diff --git a/src/apps/cli.py b/src/apps/cli.py
index 22e5bd7c..8800864d 100644
--- a/src/apps/cli.py
+++ b/src/apps/cli.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def translate(args):
     proc = sp.run(
       [
         "nix", "build", "--impure", "-L", "--expr",
-        f"(import {dream2nix_src} {{}}).fetchSources {{ genericLock = {output}; }}"
+        f"(import {dream2nix_src} {{}}).fetchSources {{ dreamLock = {output}; }}"
       ],
       capture_output=True,
     )
diff --git a/src/builders/python/simple-builder/default.nix b/src/builders/python/simple-builder/default.nix
index 1943101d..167a1cdd 100644
--- a/src/builders/python/simple-builder/default.nix
+++ b/src/builders/python/simple-builder/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 {
   fetchedSources,
-  genericLock,
+  dreamLock,
 }:
 
 let
-  python = pkgs."${genericLock.buildSystem.pythonAttr}";
+  python = pkgs."${dreamLock.buildSystem.pythonAttr}";
 in
 
 python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage {
diff --git a/src/default.nix b/src/default.nix
index 3e09cff7..649e07f9 100644
--- a/src/default.nix
+++ b/src/default.nix
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ rec {
 
 
   # automatically find a suitable builder for a given generic lock
-  findBuilder = genericLock:
+  findBuilder = dreamLock:
     let
-      buildSystem = genericLock.generic.buildSystem;
+      buildSystem = dreamLock.generic.buildSystem;
     in
       builders."${buildSystem}".default;
 
 
   # detect if granular or combined fetching must be used
-  findFetcher = genericLock:
-      if null != genericLock.generic.sourcesCombinedHash then
+  findFetcher = dreamLock:
+      if null != dreamLock.generic.sourcesCombinedHash then
         fetchers.combinedFetcher
       else
         fetchers.defaultFetcher;
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ rec {
 
   fetchSources =
     {
-      genericLock,
-      builder ? findBuilder (parseLock genericLock),
-      fetcher ? findFetcher (parseLock genericLock),
+      dreamLock,
+      builder ? findBuilder (parseLock dreamLock),
+      fetcher ? findFetcher (parseLock dreamLock),
       sourceOverrides ? oldSources: {},
     }:
     let
       # if generic lock is a file, read and parse it
-      genericLock' = (parseLock genericLock);
+      dreamLock' = (parseLock dreamLock);
       fetched = fetcher {
-        sources = genericLock'.sources;
-        sourcesCombinedHash = genericLock'.generic.sourcesCombinedHash;
+        sources = dreamLock'.sources;
+        sourcesCombinedHash = dreamLock'.generic.sourcesCombinedHash;
       };
       sourcesToReplace = sourceOverrides fetched.fetchedSources;
       sourcesOverridden = lib.mapAttrs (pname: source:
@@ -101,17 +101,17 @@ rec {
   # automatically build package defined by generic lock
   buildPackage = 
     {
-      genericLock,
-      builder ? findBuilder (parseLock genericLock),
-      fetcher ? findFetcher (parseLock genericLock),
+      dreamLock,
+      builder ? findBuilder (parseLock dreamLock),
+      fetcher ? findFetcher (parseLock dreamLock),
       sourceOverrides ? oldSources: {},
     }@args:
     let
       # if generic lock is a file, read and parse it
-      genericLock' = (parseLock genericLock);
+      dreamLock' = (parseLock dreamLock);
     in
     builder {
-      genericLock = genericLock';
+      dreamLock = dreamLock';
       fetchedSources = (fetchSources args).fetchedSources;
     };
    
diff --git a/src/translators/python/impure/pip/generate-generic-lock.py b/src/translators/python/impure/pip/generate-generic-lock.py
index 8284955a..07fef8db 100644
--- a/src/translators/python/impure/pip/generate-generic-lock.py
+++ b/src/translators/python/impure/pip/generate-generic-lock.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
   # create generic lock
-  generic_lock = dict(
+  dream_lock = dict(
     sources={},
     generic={
       "buildSystem": "python",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def main():
 
   # populate sources of generic lock
   for pname, data in packages.items():
-    generic_lock['sources'][pname] = dict(
+    dream_lock['sources'][pname] = dict(
       url=data['url'],
       hash=data['sha256'],
       type='fetchurl',
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def main():
   # dump generic lock to stdout (json)
   print(jsonInput['outputFile'])
   with open(jsonInput['outputFile'], 'w') as lock:
-    json.dump(generic_lock, lock, indent=2)
+    json.dump(dream_lock, lock, indent=2)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":