diff --git a/include/villas/config_helper.h b/include/villas/config_helper.h
index 125f5b023..423ac7dcb 100644
--- a/include/villas/config_helper.h
+++ b/include/villas/config_helper.h
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ json_t * config_to_json(config_setting_t *cfg);
 int json_to_config(json_t *json, config_setting_t *parent);
 
 /* Create a libconfig object from command line parameters. */
-int config_parse_cli(config_t *cfg, int argc, char *argv[]);
+int config_read_cli(config_t *cfg, int argc, char *argv[]);
diff --git a/lib/config_helper.c b/lib/config_helper.c
index 82aa65791..ea6e7bd38 100644
--- a/lib/config_helper.c
+++ b/lib/config_helper.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int json_to_config(json_t *json, config_setting_t *parent)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int config_parse_cli(config_t *cfg, int argc, char *argv[])
+int config_read_cli(config_t *cfg, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int ret;
 	char *str = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/hook.c b/lib/hook.c
index 090c3c051..f286b2dc3 100644
--- a/lib/hook.c
+++ b/lib/hook.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int hook_parse_cli(struct hook *h, int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		config_init(&cfg);
 
-		ret = config_parse_cli(&cfg, argc, argv);
+		ret = config_read_cli(&cfg, argc, argv);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 
diff --git a/lib/node.c b/lib/node.c
index da9812ebd..c8a2c43e9 100644
--- a/lib/node.c
+++ b/lib/node.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int node_parse_cli(struct node *n, int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		config_init(&cfg);
 
-		ret = config_parse_cli(&cfg, argc, argv);
+		ret = config_read_cli(&cfg, argc, argv);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;