diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/Snakefile b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/Snakefile
index 962c0d6..6e781d9 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/Snakefile	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/Snakefile	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 report: "report/workflow.rst"
 
 # Allow users to fix the underlying OS via singularity.
-singularity: "docker://continuumio/miniconda3"
+container: "docker://continuumio/miniconda3"
 
 
 rule all:
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/rules/common.smk b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/rules/common.smk
index 09feabd..a361616 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/rules/common.smk	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/workflow/rules/common.smk	
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import pandas as pd
 
 # this container defines the underlying OS for each job when using the workflow
 # with --use-conda --use-singularity
-singularity: "docker://continuumio/miniconda3"
+container: "docker://continuumio/miniconda3"
 
 ##### load config and sample sheets #####