diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 544a1c3910d75d35833e520cfa22d5cd99849790..25e819a9ff2cfbf3c874d1865c8a5a0feb93b68f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)
-PROJECT(detector_template
+PROJECT(reference_detector
   VERSION 0.0.1
   LANGUAGES CXX
   DESCRIPTION "A template dd4hep+acts detector"