diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9f85bc1706274592885b56c8c4c3c1cb0e7e2ef5..80a5000df0eeda53c3723764fd5723bfffd20ef4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ style:
     - pydocstyle --version
     - ruff .
     - black --check --diff .
-    - pydocstyle mpsd-software-environment.py
+    - pydocstyle mpsd-software.py
     - pydocstyle tests.py
     # we could also use `ruff --select D` for pycodestyle. But the behaviour is not exactly the same.
 
diff --git a/mpsd-software-environment.py b/mpsd-software.py
similarity index 99%
rename from mpsd-software-environment.py
rename to mpsd-software.py
index c557b3686182c3b0b95f0a55efe8f0cd3d1e6bf5..3c3a2ccaae8acbce33f7351dbc8806f98baa6317 100755
--- a/mpsd-software-environment.py
+++ b/mpsd-software.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-"""mpsd-software-environment: tool for installation of toolchains."""
+"""mpsd-software: tool for installation of software as on MPSD HPC."""
 
 import argparse
 import datetime
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index f8c0a106d99a6d867fe8807c40080b1d299b02b7..ebe138058ada1161b244de4aa00e508308a043c1 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import datetime
 
 import pytest
 
-mod = importlib.import_module("mpsd-software-environment")
+mod = importlib.import_module("mpsd-software")
 
 # set loglevel to debug - useful for understanding problems.
 # (if the tests pass, pytest doesn't show any output)