diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fv/fvpressure2p.hh b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fv/fvpressure2p.hh
index 069558aaccc82ba6a3c899423b51aefecf9e81ef..13194b0b08c83732864bb18fa56e7d461162d50a 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fv/fvpressure2p.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fv/fvpressure2p.hh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public:
     //constitutive functions are initialized and stored in the variables object
     void updateMaterialLaws();
 
-    void initial(bool solveTwice = true)
+    void initialize(bool solveTwice = true)
     {
 
         updateMaterialLaws();
diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p.hh b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p.hh
index f42af5b2e41bb9efea45cb13cc71104f4c95d028..f8d6bb64aa48e54f01235fd00abb566e0c9043c8 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p.hh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public:
     //constitutive functions are initialized and stored in the variables object
     void updateMaterialLaws();
 
-    void initial(bool solveTwice = true)
+    void initialize(bool solveTwice = true)
     {
         updateMaterialLaws();
 
diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p_new.hh b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p_new.hh
index 8c01078e430aa355f82ea0f1b1dded5525565ea3..82a322b4bdef306fdc8967e7fe4e619ccbabdac9 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p_new.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/fvmpfaopressure2p_new.hh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public:
     //constitutive functions are initialized and stored in the variables object
     void updateMaterialLaws(bool first);
 
-    void initial(bool solveTwice = true)
+    void initialize(bool solveTwice = true)
     {
         updateMaterialLaws(true);
 
diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/mimetic/mimeticpressure2p.hh b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/mimetic/mimeticpressure2p.hh
index 1978de6367868d7ab692c4ce389faf310109b66e..fd80ad00901b38a87402d7b168ab5faffd0bf454 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/mimetic/mimeticpressure2p.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/mimetic/mimeticpressure2p.hh
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public:
     //constitutive functions are initialized and stored in the variables object
     void updateMaterialLaws();
 
-    void initial(bool solveTwice = true)
+    void initialize(bool solveTwice = true)
     {
         updateMaterialLaws();
         assemble(true);
diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/2p/transport/fv/fvsaturation2p.hh b/dumux/decoupled/2p/transport/fv/fvsaturation2p.hh
index 38f43bf0a9342b848e2943170126978dd54b8d66..fca60f982d1151d66e3284ce0b913576413f3448 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/2p/transport/fv/fvsaturation2p.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/2p/transport/fv/fvsaturation2p.hh
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public:
     virtual int update(const Scalar t, Scalar& dt, RepresentationType& updateVec, bool impes);
 
     //! Sets the initial solution \f$S_0\f$.
-    void initialTransport();
+    void initialize();
 
     //! Update the values of the material laws and constitutive relations.
     /*!
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ int FVSaturation2P<TypeTag>::update(const Scalar t, Scalar& dt, RepresentationTy
 }
 
 template<class TypeTag>
-void FVSaturation2P<TypeTag>::initialTransport()
+void FVSaturation2P<TypeTag>::initialize()
 {
     // iterate through leaf grid an evaluate c0 at cell center
     ElementIterator eItEnd = problem_.gridView().template end<0> ();
diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/common/impes.hh b/dumux/decoupled/common/impes.hh
index eefd13b48c29d1fb2a279283fecea5740fa89538..73a5d1b1538c1972d3563fa90da04a3b2c3ea272 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/common/impes.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/common/impes.hh
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ public:
     virtual void initial()
     {
         //initial saturations
-        problem.saturationModel().initialTransport();
+        problem.saturationModel().initialize();
         //call function with true to get a first initialisation of the pressure field
-        problem.pressureModel().initial();
+        problem.pressureModel().initialize();
         problem.pressureModel().calculateVelocity();
 
         //update constitutive functions