diff --git a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/api.clj b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/api.clj
index cd71ff2..4271a5c 100644
--- a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/api.clj
+++ b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/api.clj
@@ -6,44 +6,44 @@
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
 (defn run-up!
-  "Execute all unapplied migrations"
+  "Execute all unapplied operations"
   [props]
   (executor/execute! (assoc props :direction :up)))
 
 (defn run-down!
-  "Rollback all applied migrations"
+  "Rollback all applied operations"
   [props]
   (executor/execute! (assoc props :direction :down)))
 
 (defn run-next!
-  "Run the next unapplied migration"
+  "Run the next unapplied operation"
   [props]
   (executor/execute! (merge props {:direction :up
                                    :limit 1})))
 
 (defn undo!
-  "Rollback the last applied migration"
+  "Rollback the last applied operation"
   [props]
   (executor/execute! (merge props {:direction :down
                                    :limit 1})))
 
 (defn redo!
-  "Reapply the last applied migration. This will roll it back first"
+  "Reapply the last applied operation. This will roll it back first"
   [props]
   (undo! props)
   (run-next! props))
 
 (defn run
-  "A run function to be used in a Deps.edn project to execute migrations using the file loader.
+  "A run function to be used in a Deps.edn project to execute operations using the file loader.
    
    :init-store! - Should be given a symbol that resolves to a datastore init function.
-   :migrations-dir - should be a resource path to a directory containing migration files that will
-                     be loaded using the file loader.
+   :load-dir - should be a resource path to a directory containing operation files that will
+               be loaded using the file loader.
    :action - should be given an action to perform. One of #{:up :down :next :undo :redo}"
   [{create-ctx-fn :create-ctx!
     create-store-fn :create-store!
     shutdown-fn :shutdown!
-    migrations-dir :migrations-dir
+    load-dir :load-dir
     action :action}]
 
   (let [create-store! (requiring-resolve create-store-fn)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                   (create-ctx))
         store (create-store! context)
         props {:context context
-               :migrations (loaders.fs/load-migrations! migrations-dir)
+               :operations (loaders.fs/load! load-dir)
                :store store}]
 
     (case action
diff --git a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/dev.clj b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/dev.clj
index 882c1a7..3e4611e 100644
--- a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/dev.clj
+++ b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/dev.clj
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
 
    [:or
     [:map
-     [:migrations executor/?Operations]]
+     [:operations executor/?Operations]]
 
     [:map
-     [:migrations-dir :string]]]])
+     [:load-dir :string]]]])
 
-(def run-migrations-component!
+(def run!
   {:gx/start
    {:gx/processor (fn [{:keys [props]}]
-                    (let [{:keys [store context migrations migrations-dir]} props]
+                    (let [{:keys [store context operations load-dir]} props]
                       (api/run-up! {:store store
                                     :context context
-                                    :migrations (or migrations
-                                                    (loaders.fs/load-migrations! migrations-dir))})))
+                                    :operations (or operations
+                                                    (loaders.fs/load! load-dir))})))
     :gx/props-schema ?Props}})
diff --git a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/executor.clj b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/executor.clj
index 6161eb8..2a0e060 100644
--- a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/executor.clj
+++ b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/executor.clj
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@
   [:map
    [:context {:optional true} [:maybe :any]]
    [:store datastore.api/?DataStore]
-   [:migrations ?Operations]
+   [:operations ?Operations]
    [:limit {:optional true} [:int {:min 1}]]
    [:direction [:enum :up :down]]])
 
 (defn- index-by [key-fn col]
   (->> col
-       (map (fn [migration]
-              [(key-fn migration) migration]))
+       (map (fn [item]
+              [(key-fn item) item]))
        (into {})))
 
 (defn- project-op-log
-  "Reduces over the op-log to project the concrete sequence of currently applied migrations ids.
+  "Reduces over the op-log to project the concrete sequence of currently applied operation ids.
   
