diff --git a/apps/form-service/.gitignore b/apps/rest-api/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/form-service/.gitignore
rename to apps/rest-api/.gitignore
diff --git a/apps/form-service/package.json b/apps/rest-api/package.json
similarity index 94%
rename from apps/form-service/package.json
rename to apps/rest-api/package.json
index 62d842ab..3a497905 100644
--- a/apps/form-service/package.json
+++ b/apps/rest-api/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "@atj/form-service",
+  "name": "@atj/form-rest-api",
   "private": true,
   "description": "backend service for handling submitted forms",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
diff --git a/apps/form-service/src/index.ts b/apps/rest-api/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/form-service/src/index.ts
rename to apps/rest-api/src/index.ts
diff --git a/apps/form-service/tsconfig.json b/apps/rest-api/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/form-service/tsconfig.json
rename to apps/rest-api/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/infra/src/app-stack.ts b/infra/src/app-stack.ts
index 85a52d33..0fa95fc8 100644
--- a/infra/src/app-stack.ts
+++ b/infra/src/app-stack.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { AwsProvider } from '@cdktf/provider-aws/lib/provider';
 
 import { withBackend } from './backend';
 import { Docassemble } from './docassemble';
-import { FormService } from './form-service';
+import { FormService } from './rest-api';
 
 export const registerAppStack = (stackPrefix: string) => {
   const app = new App();
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ class AppStack extends TerraformStack {
     });
 
     new Docassemble(this, `${id}-docassemble`);
-    new FormService(this, `${id}-form-service`);
+    new FormService(this, `${id}-rest-api`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/infra/src/form-service.ts b/infra/src/rest-api.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from infra/src/form-service.ts
rename to infra/src/rest-api.ts
index 3ec4c154..466242f0 100644
--- a/infra/src/form-service.ts
+++ b/infra/src/rest-api.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class FormService extends Construct {
     super(scope, id);
 
     const config = {
-      path: '../../apps/form-service/dist',
+      path: '../../apps/rest-api/dist',
       handler: 'index.lambdaHandler',
       runtime: 'nodejs18.x',
     };
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 48adf374..a741ee9b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^11.1.0
         version: 11.1.0
 
-  apps/form-service:
+  apps/rest-api:
     dependencies:
       '@atj/interviews':
         specifier: workspace:*