diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a8e3ac1..b5ef99a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories = ["command-line-utilities", "development-tools", "development-tools:
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [lib]
-name = "libpt"
+name = "pt"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/bin/main/mod.rs b/src/bin/main/mod.rs
index 8306d32..5a68971 100644
--- a/src/bin/main/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! # Main executable of pt
 //!
-//! This module contains all code specific to the executable version of [`libpt`]: [`pt`](crate).
+//! This module contains all code specific to the executable version of [`pt`]: [`pt`](crate).
 //!
 //!
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #![warn(clippy::pedantic)]
 
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-use libpt::networking::monitoring::uptime;
+use pt::networking::monitoring::uptime;
 
 // we want the log macros in any case
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ pub fn main() {
     if cli.log_meta {
         // set up our logger to use the given verbosity
         env_logger::Builder::new()
-            .filter_module("libpt", cli.verbose.log_level_filter())
+            .filter_module("pt", cli.verbose.log_level_filter())
             .init();
     }
     else {
         // set up our logger to use the given verbosity
         env_logger::Builder::new()
-            .filter_module("libpt", cli.verbose.log_level_filter())
+            .filter_module("pt", cli.verbose.log_level_filter())
             .format_level(false)
             .format_target(false)
             .format_timestamp(None)
diff --git a/src/logger/mod.rs b/src/logger/mod.rs
index e208be4..e3878bc 100644
--- a/src/logger/mod.rs
+++ b/src/logger/mod.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-//! # A specialized Logger for [`libpt`](crate)
+//! # A specialized Logger for [`pt`](crate)
 //!
 //! For the library version, only the basic [`log`] is used, so that it is possible for
 //! the end user to use the [`log`] frontend they desire.
 //!
 //! I did however decide to create a [`Logger`] struct. This struct is mainly intended to be used
-//! with the python module of [`libpt`](crate), but is still just as usable in other contexts.
+//! with the python module of [`pt`](crate), but is still just as usable in other contexts.
 //!
 //! ## Technologies used for logging:
 //! - [`log`]: base logging crate
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub const LOGGER_ENV_KEY: &'static str = "LIBPT_LOGLEVEL";
 static INITIALIZED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 
 //// STRUCTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-/// ## Logger for [`libpt`](crate)
+/// ## Logger for [`pt`](crate)
 ///
 /// This struct exists mainly for the python module, so that we can use the same logger with both
 /// python and rust.
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index fe386dc..658af0e 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 /// These tests will not go very in depth
 
 // IMPORTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-use libpt;
+use pt;
 
-/// ## check if libpt is loaded
+/// ## check if pt is loaded
 #[test]
-fn test_libpt_is_loaded() {
-    assert!(libpt::is_loaded())
+fn test_pt_is_loaded() {
+    assert!(pt::is_loaded())
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_logger_struct.rs b/tests/test_logger_struct.rs
index 410af53..a635c40 100644
--- a/tests/test_logger_struct.rs
+++ b/tests/test_logger_struct.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-//! # Tests for libpt::logger::Logger
+//! # Tests for pt::logger::Logger
 //!
 //! Note: the module uses a global variable to store if the thread has 
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// ## Tests for basic logging functionality
-use libpt::logger::*;
-use libpt::common::macros::get_stdout_for;
+use pt::logger::*;
+use pt::common::macros::get_stdout_for;
 
 use regex::Regex;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fn test_log_basic() {
     // else the ANSI escape sequences break this test
     let regex = Regex::new(concat!(
         r"(?m)\[\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}Z ",
-        r"(TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR) +libpt::logger\] MSG"
+        r"(TRACE|DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR) +pt::logger\] MSG"
     ))
     .unwrap();