diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 9641ad5..0c5280a 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ test:
     # print version
     - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --version
     # template level run for downsampled dataset
-    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs group --participant_label 01 :
+    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs participant1 --participant_label 01 :
         timeout: 21600
-    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs group --participant_label 02 :
+    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs participant1 --participant_label 02 :
         timeout: 2160
     # participant level tests for a longitudinal dataset
-    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs participant --participant_label 01 :
+    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs participant2 --participant_label 01 :
         timeout: 21600
-    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs participant --participant_label 02 :
+    - docker run -ti --rm --read-only -v /tmp:/tmp -v /var/tmp:/var/tmp -v ${HOME}/data/ds003_downsampled:/bids_dataset -v ${HOME}/outputs:/outputs bids/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME,,} --fast --n_cpus 2 --segmentation_type colin27-subcortical /bids_dataset /outputs participant2 --participant_label 02 :
         timeout: 21600
 
 deployment:
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 6937fc4..00a024f 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def run(command, env={}):
                     'Multiple participant level analyses can be run independently '
                     '(in parallel) using the same output_dir after a group level preprocessing has been done. '
                     'In MAGeTbrain parlance, group = template stage, partipant = subject stage',
-                    choices=['group', 'participant'])
+                    choices=['participant1', 'participant2'])
 parser.add_argument('--participant_label', help='The label(s) of the participant(s) that should be analyzed. The label '
                    'corresponds to sub-<participant_label> from the BIDS spec '
                    '(so it does not include "sub-"). If this parameter is not '
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def run(command, env={}):
         "-")[-1] for subject_dir in subject_dirs]
 
 # running participant level (must be done after template)
-if args.analysis_level == "participant":
+if args.analysis_level == "participant2":
     T1_files = []
     for subject in subjects_to_analyze:
         T1_files.append(glob(os.path.join(args.bids_dir, "sub-{0}".format(subject),
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def run(command, env={}):
     run(cmd)
 
 # running template level preprocessing
-elif args.analysis_level == "group":
+elif args.analysis_level == "participant1":
     template_T1_files = []
     for subject in subjects_to_analyze:
         template_T1_files.append(glob(os.path.join(args.bids_dir, "sub-{0}".format(subject),