diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppInputs.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppInputs.svelte
index 54205caa47..38329dbc2a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppInputs.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppInputs.svelte
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 </div>
 
 {#if $app?.hiddenInlineScripts?.length > 0}
-	<div class="font-bold text-lg">Background script inputs</div>
+	<div class="font-bold text-lg">Background runnable inputs</div>
 	<div class="gap-4 flex flex-col pt-4">
 		{#each $app?.hiddenInlineScripts ?? [] as script, index (script.name)}
 			<div class="border p-2">
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/contextPanel/ContextPanel.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/contextPanel/ContextPanel.svelte
index a44abe411b..15c9402a3f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/contextPanel/ContextPanel.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/contextPanel/ContextPanel.svelte
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 					{/each}
 				</div>
 				<div>
-					<span class="text-xs font-semibold text-gray-800 p-2">Background scripts</span>
+					<span class="text-xs font-semibold text-gray-800 p-2">Background runnables</span>
 					<BackgroundScriptsOutput />
 				</div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/inlineScriptsPanel/InlineScriptsPanelList.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/inlineScriptsPanel/InlineScriptsPanelList.svelte
index cc5fa95fb8..c9ec8d3ec2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/inlineScriptsPanel/InlineScriptsPanelList.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/inlineScriptsPanel/InlineScriptsPanelList.svelte
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@
 		<div>
 			<div class="w-full flex justify-between items-center mb-1">
 				<div class="text-xs text-gray-600 font-semibold truncate">
-					Background scripts
+					Background runnables
 					<Tooltip
 						class="mb-0.5"
 						documentationLink="https://docs.windmill.dev/docs/apps/app-runnable#background-script"
 					>
-						Background scripts are triggered upon global refresh or when their input changes. The
-						result of a background script can be shared among many components.
+						Background runnables are triggered upon global refresh or when their input changes. The
+						result of a background runnable can be shared among many components.
 					</Tooltip>
 				</div>
 				<Button
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@
 					color="light"
 					variant="border"
 					btnClasses="!rounded-full !p-1"
-					title="Create a new background script"
-					aria-label="Create a new background script"
+					title="Create a new background runnable"
+					aria-label="Create a new background runnable"
 					on:click={createBackgroundScript}
 				>
 					<Plus size={14} class="text-gray-500" />
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/settingsPanel/script/shared/ScriptRunConfiguration.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/settingsPanel/script/shared/ScriptRunConfiguration.svelte
index fb629a7147..eb4aee9c57 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/settingsPanel/script/shared/ScriptRunConfiguration.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/settingsPanel/script/shared/ScriptRunConfiguration.svelte
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 					<div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-2 text-xs">
 						Run on start and app refresh
 						<Tooltip wrapperClass="flex">
-							You may want to disable this so that the background script is only triggered by
+							You may want to disable this so that the background runnable is only triggered by
 							changes to other values or triggered by another computation on a button (See
 							'Recompute Others')
 						</Tooltip>