diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3828bdc..3319003 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ sudo bash /distillery/system_update.sh
 
 A new WissKI instance consists of several components:
 
-- A Drupal instance inside a lightweight php runtime container
+- A Drupal instance inside a lightweight php runtime container (a `barrel` in which to store WissKI)
 - An entry in the SQL bookkeeping table that stores instance meta-data
 - An SQL database and user for Drupal
 - A GraphDB repository and user as SPARQL endpoint
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ __1. Create a new docker-compose.yml file__
 
 In this step we first create a directory on the real system to hold all files relating to this instance. 
 By default, this takes place inside `/var/www/deploy/instances/$DOMAIN`, but this can be configured. 
-We then create a docker-compose file in this directory that is ready for running the runtime container. 
+We then create a docker-compose file in this directory that is ready for running the `barrel` container. 
 
 __2. Create an appropriate SQL database and user__
 
diff --git a/distillery/provision.sh b/distillery/provision.sh
index a390fb0..12cbd5f 100755
--- a/distillery/provision.sh
+++ b/distillery/provision.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ DRUPAL_PASS="$(randompw)"
 
 # TODO: copy over docker-compose into the right directory
 log_info " => Creating instance directory"
-install_resource_dir "compose/runtime" "$INSTANCE_BASE_DIR"
+install_resource_dir "compose/barrel" "$INSTANCE_BASE_DIR"
 
 # Log all the details into the bookeeping database
 log_info "=> Storing configuration in bookkeeping table"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ sql_bookkeep_insert \
     "\"${SLUG}\",\"${INSTANCE_BASE_DIR}\",\"${MYSQL_DATABASE}\",\"${MYSQL_USER}\",\"${MYSQL_PASSWORD}\",\"${GRAPHDB_REPO}\",\"${GRAPHDB_USER}\",\"${GRAPHDB_PASSWORD}\""
 
 log_info " => Writing configuration file"
-load_template "docker-env/runtime" \
+load_template "docker-env/barrel" \
     "REAL_PATH" "${INSTANCE_DATA_DIR}" \
     "VIRTUAL_HOST" "${INSTANCE_DOMAIN}" \
     "LETSENCRYPT_HOST" "${LETSENCRYPT_HOST}" \
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ docker-compose build --pull
 docker-compose pull
 
 log_info " => Running provision script"
-docker-compose run --rm runtime /bin/bash -c "sudo PATH=\$PATH -u www-data /bin/bash /provision_container.sh \
+docker-compose run --rm barrel /bin/bash -c "sudo PATH=\$PATH -u www-data /bin/bash /provision_container.sh \
     \"${INSTANCE_DOMAIN}\" \
     \"${MYSQL_DATABASE}\" \"${MYSQL_USER}\" \"${MYSQL_PASSWORD}\" \
     \"${GRAPHDB_REPO}\" \"${GRAPHDB_USER}\" \"${GRAPHDB_PASSWORD}\" \
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/.dockerignore b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.dockerignore
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/.dockerignore
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.dockerignore
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/.env.sample b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.env.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/.env.sample
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/.env.sample
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/Dockerfile b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/Dockerfile
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/Dockerfile
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/conf/ports.conf b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/ports.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/conf/ports.conf
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/ports.conf
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/conf/wisski.conf b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/wisski.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/conf/wisski.conf
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/conf/wisski.conf
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/docker-compose.yml b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/docker-compose.yml
similarity index 97%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/docker-compose.yml
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/docker-compose.yml
index d5997e3..62320bf 100644
--- a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.7"
 
 services:
-  runtime:
+  barrel:
     build: .
     restart: always
     environment:
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/patch/easyrdf.patch b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/patch/easyrdf.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/patch/easyrdf.patch
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/patch/easyrdf.patch
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/scripts/entrypoint.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/scripts/entrypoint.sh
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/scripts/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/distillery/resources/compose/runtime/scripts/provision_container.sh b/distillery/resources/compose/barrel/scripts/provision_container.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/compose/runtime/scripts/provision_container.sh
rename to distillery/resources/compose/barrel/scripts/provision_container.sh
diff --git a/distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/runtime b/distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/barrel
similarity index 100%
rename from distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/runtime
rename to distillery/resources/templates/docker-env/barrel
diff --git a/distillery/shell.sh b/distillery/shell.sh
index 6ce8c7a..5ccc352 100644
--- a/distillery/shell.sh
+++ b/distillery/shell.sh
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ read -r INSTANCE_BASE_DIR MYSQL_DATABASE MYSQL_USER GRAPHDB_REPO GRAPHDB_USER <<
 cd "$INSTANCE_BASE_DIR"
 
 # and open a www-data shell
-docker-compose exec runtime /bin/bash -c "cd /var/www/data/project; sudo -u www-data /bin/bash"
+docker-compose exec barrel /bin/bash -c "cd /var/www/data/project; sudo -u www-data /bin/bash"