diff --git a/include/trgdataformats/TriggerCandidateData.hpp b/include/trgdataformats/TriggerCandidateData.hpp
index 671ba59..79a84ac 100644
--- a/include/trgdataformats/TriggerCandidateData.hpp
+++ b/include/trgdataformats/TriggerCandidateData.hpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ get_trigger_candidate_type_names()
 }
 
 inline int
-string_to_fragment_type_value(const std::string& name)
+string_to_trigger_candidate_type(const std::string& name)
 {
   for (auto& it : get_trigger_candidate_type_names()) {
     if (it.second == name)
diff --git a/pybindsrc/trigger_candidate.cpp b/pybindsrc/trigger_candidate.cpp
index ef4de81..1e70d9e 100644
--- a/pybindsrc/trigger_candidate.cpp
+++ b/pybindsrc/trigger_candidate.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void
 register_trigger_candidate(py::module& m)
 {
 
-  m.def("string_to_fragment_type_value", &trgdataformats::string_to_fragment_type_value);
+  m.def("string_to_trigger_candidate_type", &trgdataformats::string_to_trigger_candidate_type);
 
   py::class_<TriggerCandidateData> trigger_candidate_data(m, "TriggerCandidateData", py::buffer_protocol());
   trigger_candidate_data