diff --git a/app/build-containers.py b/app/build-containers.py
index fac5e149..74f8295f 100644
--- a/app/build-containers.py
+++ b/app/build-containers.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Builds or pulls containers for the system components
 
 # env vars:
-# VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR defaults to ~/vulcanize
+# CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR defaults to ~/cerc
 
 # TODO: display the available list of containers; allow re-build of either all or specific containers
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import subprocess
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     description="build the set of containers required for a complete stack",
-    epilog="Config provided either in .env or settings.ini or env vars: VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR (defaults to ~/vulcanize)"
+    epilog="Config provided either in .env or settings.ini or env vars: CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR (defaults to ~/cerc)"
     )
 parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", help="increase output verbosity")
 parser.add_argument("--quiet", action="store_true", help="don\'t print informational output")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 verbose = args.verbose
 quiet = args.quiet
 
-dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR", default="~/vulcanize"))
+dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR", default="~/cerc"))
 
 if not args.quiet:
     print(f'Dev Root is: {dev_root_path}')
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def process_container(container):
         print(f"Error, script: {build_script_filename} doesn't exist")
         sys.exit(1)
     if not args.dry_run:
-        # We need to export VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR
-        build_result = subprocess.run(build_script_filename, shell=True, env={'VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR':dev_root_path})
+        # We need to export CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR
+        build_result = subprocess.run(build_script_filename, shell=True, env={'CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR':dev_root_path})
         # TODO: check result in build_result.returncode
         print(f"Result is: {build_result}")
 
diff --git a/app/setup-repositories.py b/app/setup-repositories.py
index 9623b4e9..b9ee06a4 100644
--- a/app/setup-repositories.py
+++ b/app/setup-repositories.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # env vars:
-# VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR defaults to ~/vulcanize
+# CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR defaults to ~/cerc
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def is_git_repo(path):
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     description="git clone the set of repositories required to build the complete system from source",
-    epilog="Config provided either in .env or settings.ini or env vars: VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR (defaults to ~/vulcanize)"
+    epilog="Config provided either in .env or settings.ini or env vars: CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR (defaults to ~/cerc)"
     )
 parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", help="increase output verbosity")
 parser.add_argument("--quiet", action="store_true", help="don\'t print informational output")
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 verbose = args.verbose
 quiet = args.quiet
 
-dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("DEV_ROOT", default="~/vulcanize"))
+dev_root_path = os.path.expanduser(config("DEV_ROOT", default="~/cerc"))
 
