diff --git a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisConfiguration.java
index f9b9e4ef17824c93de73606c796faa31b599e18d..b8c6bee5e013e55d4aa7c078153098dafcb5e2a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisConfiguration.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public abstract class AnalysisConfiguration {
 		return interUnboundedThreadFactory.create(sourcePort, targetPort, capacity);
 	}
 
-	protected <T> void connectStages(final OutputPort<? extends T> sourcePort, final InputPort<T> targetPort) {
+	protected <T> void connectPorts(final OutputPort<? extends T> sourcePort, final InputPort<T> targetPort) {
 		connections.add(new Pair<OutputPort, InputPort>(sourcePort, targetPort));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java
index 2c3ac5232f885cba988919a38143978426a1e688..59092010e96fdb08cf4e783d8aae1143eb317313 100644
--- a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java
+++ b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/test/StageTester.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public final class StageTester {
 		public Configuration(final List<InputHolder<?>> inputHolders, final Stage stage, final List<OutputHolder<?>> outputHolders) {
 			for (InputHolder<?> inputHolder : inputHolders) {
 				final InitialElementProducer<Object> producer = new InitialElementProducer<Object>(inputHolder.getInput());
-				connectStages(producer.getOutputPort(), inputHolder.getPort());
+				connectPorts(producer.getOutputPort(), inputHolder.getPort());
 				addThreadableStage(producer);
 			}
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class StageTester {
 
 			for (OutputHolder<?> outputHolder : outputHolders) {
 				final CollectorSink<Object> sink = new CollectorSink<Object>(outputHolder.getOutputElements());
-				connectStages(outputHolder.getPort(), sink.getInputPort());
+				connectPorts(outputHolder.getPort(), sink.getInputPort());
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java
index 8cef45c58212952d46d3c99c68472c0a85591cc9..95ba33f4357662d7014573bfe67f6f5d810582f7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/examples/cipher/CipherConfiguration.java
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ public class CipherConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		final CipherStage decrypt = new CipherStage(password, CipherMode.DECRYPT);
 		final ByteArrayFileWriter writer = new ByteArrayFileWriter(output);
 
-		connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(f2b.getOutputPort(), enc.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(enc.getOutputPort(), comp.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(comp.getOutputPort(), decomp.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(decomp.getOutputPort(), decrypt.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(decrypt.getOutputPort(), writer.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(f2b.getOutputPort(), enc.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(enc.getOutputPort(), comp.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(comp.getOutputPort(), decomp.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(decomp.getOutputPort(), decrypt.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(decrypt.getOutputPort(), writer.getInputPort());
 
 		// this.getFiniteProducerStages().add(init);
 		this.addThreadableStage(init);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/examples/tokenizer/TokenizerConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/examples/tokenizer/TokenizerConfiguration.java
index 32bec67fd86676965729ee340e4bcf1a2c5b9c34..15c325dad0a5cca3f7df333d092a8444ec16af55 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/examples/tokenizer/TokenizerConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/examples/tokenizer/TokenizerConfiguration.java
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ public class TokenizerConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		final Tokenizer tokenizer = new Tokenizer(" ");
 		this.counter = new Counter<String>();
 
-		connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(f2b.getOutputPort(), decomp.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(decomp.getOutputPort(), decrypt.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(decrypt.getOutputPort(), b2s.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(b2s.getOutputPort(), tokenizer.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(tokenizer.getOutputPort(), this.counter.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(f2b.getOutputPort(), decomp.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(decomp.getOutputPort(), decrypt.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(decrypt.getOutputPort(), b2s.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(b2s.getOutputPort(), tokenizer.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(tokenizer.getOutputPort(), this.counter.getInputPort());
 
 		this.addThreadableStage(init);
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java
index 4c64c25f10dc077361542cca79fbd14650b3f0b2..5a5966374f1bedca9425e623ea82ef03efca7671 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/AnalysisTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class AnalysisTest {
 		public TestConfig() {
 			final InitialElementProducer<String> init = new InitialElementProducer<String>("Hello");
 			delay = new DelayAndTerminate(DELAY_IN_MS);
-			connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
 			addThreadableStage(init);
 		}
 	}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class AnalysisTest {
 		public Sink<Object> sink = new Sink<Object>();
 
 		public AnalysisTestConfig(final boolean inter) {
-			connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), sink.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(init.getOutputPort(), sink.getInputPort());
 			addThreadableStage(init);
 			if (inter) {
 				addThreadableStage(sink);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
index 6e3be7ba565f796258a4d498cc331952fe4a4ca1..7dca2a99fc172c73a12e247aae3cd4693d67d0de 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguratio
 		CollectorSink<Integer> collectorSink = new CollectorSink<Integer>(collectedElements);
 		addThreadableStage(collectorSink);
 
