diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f92d0a7fd39bb11622429c361a74cfa391d5ec7..4d176be0e3a85fd0777c8d4959283d953fee5b2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 # project info
-project(cell_algorithms)
+project(arbor)
 enable_language(CXX)
 
 # Hide warnings about mixing old and new signatures for target_link_libraries.