diff --git a/make_dev_container.sh b/make_dev_container.sh
index 3410c24bdb974d7e0c336c4ee3f387d6d8bdb18a..7cc3a74a8c9c269af47712a5e6fd663d6d67fa45 100755
--- a/make_dev_container.sh
+++ b/make_dev_container.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
-CONTAINER_NAME=${1:-symposion_app}
+IMAGE_NAME=${1:-symposion_app}
 
 if [ -e ./symposion-tools ]; then
     pushd ./symposion-tools
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ if [ -e ./symposion-tools ]; then
     popd
 fi
 
-docker image build -f docker/Dockerfile -t ${CONTAINER_NAME} --target symposion_dev .
+docker image build -f docker/Dockerfile -t ${IMAGE_NAME} --target symposion_dev .
 docker container stop symposion
 docker container rm symposion
-docker container create --env-file docker/laptop-mode-env -p 28000:8000 -v $(pwd):/app/symposion_app --name symposion ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+docker container create --env-file docker/laptop-mode-env -p 28000:8000 -v $(pwd):/app/symposion_app --name symposion ${IMAGE_NAME}
 docker container start symposion
 ## When we started the container and mounted . into /app/symposion_app, it hides the static/build directory
 ## As a kludge, re-run collectstatic to recreate it