diff --git a/src/caosdb b/src/caosdb
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7cfe836e98aec8ec69abae3a505623ec5e082011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/caosdb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+linkahead
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/caosdb/__init__.py b/src/caosdb/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fed58178a23c6aeacb64766dfb790b3449c0233..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/caosdb/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Deprecated
-"""
-
-from warnings import warn
-
-from linkahead import *
-
-warn(("CaosDB was renamed to LinkAhead. Please import the library as `import linkahead`. Using the"
-      " old name (caosdb) is deprecated."), DeprecationWarning)
diff --git a/src/linkahead/__init__.py b/src/linkahead/__init__.py
index 25346aefba1dc704c33bb9e9f7251c56006fbb2a..a8de80945db13bbed0da454ea86df6729a717d5a 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/__init__.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/__init__.py
@@ -33,28 +33,37 @@ the current working directory will be read additionally, if it exists.
 from os import environ, getcwd
 # Import of the connection function (which is used to connect to the DB):
 from os.path import expanduser, join
+from warnings import warn
 
 # Import of convenience methods:
 import linkahead.apiutils
 from linkahead.common import administration
-from linkahead.common.datatype import (BOOLEAN, DATETIME, DOUBLE, FILE, INTEGER,
-                                       LIST, REFERENCE, TEXT)
-from linkahead.common.state import State, Transition
+from linkahead.common.datatype import (BOOLEAN, DATETIME, DOUBLE, FILE,
+                                       INTEGER, LIST, REFERENCE, TEXT)
 # Import of the basic  API classes:
-from linkahead.common.models import (ACL, ALL, FIX, NONE, OBLIGATORY, RECOMMENDED,
-                                     SUGGESTED, Container, DropOffBox, Entity,
-                                     File, Info, Message, Permissions, Property,
-                                     Query, QueryTemplate, Record, RecordType,
-                                     delete, execute_query, get_global_acl,
+from linkahead.common.models import (ACL, ALL, FIX, NONE, OBLIGATORY,
+                                     RECOMMENDED, SUGGESTED, Container,
+                                     DropOffBox, Entity, File, Info, Message,
+                                     Permissions, Property, Query,
+                                     QueryTemplate, Record, RecordType, delete,
+                                     execute_query, get_global_acl,
                                      get_known_permissions, raise_errors)
-from linkahead.utils.get_entity import get_entity_by_name, get_entity_by_path, get_entity_by_id
+from linkahead.common.state import State, Transition
 from linkahead.configuration import _read_config_files, configure, get_config
-from linkahead.connection.connection import configure_connection, get_connection
+from linkahead.connection.connection import (configure_connection,
+                                             get_connection)
 from linkahead.exceptions import *
+from linkahead.utils.get_entity import (get_entity_by_id, get_entity_by_name,
+                                        get_entity_by_path)
+
 try:
     from linkahead.version import version as __version__
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     version = "uninstalled"
     __version__ = version
 
+if __name__.split('.')[0] == 'caosdb':
+    warn(("CaosDB was renamed to LinkAhead. Please import the library as `import linkahead`. Using the"
+          " old name (caosdb) is deprecated."), DeprecationWarning)
+
 _read_config_files()