diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 32dce25c..d30736a2 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 /Dockerfile
 /redis-cell-server/
 /target
-/web3-proxy/flamegraph.svg
-/web3-proxy/perf.data
-/web3-proxy/perf.data.old
+/web3_proxy/flamegraph.svg
+/web3_proxy/perf.data
+/web3_proxy/perf.data.old
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1356aef..04d6d8d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5194,7 +5194,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "web3-proxy"
+name = "web3_proxy"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2cdb41ca..579e06ca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 FROM rust:1-bullseye as builder
 
-WORKDIR /usr/src/web3-proxy
+WORKDIR /usr/src/web3_proxy
 COPY . .
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/src/web3-proxy/target \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/src/web3_proxy/target \
     cargo install --locked --path ./web3_proxy
 
 FROM debian:bullseye-slim
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ea908ee..91b39505 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# web3-proxy
+# web3_proxy
 
-Web3-proxy is a fast caching and load balancing proxy for web3 (Ethereum or similar) JsonRPC servers.
+Web3_proxy is a fast caching and load balancing proxy for web3 (Ethereum or similar) JsonRPC servers.
 
 **Under construction!** This code is under active development. The basics seem to work, but theres lots of tests and features to write still.
 
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ $ cargo install sea-orm-cli
 $ cargo run --release -- --help
 ```
 ```
-   Compiling web3-proxy v0.1.0 (/home/bryan/src/web3-proxy/web3-proxy)
+   Compiling web3_proxy v0.1.0 (/home/bryan/src/web3_proxy/web3_proxy)
     Finished release [optimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 17.69s
-     Running `target/release/web3-proxy --help`
-Usage: web3-proxy [--port <port>] [--workers <workers>] [--config <config>]
+     Running `target/release/web3_proxy --help`
+Usage: web3_proxy [--port <port>] [--workers <workers>] [--config <config>]
 
-Web3-proxy is a fast caching and load balancing proxy for web3 (Ethereum or similar) JsonRPC servers.
+web3_proxy is a fast caching and load balancing proxy for web3 (Ethereum or similar) JsonRPC servers.
 
 Options:
   --port            what port the proxy should listen on
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Flame graphs make finding slow code painless:
 
 Run the proxy under gdb for advanced debugging:
 
-    cargo build --release && RUST_LOG=web3_proxy=debug rust-gdb --args target/debug/web3-proxy --listen-port 7503 --rpc-config-path ./config/production-eth.toml
+    cargo build --release && RUST_LOG=web3_proxy=debug rust-gdb --args target/debug/web3_proxy --listen-port 7503 --rpc-config-path ./config/production-eth.toml
 
 TODO: also enable debug symbols in the release build by modifying the root Cargo.toml
 
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index ed3108d4..7462f5bd 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -206,6 +206,6 @@ in another repo: event subscriber
 - [ ] better error handling. we warn too often for validation errors and use the same error code for most every request
 - [ ] use &str more instead of String. lifetime annotations get really annoying though
 - [ ] tarpit instead of reject requests (unless theres a lot)
-- [ ] tune database connection pool size. i think a single web3-proxy currently maxes out our server
+- [ ] tune database connection pool size. i think a single web3_proxy currently maxes out our server
 - [ ] subscribing to transactions should be configurable per server. listening to paid servers can get expensive
 - [ ] archive servers should be lowest priority
diff --git a/redis-cell-server/Dockerfile b/redis-cell-server/Dockerfile
index 077806a0..5eab503b 100644
--- a/redis-cell-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/redis-cell-server/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM rust:1-bullseye as builder
 WORKDIR /usr/src/redis-cell
 RUN \
   --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-  --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/src/web3-proxy/target \
+  --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/src/web3_proxy/target \
   { \
   set -eux; \
   git clone -b v0.3.0 https://github.com/brandur/redis-cell .; \
diff --git a/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml b/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml
index f198e477..4e182a2e 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/web3_proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "web3-proxy"
+name = "web3_proxy"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 default-run = "web3_proxy"
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/app.rs b/web3_proxy/src/app.rs
index 5d80cf94..ed18f7d0 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/app.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/app.rs
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
         let frontend_rate_limiter = redis_client_pool.as_ref().map(|redis_client_pool| {
             RedisCellClient::new(
                 redis_client_pool.clone(),
-                "web3-proxy",
+                "web3_proxy",
                 "frontend",
                 public_max_burst,
                 app_config.shared.public_rate_limit_per_minute,
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs b/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs
index 4437815e..ac269e4d 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/bin/web3_proxy_cli/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tracing::info;
 use web3_proxy::app::get_migrated_db;
 
 #[derive(Debug, FromArgs)]
-/// Command line interface for admins to interact with web3-proxy
+/// Command line interface for admins to interact with web3_proxy
 pub struct TopConfig {
     /// what database the client should connect to
     #[argh(
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/config.rs b/web3_proxy/src/config.rs
index dc24e050..3411f0d9 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/config.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/config.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::connection::Web3Connection;
 pub type BlockAndRpc = (Arc<Block<TxHash>>, Arc<Web3Connection>);
 
 #[derive(Debug, FromArgs)]
-/// Web3-proxy is a fast caching and load balancing proxy for web3 (Ethereum or similar) JsonRPC servers.
+/// Web3_proxy is a fast caching and load balancing proxy for web3 (Ethereum or similar) JsonRPC servers.
 pub struct CliConfig {
     /// what port the proxy should listen on
     #[argh(option, default = "8544")]
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/connection.rs b/web3_proxy/src/connection.rs
index fadb191a..b23204d2 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/connection.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/connection.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl Web3Connection {
             let period = 1;
             RedisCellClient::new(
                 redis_conection,
-                "web3-proxy",
+                "web3_proxy",
                 &format!("{}:{}", chain_id, url_str),
                 hard_rate_limit,
                 hard_rate_limit,