diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/create-demo-records.sh b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/create-demo-records.sh
index 5a5dc34c..a95d73bd 100755
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/create-demo-records.sh
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-registry-cli/create-demo-records.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
   set -x
 fi
 
-registry_command="laconic cns"
+registry_command="laconic registry"
 demo_records_dir="scripts/demo-records"
 
 # Check we have funds
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconic-loaded/README.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconic-loaded/README.md
index 94f9eb36..6d0f82a6 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconic-loaded/README.md
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconic-loaded/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-laconic-loaded deploy logs
 ```
 ## 6. Test with the Registry CLI
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-laconic-loaded deploy exec cli "laconic cns status"
+$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-laconic-loaded deploy exec cli "laconic registry status"
 ```
 ## 7. View the laconic console
 Get the URL for the console web app with this command (the port number will be different for each deployment):
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
index 1b04b875..d939d0a4 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/fixturenet-laconicd/README.md
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ $ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-laconicd deploy logs
 ```
 ## 6. Test with the Registry CLI
 ```
-$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-laconicd deploy exec cli "laconic cns status"
+$ laconic-so --stack fixturenet-laconicd deploy exec cli "laconic registry status"
 ```
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
index 5c484ed1..822eca4e 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def __init__(self, config_file, log_file=None):
         )
 
     def list_records(self, criteria={}, all=False):
-        args = ["laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "cns", "record", "list"]
+        args = ["laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "registry", "record", "list"]
 
         if all:
             args.append("--all")
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def resolve(self, name):
         if name in self.cache.name_or_id:
             return self.cache.name_or_id[name]
 
-        args = ["laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "cns", "name", "resolve", name]
+        args = ["laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "registry", "name", "resolve", name]
 
         parsed = [AttrDict(r) for r in json.loads(logged_cmd(self.log_file, *args))]
         if parsed:
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def get_record(self, name_or_id, require=False):
             "laconic",
             "-c",
             self.config_file,
-            "cns",
+            "registry",
             "record",
             "get",
             "--id",
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ def publish(self, record, names=[]):
             print(open(record_fname, 'r').read(), file=self.log_file)
 
             new_record_id = json.loads(
-                logged_cmd(self.log_file, "laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "cns", "record", "publish", "--filename", record_fname)
+                logged_cmd(self.log_file, "laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "registry",
+                           "record", "publish", "--filename", record_fname)
             )["id"]
             for name in names:
                 self.set_name(name, new_record_id)
@@ -212,10 +213,10 @@ def publish(self, record, names=[]):
             logged_cmd(self.log_file, "rm", "-rf", tmpdir)
 
     def set_name(self, name, record_id):
-        logged_cmd(self.log_file, "laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "cns", "name", "set", name, record_id)
+        logged_cmd(self.log_file, "laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "registry", "name", "set", name, record_id)
 
     def delete_name(self, name):
-        logged_cmd(self.log_file, "laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "cns", "name", "delete", name)
+        logged_cmd(self.log_file, "laconic", "-c", self.config_file, "registry", "name", "delete", name)
 
 
 def file_hash(filename):