diff --git a/src/enricher/elements.ts b/src/enricher/elements.ts
index 573e5557d..bbecca8e3 100644
--- a/src/enricher/elements.ts
+++ b/src/enricher/elements.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class ElementEnricher {
 
     private getTechnologyCandidates(node: Node) {
         const candidates: TechnologyTemplateMap[] = []
-        for (const plugin of this.graph.plugins.technology.filter(it => it.enabled())) {
+        for (const plugin of this.graph.plugins.technology.filter(it => it.backwards())) {
             candidates.push(...plugin.assign(node))
         }
         return candidates
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class ElementEnricher {
      */
     private enrichImplementations() {
         // for backwards compatibility and testing purposed, continue if, e.g., no rules at all exists
-        if (utils.isEmpty(this.graph.plugins.technology.filter(it => it.enabled()))) return
+        if (utils.isEmpty(this.graph.plugins.technology.filter(it => it.backwards()))) return
 
         for (const node of this.graph.nodes.filter(it => it.managed).filter(it => utils.isPopulated(it.technologies))) {
             // Do not override manual assigned technologies but enrich them with an implementation
diff --git a/src/technologies/plugins/rules/index.ts b/src/technologies/plugins/rules/index.ts
index bb22b27ee..826edc2ef 100644
--- a/src/technologies/plugins/rules/index.ts
+++ b/src/technologies/plugins/rules/index.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class TechnologyRulePlugin implements TechnologyPlugin {
         return rules
     }
 
-    enabled() {
+    backwards() {
         return this.hasRules()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/technologies/types.ts b/src/technologies/types.ts
index 8d71db0ac..a4625b2b8 100644
--- a/src/technologies/types.ts
+++ b/src/technologies/types.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ export type TechnologyPluginBuilder = {
 }
 
 export type TechnologyPlugin = {
-    enabled: () => Boolean
+    // for backwards compatibility and testing purposed, continue if, e.g., no rules at all exists
+    backwards: () => Boolean
 
     // TODO: must assign technology.assign!
     assign: (node: Node) => TechnologyTemplateMap[]