diff --git a/packages/run-protocol/scripts/init-core.js b/packages/run-protocol/scripts/init-core.js
index 6506639be090..70ea902d6151 100644
--- a/packages/run-protocol/scripts/init-core.js
+++ b/packages/run-protocol/scripts/init-core.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const mapValues = (obj, f) =>
   // @ts-ignore entries() loses the K type
   harden(fromEntries(entries(obj).map(([p, v]) => [p, f(v)])));
 
-const makeThingy = async (homeP, installCacheKey = 'installCache') => {
+const makeTool = async (homeP, installCacheKey = 'installCache') => {
   /** @type {CopyMap<string, {installation: Installation, boardId: string, path?: string}>} */
   const initial = await provide(E.get(homeP).scratch, installCacheKey, () =>
     makeCopyMap([]),
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ export const defaultProposalBuilder = async ({ publishRef, install }) => {
 export default async (homeP, endowments) => {
   const { writeCoreProposal } = await makeHelpers(homeP, endowments);
 
-  const thingy = await makeThingy(homeP);
+  const tool = await makeTool(homeP);
   await Promise.all([
-    writeCoreProposal('gov-econ-committee', thingy.committeeProposalBuilder),
-    writeCoreProposal('gov-amm-vaults-etc', thingy.mainProposalBuilder),
+    writeCoreProposal('gov-econ-committee', tool.committeeProposalBuilder),
+    writeCoreProposal('gov-amm-vaults-etc', tool.mainProposalBuilder),
   ]);
 };