   The op-log contains a sequence of `:up` and `:down` operations which can be reduced down to a
   sequence of only `:up` operation ids
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
        :down (if (= (:id op) (last operations))
                (pop operations)
                (throw (ex-info (str "Error reprocessing op-log. A :down operation did not "
-                                    "follow an :up migration of the same id")
+                                    "follow an :up operation of the same id")
                                {:last-op (last operations)
                                 :current-op (:id op)})))))
    []
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
 (defn- find-unapplied
   "Return an ordered set of operations based on the current op-log state and desired `:direction`.
   
-  - If the direction is `:up` this will return the remaining set of *unapplied* migrations.
-  - If the direction is `:down` this will return the *applied* migrations in reverse order."
+  - If the direction is `:up` this will return the remaining set of *unapplied* operations.
+  - If the direction is `:down` this will return the *applied* operations in reverse order."
   [op-log operations direction]
   (let [{:keys [applied unapplied]} (derive-active-state op-log operations)]
     (case direction
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@
       :down (reverse applied))))
 
 (defn- execute-one!
-  "Execute a single migration and return an ?OpLogEntry to be appended to the op-log."
+  "Execute a single operation and return an ?OpLogEntry to be appended to the op-log."
   [context operation direction]
   (let [{:keys [id run-up! run-down!]} operation
         ts (t/now)]
-    (log/info (str "Executing migration " id " [" direction "]"))
+    (log/info (str "Executing operation " id " [" direction "]"))
 
     (case direction
       :up (run-up! context)
@@ -131,16 +131,16 @@
      :finished_at (t/now)}))
 
 (defn execute!
-  "Execute the given migrations and return the new log of operations. This will handle locking
-   and will mutate the datastore with the changing op-log as migrations are applied."
-  [{:keys [context store migrations direction limit] :as props}]
+  "Execute the given operations and append to the op-log which is then returned. This will handle locking
+   and will mutate the datastore with the changing op-log as operations are applied."
+  [{:keys [context store operations direction limit] :as props}]
   (when-not (m/validate ?ExecuteProps props)
     (throw (ex-info "Invalid arguments provided"
                     {:errors (me/humanize (m/explain ?ExecuteProps props))})))
 
   (let [state (datastore.api/load-state store)
         op-log (atom (or (:log state) []))
-        unapplied (cond-> (find-unapplied (:log state) migrations direction)
+        unapplied (cond-> (find-unapplied (:log state) operations direction)
                     limit ((partial take limit)))
         lock (datastore.api/acquire-lock! store)]
 
diff --git a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/fs.clj b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/fs.clj
index 37483e3..bcf1191 100644
--- a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/fs.clj
+++ b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/fs.clj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
        (re-find #"^\(ns\s+([^\s);]+)")
        second))
 
-(defn resolve-migration-files [dir]
+(defn resolve-operation-files [dir]
   (->> (or (io/resource dir)
            (io/file dir))
        io/file
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@
        sort
        vec))
 
-(defmacro load-migrations!
-  "Given a file or resource directory path attempt to load all files found within as migrations.
+(defmacro load!
+  "Given a file or resource directory path attempt to load all files found within as operations.
 
-  This is implemented as a macro to allow preloading migrations during native-image compilation. This
-  also allows loading of migrations when they are bundled as resources within a jar as the full resource
+  This is implemented as a macro to allow preloading operations during native-image compilation. This
+  also allows loading of operations when they are bundled as resources within a jar as the full resource
   paths are known up front."
   [dir]
-  (let [namespaces (try (resolve-migration-files dir)
+  (let [namespaces (try (resolve-operation-files dir)
                         (catch Exception _))]
     `(let [namespaces# (or ~namespaces
-                           (resolve-migration-files ~dir))]
+                           (resolve-operation-files ~dir))]
        (doseq [namespace# namespaces#]
          (require (symbol namespace#)))
 
