diff --git a/docs/source/config.rst b/docs/source/config.rst
index 72a6afc7..6af120d1 100644
--- a/docs/source/config.rst
+++ b/docs/source/config.rst
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ Microscope RC file
 ------------------
 
 Microscope configuration is made persistent via a microscope runtime-config (RC) file. By default, this
-file exists at ``~/.openflexure/microscoperc.yaml``, and contains basic parameters to set up the microscope.
+file exists at ``~/.openflexure/microscope_settings.yaml``, and contains basic parameters to set up the microscope.
 
 Additionally, by default, configurations for specific pieces of hardware (i.e. the Pi camera) are located
 in separate "auxillary" config files, and are linked together by adding the config file's path to your main
 microscope RC file. This is set up by default, as shown below:
 
-Default microscoperc.yaml
+Default microscope_settings.yaml
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
diff --git a/docs/source/plugins/introduction.rst b/docs/source/plugins/introduction.rst
index e2b50a03..36b8e54d 100644
--- a/docs/source/plugins/introduction.rst
+++ b/docs/source/plugins/introduction.rst
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ Generally, for adding anything other than very simple functionality, plugins sho
 
 The main restriction is that the plugin package must be importable using an absolute import from within the Python environment being used to load your microscope. 
 
-Loading plugins with microscoperc.yaml
+Loading plugins with microscope_settings.yaml
 --------------------------------------
 Both types of plugin are loaded by specifying the plugin class in your :ref:`MicroscopeRC`. In the case of a single-file plugin, specify the path to the plugin file, followed by the name of your :py:class:`openflexure_microscope.plugins.MicroscopePlugin` child class, separated by a colon. For packaged plugins, specify the absolute module name in place of the path.
 
-For example, the plugins section of your microscoperc.yaml file may look like:
+For example, the plugins section of your microscope_settings.yaml file may look like:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
diff --git a/openflexure_microscope/config.py b/openflexure_microscope/config.py
index de25b665..d06a3686 100644
--- a/openflexure_microscope/config.py
+++ b/openflexure_microscope/config.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ from collections import abc
 # HANDLE THE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION FILE
 
 HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, 'microscoperc.default.yaml')
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, 'microscope_settings.default.yaml')
 
 USER_CONFIG_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".openflexure")  #: str: Default path of the user-config directory, containing runtime-config and calibration files. Obtained from ``os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".openflexure")``.
-USER_CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(USER_CONFIG_DIR, "microscoperc.yaml")  #: str: Default path of the user microscoperc.yaml runtime-config file. Obtained from ``os.path.join(USER_CONFIG_DIR, "microscoperc.yaml")``
+USER_CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(USER_CONFIG_DIR, "microscope_settings.yaml")  #: str: Default path of the user microscope_settings.yaml runtime-config file. Obtained from ``os.path.join(USER_CONFIG_DIR, "microscope_settings.yaml")``
 
 with open(DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, 'r') as default_rc:
     DEFAULT_CONFIG = default_rc.read()
diff --git a/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py b/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py
index d50131cc..5b684b7c 100644
--- a/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py
+++ b/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Microscope(object):
         if 'plugins' in self.rc.config:
             self.attach_plugin_maps(self.rc.config['plugins'])
         else:
-            logging.warning("No plugins specified in microscoperc.yaml. Skipping.")
+            logging.warning("No plugins specified in microscope_settings.yaml. Skipping.")
 
     def reload_plugins(self):
         """