diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 13a13aa..525c7e1 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ mise run project --name "my-project" --description "My app" --author "Your Name"
 | Deploy docs to GitHub Pages | `mise run docs` | |
 | Setup dev environment | `mise run dev` | |
 | Full setup from scratch | `mise run all` | |
+| Initialize the project | `mise run init` | |
 
 > Refer to `docs/README.md` for the full list of available targets. Add new targets to `mise.toml` as needed.
 
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 21a8d00..379bfaa 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ Click this button to create a new repository for your project, then clone the ne
 
 [![Use this template]( https://img.shields.io/badge/Use%20this%20template-238636?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/amrabed/python/generate)
 
-### Rename the project
-After cloning the repository, rename the project by running:
+### Initialize the project
+After cloning the repository, initialize the project by running:
 ```bash
-mise run project
+mise run init
 ```
 The script will interactively prompt you for the following details, with smart defaults based on your environment:
 
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 3780608..a22a627 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -91,10 +91,7 @@ description = "Run the app"
 alias = "a"
 run = "app"
 
-[tasks.rename]
-description = "Rename project (run once)"
-alias = "r"
-run = "rename"
+[tasks.init]
+description = "Initialize project (run once)"
+run = "init"
 
-[tasks.project]
-alias = ["rename", "p"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a4e1eeb..eff2e9c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.scripts]
 app = "project.app:main"
-rename = "scripts.rename:main"
+init = "scripts.init:main"
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
diff --git a/scripts/rename.py b/scripts/init.py
similarity index 96%
rename from scripts/rename.py
rename to scripts/init.py
index c2c359e..7ec9a97 100644
--- a/scripts/rename.py
+++ b/scripts/init.py
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ def main(name: str, description: str, author: str, email: str, github: str):
     def toml_escape(s: str) -> str:
         return s.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"')
 
-    description = toml_escape(description)
-    author = toml_escape(author)
-    email = toml_escape(email)
+    escaped_description = toml_escape(description)
+    escaped_author = toml_escape(author)
+    escaped_email = toml_escape(email)
 
     source = name.replace("-", "_").lower()
 
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ def print_field(label: str, value: str):
         ("pyproject.toml", r"^source = \[.*\]", f'source = ["{source}"]'),
         ("pyproject.toml", r'^app = "project\.app:main"', f'app = "{source}.app:main"'),
         ("pyproject.toml", r'^name = ".*"', f'name = "{source}"'),
-        ("pyproject.toml", r'^description = ".*"', f'description = "{description}"'),
-        ("pyproject.toml", r"^authors = \[.*\]", f'authors = ["{author} <{email}>"]'),
+        ("pyproject.toml", r'^description = ".*"', f'description = "{escaped_description}"'),
+        ("pyproject.toml", r"^authors = \[.*\]", f'authors = ["{escaped_author} <{escaped_email}>"]'),
         ("docs/README.md", r"^# .*", f"# {description}"),
         (".github/CODEOWNERS", r"@.*", f"@{github}"),
         (".github/FUNDING.yml", r"^github: \[.*\]", f"github: [{github}]"),