diff --git a/src/qibocal/auto/task.py b/src/qibocal/auto/task.py
index 5cb9986e9..c2d3c8954 100644
--- a/src/qibocal/auto/task.py
+++ b/src/qibocal/auto/task.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 """A number bigger than whatever will be manually typed. But not so insanely big not to fit in a native integer."""
 TaskId = tuple[Id, int]
 """Unique identifier for executed tasks."""
-PLATFORM_FOLDER = "platform"
+PLATFORM_DIR = "platform"
 """Folder where platform will be dumped."""
 
 
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ def update_platform(self, platform: Platform, update: bool):
         if self.task.update and update:
             for qubit in self.task.qubits:
                 self.task.operation.update(self.results, platform, qubit)
-            (self.datapath / PLATFORM_FOLDER).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            dump_platform(platform, self.datapath / PLATFORM_FOLDER)
+            (self.datapath / PLATFORM_DIR).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            dump_platform(platform, self.datapath / PLATFORM_DIR)
 
     def validate(self) -> tuple[Optional[TaskId], Optional[dict]]:
         """Check status of completed and handle Failure using handler."""
diff --git a/tests/test_protocols.py b/tests/test_protocols.py
index 21dfe693e..c08c44353 100644
--- a/tests/test_protocols.py
+++ b/tests/test_protocols.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 from qibolab import create_platform
 
-from qibocal.auto.task import PLATFORM_FOLDER
+from qibocal.auto.task import PLATFORM_DIR
 from qibocal.cli import utils
 from qibocal.cli._base import command
 from qibocal.protocols.characterization.rabi.amplitude import RabiAmplitudeData
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_auto_command(runcard, update, platform, backend, tmp_path):
     assert results.exit_code == 0
     if update == "--update":
         assert (tmp_path / utils.UPDATED_PLATFORM).is_dir()
-        assert (tmp_path / "data" / f"{protocol}_0" / PLATFORM_FOLDER).is_dir()
+        assert (tmp_path / "data" / f"{protocol}_0" / PLATFORM_DIR).is_dir()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("platform", ["dummy"])
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def test_fit_command(runcard, update, tmp_path):
 
     if update == "--update":
         assert (tmp_path / utils.UPDATED_PLATFORM).is_dir()
-        assert (tmp_path / "data" / f"{protocol}_0" / PLATFORM_FOLDER).is_dir()
+        assert (tmp_path / "data" / f"{protocol}_0" / PLATFORM_DIR).is_dir()
 
     # generate report with fit and plot
     results_plot = runner.invoke(command, ["report", str(tmp_path)])