diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e2be730f05ccabfb13de8afe062496e7f37368d9..637cf1c84c3abdba95088f07cdd79297d80c8d61 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # CONTRIBUTING
 
-SimpleJ is a manuscript submission system, based on the discontinued [xpub-collabra](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/xpub/xpub) project.
+Kotahi is a manuscript submission system, based on the discontinued [xpub-collabra](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/xpub/xpub) project.
 It is currently under development by the [Coko Foundation](https://coko.foundation/) and is being built with [PubSweet](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/pubsweet/pubsweet). We welcome people of all kinds to join the community and contribute with knowledge, skills, expertise. Everyone is welcome in our chat room (https://mattermost.coko.foundation/coko/channels/town-square).
 
-In order to contribute to SimpleJ, you're expected to follow a few sensible guidelines.
+In order to contribute to Kotahi, you're expected to follow a few sensible guidelines.
 
 ## Discuss your contribution before you build
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ For contributions made as discussions and suggestions, you can at any time open
 
 ## Branches
 
-We maintain master as the production branch and tag it with release names. If you wish to contribute to SimpleJ then you need to make a branch and then issue a pull request following this procedure:
+We maintain master as the production branch and tag it with release names. If you wish to contribute to Kotahi then you need to make a branch and then issue a pull request following this procedure:
 Create a user account on Coko's GitLab: http://gitlab.coko.foundation
 Clone master with `git clone git@gitlab.coko.foundation:simplej/simplej.git`
 Create a new branch and work off of that. Please name the branch which sensibly identifies the feature you are working on. You can push the branch to GitLab at anytime.
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ We use conventional commits and verify that commit messages match the pattern, y
 ## Bug reports, feature requests, support questions
 
 This is all done through GitLab using their native issue tracker
-Visit the master issue tracker for SimpleJ (https://gitlab.coko.foundation/simplej/simplej/issues)
+Visit the master issue tracker for Kotahi (https://gitlab.coko.foundation/simplej/simplej/issues)
 Tag the issue with 'support', 'bug', or 'feature' to identify the nature of your issue
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a30fa537414abe5a1499bec49a0fd65a647a061..dbe3c2d4edbd3520a0b370ec727aa84709c6de4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# SimpleJ
-SimpleJ is a manuscript submission system, based on the discontinued [xpub-collabra](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/xpub/xpub) project.
+# Kotahi
+Kotahi is a manuscript submission system, based on the discontinued [xpub-collabra](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/xpub/xpub) project.
 It is currently under development by the [Coko Foundation](https://coko.foundation/) and is being built with [Pubsweet](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/pubsweet/pubsweet).
 
 ## Installation
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e398f0d58051e11a65c262515b47e60876103e94..09e45ace0903dbf6c0840e7e50cb373495f0c2a1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "name": "SimpleJ",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "name": "Kotahi",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "SimpleJ - open journals",
+  "description": "Kotahi - open journals",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=9",
diff --git a/webpack/plugins.js b/webpack/plugins.js
index 9eac16ed92425ec318a6aa263838c67c17bfa35c..9a2c29675264d7660c14ee29a71d195f44e4c003 100644
--- a/webpack/plugins.js
+++ b/webpack/plugins.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = (opts = {}) => {
   if (opts.html) {
     plugins.push(
       new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-        title: 'SimpleJ - open journals',
+        title: 'Kotahi - open journals',
         template: '../app/index.ejs', // Load a custom template
       }),
     )