 if not args.quiet:
     print(f'Dev Root is: {dev_root_path}')
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-contract.yml b/compose/docker-compose-contract.yml
index 9a65cd01..b8815f90 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-contract.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-contract.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       go-ethereum:
         condition: service_healthy
-    image: vulcanize/test-contract:local
+    image: cerc/test-contract:local
     environment:
       ETH_ADDR: "http://go-ethereum:8545"
     ports:
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-db-sharding.yml b/compose/docker-compose-db-sharding.yml
index 169584a9..b6117661 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-db-sharding.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-db-sharding.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       ipld-eth-db:
         condition: service_healthy
-    image: vulcanize/ipld-eth-db:local
+    image: cerc/ipld-eth-db:local
     environment:
       DATABASE_USER: "vdbm"
-      DATABASE_NAME: "vulcanize_testing"
+      DATABASE_NAME: "cerc_testing"
       DATABASE_PASSWORD: "password"
       DATABASE_HOSTNAME: "ipld-eth-db"
       DATABASE_PORT: 5432
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
     command: ["postgres", "-c", "log_statement=all"]
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: "vdbm"
-      POSTGRES_DB: "vulcanize_testing"
+      POSTGRES_DB: "cerc_testing"
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "5432"]
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-db.yml b/compose/docker-compose-db.yml
index d164297b..a984f7f0 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-db.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-db.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # TODO: figure out if this is needed -- it doesn't seem to make sense in the context of the
-# current version of vulcanize/ipld-eth-db/Dockerfile, which is only the migrations code, not the DB itself
+# current version of cerc/ipld-eth-db/Dockerfile, which is only the migrations code, not the DB itself
 # The sibling component docker-compose-db-sharding.yml looks more plausible
 version: "3.2"
 services:
   ipld-eth-db:
     restart: always
-    image: vulcanize/ipld-eth-db:local
+    image: cerc/ipld-eth-db:local
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: "vdbm"
-      POSTGRES_DB: "vulcanize_testing"
+      POSTGRES_DB: "cerc_testing"
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "5432"]
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-eth-statediff-fill-service.yml b/compose/docker-compose-eth-statediff-fill-service.yml
index d59de1e5..16135250 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-eth-statediff-fill-service.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-eth-statediff-fill-service.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       ipld-eth-db:
         condition: service_healthy
-    image: vulcanize/eth-statediff-fill-service:local
+    image: cerc/eth-statediff-fill-service:local
     environment:
       ETH_SERVER_HTTPPATH: 0.0.0.0:8085
       VDB_COMMAND: "serve"
-      DATABASE_NAME: "vulcanize_testing"
+      DATABASE_NAME: "cerc_testing"
       DATABASE_HOSTNAME: "ipld-eth-db"
       DATABASE_PORT: 5432
       DATABASE_USER: "vdbm"
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-go-ethereum-foundry.yml b/compose/docker-compose-go-ethereum-foundry.yml
index 1145a2d3..c4a496b5 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-go-ethereum-foundry.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-go-ethereum-foundry.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       ipld-eth-db:
         condition: service_healthy
-    image: vulcanize/go-ethereum-foundry:local
+    image: cerc/go-ethereum-foundry:local
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8545"]
       interval: 30s
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
       retries: 10
     environment:
       DB_USER: vdbm
-      DB_NAME: vulcanize_testing
+      DB_NAME: cerc_testing
       DB_HOST: ipld-eth-db
       DB_PORT: 5432
       DB_PASSWORD: password
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-db.yml b/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-db.yml
index 58e936a0..957b0b28 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-db.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-db.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ version: "3.2"
 services:
   ipld-eth-beacon-db:
     restart: always
-    image: vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-db:local
+    image: cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-db:local
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: vdbm
-      POSTGRES_DB: vulcanize_testing
+      POSTGRES_DB: cerc_testing
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
     volumes:
       - vdb_db_eth-beacon_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.yml b/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.yml
index 52d133dd..69b4c17e 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - ipld-eth-beacon-db
       - lighthouse
-    image: vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer:local
+    image: cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer:local
     volumes:
       - type: bind
         source: ${eth_beacon_config_file}
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml b/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml
index 88e6e46f..785d2d31 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-ipld-eth-server.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       ipld-eth-db:
         condition: service_healthy
-    image: vulcanize/ipld-eth-server:local
+    image: cerc/ipld-eth-server:local
     environment:
       IPLD_SERVER_GRAPHQL: "true"
       IPLD_POSTGRAPHILEPATH: http://graphql:5000
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
       ETH_SERVER_GRAPHQLPATH: 0.0.0.0:8082
       VDB_COMMAND: "serve"
       ETH_CHAIN_CONFIG: "/tmp/chain.json"
-      DATABASE_NAME: vulcanize_testing
+      DATABASE_NAME: cerc_testing
       DATABASE_HOSTNAME: ipld-eth-db
       DATABASE_PORT: 5432
       DATABASE_USER: "vdbm"
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       ipld-eth-db:
         condition: service_healthy
-    image: vulcanize/postgraphile:v1.0.1
+    image: cerc/postgraphile:v1.0.1
     environment:
       PG_HOST: ipld-eth-db
       PG_PORT: 5432
-      PG_DATABASE: vulcanize_testing
+      PG_DATABASE: cerc_testing
       PG_USER: vdbm
       PG_PASSWORD: password
       SCHEMA: public,eth
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-lighthouse.yml b/compose/docker-compose-lighthouse.yml
index 887b398e..73d90797 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-lighthouse.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-lighthouse.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "3.2"
 services:
   lighthouse:
     restart: always
-    image: vulcanize/lighthouse:local
+    image: cerc/lighthouse:local
     environment:
       - NETWORK=mainnet
     volumes:
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-prometheus-grafana.yml b/compose/docker-compose-prometheus-grafana.yml
index 82042108..494748bc 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-prometheus-grafana.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-prometheus-grafana.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
     user: "987"
     image: prom/prometheus
     volumes:
-      - ${vulcanize_ops}/metrics/etc:/etc/prometheus
+      - ${cerc_ops}/metrics/etc:/etc/prometheus
       - ./prometheus-data:/prometheus
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:9090:9090"
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-eth-statediff-fill-service/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-eth-statediff-fill-service/build.sh
index 33dd19b2..a88129c4 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-eth-statediff-fill-service/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-eth-statediff-fill-service/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Build vulcanize/eth-statediff-fill-service
-docker build -t vulcanize/eth-statediff-fill-service:local ${VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR}/eth-statediff-fill-service
+# Build cerc/eth-statediff-fill-service
+docker build -t cerc/eth-statediff-fill-service:local ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/eth-statediff-fill-service
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/Dockerfile b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/Dockerfile
index 24cc838b..bbbc64fc 100644
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/Dockerfile
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COPY start-private-network.sh .
 COPY deploy-local-network.sh .
 COPY $GENESIS_FILE_PATH ./genesis.json
 # TODO: figure out if this works for aarm64
-COPY --from=vulcanize/go-ethereum:local /usr/local/bin/geth /bin/geth
+COPY --from=cerc/go-ethereum:local /usr/local/bin/geth /bin/geth
 RUN chmod +x /bin/geth
 