-		connectStages(producer.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(producer.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
 
 		this.collectorSink = collectorSink;
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java
index 4df2995e8abc27adfa1fd79f9e11d1a16d821158..19580dcb72e9573163c2c40755d4f18a45b60e4c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/StageTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class StageTest {
 		public TestConfig() {
 			init = new InitialElementProducer<String>("Hello");
 			delay = new DelayAndTerminate(0);
-			connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(init.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
 			addThreadableStage(init);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java
index f447dc204c2e3551b9d08ac44d482d0d6d9c7bd2..f895104874d57a005aa66e0fa6788c228b36747f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/TraversorTest.java
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ public class TraversorTest {
 			// CountingMapMerger (already as field)
 
 			// Connecting the stages of the first part of the config
-			connectStages(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
-			connectStages(f2b.getOutputPort(), distributor.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(init.getOutputPort(), f2b.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(f2b.getOutputPort(), distributor.getInputPort());
 
 			// Middle part... multiple instances of WordCounter are created and connected to the merger and distrubuter stages
 			for (int i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ public class TraversorTest {
 				final WordCounter wc = new WordCounter();
 				// intraFact.create(inputPortSizePrinter.getOutputPort(), wc.getInputPort());
 
-				connectStages(distributor.getNewOutputPort(), wc.getInputPort());
-				connectStages(wc.getOutputPort(), merger.getNewInputPort());
+				connectPorts(distributor.getNewOutputPort(), wc.getInputPort());
+				connectPorts(wc.getOutputPort(), merger.getNewInputPort());
 				// Add WordCounter as a threadable stage, so it runs in its own thread
 				addThreadableStage(wc);
 
 			}
 
 			// Connect the stages of the last part
-			connectStages(merger.getOutputPort(), result.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(merger.getOutputPort(), result.getInputPort());
 
 			// Add the first and last part to the threadable stages
 			addThreadableStage(init);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java
index 785aafd74220d69413bc7dbeefcdc219824455cd..191f8460e6f68a04007a05f7cc29338e3c2789f2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/WaitStrategyConfiguration.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class WaitStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		Clock clock = new Clock();
 		clock.setInitialDelayInMs(initialDelayInMs);
 
-		connectStages(clock.getOutputPort(), delay.getTimestampTriggerInputPort());
+		connectPorts(clock.getOutputPort(), delay.getTimestampTriggerInputPort());
 
 		return clock;
 	}
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class WaitStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		InitialElementProducer<Object> initialElementProducer = new InitialElementProducer<Object>(elements);
 		delay = new Delay<Object>();
 
-		connectStages(initialElementProducer.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(initialElementProducer.getOutputPort(), delay.getInputPort());
 
 		return initialElementProducer;
 	}
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ class WaitStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 
 		// relay.setIdleStrategy(new WaitStrategy(relay));
 
-		connectStages(delay.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(delay.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
 
 		this.collectorSink = collectorSink;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java
index 8c784d11414e01b398d946d8522fb2e5af8a9b88..a63025947a38b2db8f3e12e3bad6c1637d52fa8a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/YieldStrategyConfiguration.java
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class YieldStrategyConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 
 		// relay.setIdleStrategy(new YieldStrategy());
 
-		connectStages(producer.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
-		connectStages(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(producer.getOutputPort(), relay.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(relay.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
 
 		this.collectorSink = collectorSink;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java
index ab1d2e2728f7a06cfdbf471e2961d8013afaf6b9..d985faf23a7c09a0eb2ee3e1727c289047a3f209 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/exceptionHandling/ExceptionTestConfiguration.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class ExceptionTestConfiguration extends AnalysisConfiguration {
 		second = new ExceptionTestConsumerStage();
 		third = new ExceptionTestProducerStage();
 
-		connectStages(first.getOutputPort(), second.getInputPort());
+		connectPorts(first.getOutputPort(), second.getInputPort());
 		// this.addThreadableStage(new ExceptionTestStage());
 
 		this.addThreadableStage(first);
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java
index 03e13bfc04fc8c890f9aaf418aad46e73b89bd9a..b87d2ec385f2918c6e364531a649fe37c5ac3427 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/stage/InstanceOfFilterTest.java
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ public class InstanceOfFilterTest {
 			CollectorSink<Clazz> clazzCollector = new CollectorSink<Clazz>();
 			CollectorSink<Object> mismatchedCollector = new CollectorSink<Object>();
 
-			connectStages(elementProducer.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
-			connectStages(instanceOfFilter.getMatchedOutputPort(), clazzCollector.getInputPort());
-			connectStages(instanceOfFilter.getMismatchedOutputPort(), mismatchedCollector.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(elementProducer.getOutputPort(), instanceOfFilter.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(instanceOfFilter.getMatchedOutputPort(), clazzCollector.getInputPort());
+			connectPorts(instanceOfFilter.getMismatchedOutputPort(), mismatchedCollector.getInputPort());
 
 			addThreadableStage(elementProducer);
 		}