diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index ee97077002..2bd3df90ca 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ private:
     quint64 _lastFaceTrackerUpdate;
 
     render::ScenePointer _main3DScene{ new render::Scene(glm::vec3(-0.5f * (float)TREE_SCALE), (float)TREE_SCALE) };
-    render::EnginePointer _renderEngine{ new render::Engine() };
+    render::EnginePointer _renderEngine{ new render::RenderEngine() };
     gpu::ContextPointer _gpuContext; // initialized during window creation
 
     mutable QMutex _renderArgsMutex{ QMutex::Recursive };
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp
index de282bed9f..da8e60d40a 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-Engine::Engine() : _Engine(EngineTask::JobModel::create("Engine"), std::make_shared<RenderContext>())
+RenderEngine::RenderEngine() : Engine(EngineTask::JobModel::create("Engine"), std::make_shared<RenderContext>())
 {
 }
 
-void Engine::load() {
+void RenderEngine::load() {
     auto config = getConfiguration();
     const QString configFile= "config/render.json";
 
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
index f2101fd94f..130ed6533f 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ namespace render {
     // The render engine holds all render tasks, and is itself a render task.
     // State flows through tasks to jobs via the render and scene contexts -
     // the engine should not be known from its jobs.
-    class Engine : public _Engine {
+    class RenderEngine : public Engine {
     public:
 
-        Engine();
-        ~Engine() = default;
+        RenderEngine();
+        ~RenderEngine() = default;
 
         // Load any persisted settings, and set up the presets
         // This should be run after adding all jobs, and before building ui
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace render {
 
     protected:
     };
-    using EnginePointer = std::shared_ptr<Engine>;
+    using EnginePointer = std::shared_ptr<RenderEngine>;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h b/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h
index 2d8bc7f4dd..68acfe8d0f 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace render {
 
-class Engine;
+class RenderEngine;
 class Scene;
 
 // Transaction is the mechanism to make any change to the scene.
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ protected:
     StageMap _stages;
 
 
-    friend class Engine;
+    friend class RenderEngine;
 };
 
 typedef std::shared_ptr<Scene> ScenePointer;
diff --git a/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h b/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h
index ef1ca60d57..ec2ff6eb94 100644
--- a/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h
+++ b/libraries/task/src/task/Task.h
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ protected:
     template <class T> using PersistentConfig = task::PersistentConfig<T>; \
     using Job = task::Job<ContextType, TimeProfiler>; \
     using Task = task::Task<ContextType, TimeProfiler>; \
-    using _Engine = task::Engine<ContextType, TimeProfiler>; \
+    using Engine = task::Engine<ContextType, TimeProfiler>; \
     using Varying = task::Varying; \
     template < typename T0, typename T1 > using VaryingSet2 = task::VaryingSet2<T0, T1>; \
     template < typename T0, typename T1, typename T2 > using VaryingSet3 = task::VaryingSet3<T0, T1, T2>; \
diff --git a/tests-manual/render-perf/src/main.cpp b/tests-manual/render-perf/src/main.cpp
index 33aea6dcc9..7126b333f6 100644
--- a/tests-manual/render-perf/src/main.cpp
+++ b/tests-manual/render-perf/src/main.cpp
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ private:
         }
     } };
 
-    render::EnginePointer _renderEngine { new render::Engine() };
+    render::EnginePointer _renderEngine { new render::RenderEngine() };
     render::ScenePointer _main3DScene { new render::Scene(glm::vec3(-0.5f * (float)TREE_SCALE), (float)TREE_SCALE) };
     QSize _size;
     QSettings _settings;