diff --git a/i3.config b/i3.config
index 1ce396de..a594ea24 100644
--- a/i3.config
+++ b/i3.config
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bindsym Mod1+u focus parent
 bindsym Mod1+c kill
 
 # Restore saved JSON layout
-bindsym Mod1+y restore /home/michael/i3/layout.json
+bindsym Mod1+y append_layout /home/michael/i3/layout.json
 
 # Reload the configuration file
 bindsym Mod1+Shift+j reload
diff --git a/src/cmdparse.l b/src/cmdparse.l
index 6c57984e..bc83b026 100644
--- a/src/cmdparse.l
+++ b/src/cmdparse.l
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ px                              { return TOK_PX; }
 or                              { return TOK_OR; }
 ppt                             { return TOK_PPT; }
 nop                             { WS_STRING; return TOK_NOP; }
-restore                         { WS_STRING; return TOK_RESTORE; }
+append_layout                   { WS_STRING; return TOK_APPEND_LAYOUT; }
 mark                            { WS_STRING; return TOK_MARK; }
 
 enable                          { return TOK_ENABLE; }
diff --git a/src/cmdparse.y b/src/cmdparse.y
index 0738d0c9..61903398 100644
--- a/src/cmdparse.y
+++ b/src/cmdparse.y
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ char *parse_cmd(const char *new) {
 %token              TOK_RIGHT           "right"
 %token              TOK_PARENT          "parent"
 %token              TOK_CHILD           "child"
-%token              TOK_RESTORE         "restore"
+%token              TOK_APPEND_LAYOUT   "append_layout"
 %token              TOK_MARK            "mark"
 %token              TOK_RESIZE          "resize"
 %token              TOK_GROW            "grow"
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ operation:
     | reload
     | border
     | layout
-    | restore
+    | append_layout
     | move
     | workspace
     | focus
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ move:
     }
     ;
 
-restore:
-    TOK_RESTORE STR
+append_layout:
+    TOK_APPEND_LAYOUT STR
     {
         printf("restoring \"%s\"\n", $2);
         tree_append_json($2);