diff --git a/tvix/boot/README.md b/tvix/boot/README.md
index cf593dcc0..13a485506 100644
--- a/tvix/boot/README.md
+++ b/tvix/boot/README.md
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Potentially copy some data into tvix-store (via nar-bridge):
 
 ```
 mg run //tvix:store -- daemon &
-mg run //tvix:nar-bridge -- &
+$(mg build //tvix:nar-bridge)/bin/nar-bridge-http &
 rm -Rf ~/.cache/nix; nix copy --to http://localhost:9000\?compression\=none $(mg build //third_party/nixpkgs:hello)
-pkill nar-bridge; pkill tvix-store
+pkill nar-bridge-http; pkill tvix-store
 ```
 
 #### Interactive shell
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/.gitignore b/tvix/nar-bridge/.gitignore
index 04260dbc5..867be7a12 100644
--- a/tvix/nar-bridge/.gitignore
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/nar_bridge
+/nar-bridge-http
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/cmd/nar-bridge/main.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/cmd/nar-bridge-http/main.go
similarity index 97%
rename from tvix/nar-bridge/cmd/nar-bridge/main.go
rename to tvix/nar-bridge/cmd/nar-bridge-http/main.go
index d86e84b87..39892d37f 100644
--- a/tvix/nar-bridge/cmd/nar-bridge/main.go
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/cmd/nar-bridge-http/main.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func main() {
 		30,
 	)
 
-	log.Printf("Starting nar-bridge at %v", cli.ListenAddr)
+	log.Printf("Starting nar-bridge-http at %v", cli.ListenAddr)
 	go s.ListenAndServe(cli.ListenAddr)
 
 	// listen for the interrupt signal.