diff --git a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/ns.clj b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/ns.clj
index d98d1a0..87e60dd 100644
--- a/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/ns.clj
+++ b/packages/mallard/src/k16/mallard/loaders/ns.clj
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
-(defn load-migrations!
-  "Dynamically require all given namespaces as migration files."
+(defn load!
+  "Dynamically require all given namespaces as operation files."
   [namespaces]
   (->> namespaces
        (map (fn [ns']
diff --git a/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/executor_test.clj b/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/executor_test.clj
index 605fef4..e9ad369 100644
--- a/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/executor_test.clj
+++ b/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/executor_test.clj
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
       (is (= ExceptionInfo (type ex)))
       (is (= "Invalid arguments provided" (ex-message ex)))
       (is (= {:errors {:direction ["missing required key"],
-                       :migrations ["missing required key"],
+                       :operations ["missing required key"],
                        :store ["missing required key"]}}
              (ex-data ex))))
 
-    (let [ex (try (executor/execute! {:migrations :wrong
+    (let [ex (try (executor/execute! {:operations :wrong
                                       :direction :left
                                       :store "incorrect store"
                                       :limit 0})
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       (is (= ExceptionInfo (type ex)))
       (is (= "Invalid arguments provided" (ex-message ex)))
       (is (= {:errors {:direction ["should be either :up or :down"],
-                       :migrations ["should be a sequence of operations"],
+                       :operations ["should be a sequence of operations"],
                        :store ["should Implement DataStore protocol"],
                        :limit ["should be at least 1"]}}
              (ex-data ex))))))
@@ -68,16 +68,16 @@
       (executor/execute! {:store store
                           :context context
                           :direction :up
-                          :migrations migs})
+                          :operations migs})
       (executor/execute! {:store store
                           :context context
                           :direction :down
-                          :migrations migs}))))
+                          :operations migs}))))
 
 (deftest single-execution-test
   (let [store (stores.memory/create-memory-datastore)
         op-log (executor/execute! {:store store
-                                   :migrations migrations
+                                   :operations migrations
                                    :direction :up
                                    :limit 1})]
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 (deftest multi-execution-test
   (let [store (stores.memory/create-memory-datastore)
         op-log (executor/execute! {:store store
-                                   :migrations migrations
+                                   :operations migrations
                                    :direction :up})]
 
     (is (= 3 (count op-log)))
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
     (testing "Undoing the last migration"
       (let [op-log (executor/execute! {:store store
-                                       :migrations migrations
+                                       :operations migrations
                                        :direction :down
                                        :limit 1})]
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
     (testing "Rerunning the last migration"
       (let [op-log (executor/execute! {:store store
-                                       :migrations migrations
+                                       :operations migrations
                                        :direction :up
                                        :limit 1})]
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                                              :finished_at (t/now)}]})
 
     (let [op-log (executor/execute! {:store store
-                                     :migrations migrations
+                                     :operations migrations
                                      :direction :up
                                      :limit 1})]
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
                                              :finished_at (t/now)}]})
 
     (let [ex (try (executor/execute! {:store store
-                                      :migrations []
+                                      :operations []
                                       :direction :down
                                       :limit 1})
                   (catch Exception e e))]
diff --git a/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/loaders/fs_test.clj b/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/loaders/fs_test.clj
index b11c3f0..283be2e 100644
--- a/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/loaders/fs_test.clj
+++ b/packages/mallard/test/k16/mallard/loaders/fs_test.clj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 (deftest fs-loader-test
   (testing "It should load migrations from disk in the correct order"
-    (let [migrations (loaders.fs/load-migrations! "fixtures/migrations")]
+    (let [migrations (loaders.fs/load! "fixtures/migrations")]
       (is (match? [{:id "1-migration"
                     :run-up! (requiring-resolve 'fixtures.migrations.1-migration/run-up!)
                     :run-down! (requiring-resolve 'fixtures.migrations.1-migration/run-down!)}