 EXPOSE 8545
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/build.sh
index 9124a94b..d4fd2deb 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Build vulcanize/go-ethereum-foundry
+# Build cerc/go-ethereum-foundry
 
 # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/246128/1701505
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 
-docker build -t vulcanize/go-ethereum-foundry:local --build-arg GENESIS_FILE_PATH=genesis-automine.json ${SCRIPT_DIR}
+docker build -t cerc/go-ethereum-foundry:local --build-arg GENESIS_FILE_PATH=genesis-automine.json ${SCRIPT_DIR}
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/deploy-local-network.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/deploy-local-network.sh
index 3ccb6994..e286bf30 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/deploy-local-network.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum-foundry/deploy-local-network.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ eval "$(
 
 DB_USER=vdbm
 DB_PASSWORD=password
-DB_NAME=vulcanize_public
+DB_NAME=cerc_public
 DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
 DB_PORT=5432
 DB_TYPE=postgres
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum/build.sh
index fd79af14..da59ec34 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-go-ethereum/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Build vulcanize/go-ethereum
-docker build -t vulcanize/go-ethereum:local ${VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR}/go-ethereum
+# Build cerc/go-ethereum
+docker build -t cerc/go-ethereum:local ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/go-ethereum
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-db/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-db/build.sh
index 888c3662..b0bc8973 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-db/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-db/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Build vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-db
-docker build -t vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-db:local ${VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-beacon-db
+# Build cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-db
+docker build -t cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-db:local ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-beacon-db
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/build.sh
index c9586f94..59395bfc 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Build vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
-docker build -t vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer:local ${VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
+# Build cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
+docker build -t cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer:local ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-db/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-db/build.sh
index 3647243d..e6b164dc 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-db/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-db/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Build vulcanize/ipld-eth-db
-docker build -t vulcanize/ipld-eth-db:local ${VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-db
+# Build cerc/ipld-eth-db
+docker build -t cerc/ipld-eth-db:local ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-db
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-server/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-server/build.sh
index 722294bc..41f2b8a2 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-server/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-ipld-eth-server/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Build vulcanize/ipld-eth-server
-docker build -t vulcanize/ipld-eth-server:local ${VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-server
+# Build cerc/ipld-eth-server
+docker build -t cerc/ipld-eth-server:local ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-server
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-lighthouse/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-lighthouse/build.sh
index c6359367..7babdbd1 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-lighthouse/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-lighthouse/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Build vulcanize/lighthouse
+# Build cerc/lighthouse
 
 # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/246128/1701505
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 
-docker build -t vulcanize/lighthouse:local ${SCRIPT_DIR}
+docker build -t cerc/lighthouse:local ${SCRIPT_DIR}
diff --git a/container-build/vulcanize-test-contract/build.sh b/container-build/vulcanize-test-contract/build.sh
index d1fde373..1f721658 100755
--- a/container-build/vulcanize-test-contract/build.sh
+++ b/container-build/vulcanize-test-contract/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Build vulcanize/test-contract
-docker build -t vulcanize/test-contract:local --build-arg ETH_ADDR=http://go-ethereum:8545 ${VULCANIZE_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-db-validator/test/contract
+# Build cerc/test-contract
+docker build -t cerc/test-contract:local --build-arg ETH_ADDR=http://go-ethereum:8545 ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/ipld-eth-db-validator/test/contract
diff --git a/container-image-list.txt b/container-image-list.txt
index 20e75a5f..23456a9a 100644
--- a/container-image-list.txt
+++ b/container-image-list.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-vulcanize/test-contract
-vulcanize/eth-statediff-fill-service
-vulcanize/go-ethereum
-vulcanize/go-ethereum-foundry
-vulcanize/lighthouse
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-db
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-db
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-server
+cerc/test-contract
+cerc/eth-statediff-fill-service
+cerc/go-ethereum
+cerc/go-ethereum-foundry
+cerc/lighthouse
+cerc/ipld-eth-db
+cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-db
+cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
+cerc/ipld-eth-server
diff --git a/repository-list.txt b/repository-list.txt
index f37ba485..7f5bad0b 100644
--- a/repository-list.txt
+++ b/repository-list.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-vulcanize/ops
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-db
-vulcanize/go-ethereum
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-server
-vulcanize/eth-statediff-fill-service
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-db-validator
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
-vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-db
+cerc/ops
+cerc/ipld-eth-db
+cerc/go-ethereum
+cerc/ipld-eth-server
+cerc/eth-statediff-fill-service
+cerc/ipld-eth-db-validator
+cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
+cerc/ipld-eth-beacon-db