import blend_thumb
 
 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/src/tagstudio/renderers/vendored/blender_renderer.py b/src/tagstudio/renderers/vendored/blender_thumbnailer.py
similarity index 86%
rename from src/tagstudio/renderers/vendored/blender_renderer.py
rename to src/tagstudio/renderers/vendored/blender_thumbnailer.py
index ae57091a..8886bcbd 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/renderers/vendored/blender_renderer.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/renderers/vendored/blender_thumbnailer.py
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (c) 2017 The Blender Foundation
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (c) 2017 Blender Foundation
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (c) TagStudio Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
-## This file is a modified script that gets the thumbnail data stored in a blend file
-
+"""Extract an embedded thumbnail from a Blender file."""
 
 import gzip
 import os
 import struct
 from io import BufferedReader
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageOps
 
 
-def blend_extract_thumb(path) -> tuple[bytes | None, int, int]:
+def blend_extract_thumb(path: Path | str) -> tuple[bytes | None, int, int]:
     rend = b"REND"
     test = b"TEST"
 
-    blendfile: BufferedReader | gzip.GzipFile = open(path, "rb")  # noqa: SIM115
+    blendfile: BufferedReader | gzip.GzipFile = open(path, "rb")
 
     head = blendfile.read(12)
 
     if head[0:2] == b"\x1f\x8b":  # gzip magic
         blendfile.close()
-        blendfile = gzip.GzipFile("", "rb", 0, open(path, "rb"))  # noqa: SIM115
+        blendfile = gzip.GzipFile("", "rb", 0, open(path, "rb"))
         head = blendfile.read(12)
 
     if not head.startswith(b"BLENDER"):
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def blend_extract_thumb(path) -> tuple[bytes | None, int, int]:
     return image_buffer, x, y
 
 
-def blend_thumb(file_in) -> Image.Image | None:
+def blend_thumb(file_in: Path | str) -> Image.Image | None:
     buf, width, height = blend_extract_thumb(file_in)
     if buf is None:
         return None