diff --git a/cadetrdm/repositories.py b/cadetrdm/repositories.py
index 383c8ec11b5d3beed707965d0b0e692dd7e58f66..87c0e33bf6e281bb134f4728d6b0d760af66680a 100644
--- a/cadetrdm/repositories.py
+++ b/cadetrdm/repositories.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class ProjectRepo(BaseRepo):
         full_path = os.path.join(self.working_dir, path)
         return full_path
 
-    def load_previous_results(self, branch_name, file_path):
+    def load_previous_output(self, branch_name, file_path):
         """
         Load previously generated results to iterate upon.
         :param branch_name:
diff --git a/tests/test_git_adapter.py b/tests/test_git_adapter.py
index ef8f91e13b047e69a3984aa82eaea82313637f35..5b4829cbb99b4dd9ea4c31bc437105c8163d77d7 100644
--- a/tests/test_git_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/test_git_adapter.py
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ def try_commit_results_with_uncommitted_code_changes(path_to_repo):
     repo.commit("add code to print random number", add_all=True)
 
 
-def try_load_previous_result(path_to_repo, branch_name):
+def try_load_previous_output(path_to_repo, branch_name):
     repo = ProjectRepo(path_to_repo)
     with repo.track_results(results_commit_message="Load array and extend"):
-        cached_array_path = repo.load_previous_results(branch_name=branch_name,
-                                                       file_path="result.csv")
+        cached_array_path = repo.load_previous_output(branch_name=branch_name,
+                                                      file_path="result.csv")
         previous_array = np.loadtxt(cached_array_path, delimiter=",")
         extended_array = np.concatenate([previous_array, previous_array])
         extended_array_file_path = os.path.join(path_to_repo, repo.output_folder, "extended_result.csv")
@@ -152,4 +152,4 @@ def test_cadet_rdm(path_to_repo):
     try_commit_results_with_uncommitted_code_changes(path_to_repo)
 
     results_branch_name = try_commit_results_data(path_to_repo)
-    try_load_previous_result(path_to_repo, results_branch_name)
+    try_load_previous_output(path_to_repo, results_branch_name)