diff --git a/src/assemblers.cc b/src/assemblers.cc
index 33739527aa076be35fe60b8a1ff6dba87ef101e2..280b24f4f6ee854a4ce4073b1c75d5fe6cc8fe96 100644
--- a/src/assemblers.cc
+++ b/src/assemblers.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ template <class GridView, int dimension>
 MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::MyAssembler(GridView const &_gridView)
     : vertexBasis(_gridView),
       gridView(_gridView),
-      assembler(vertexBasis, vertexBasis) {}
+      vertexAssembler(vertexBasis, vertexBasis) {}
 
 template <class GridView, int dimension>
 void MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleFrictionalBoundaryMass(
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ void MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleFrictionalBoundaryMass(
   BoundaryMassAssembler<Grid, BoundaryPatch<GridView>, LocalVertexBasis,
                         LocalVertexBasis, Dune::FieldMatrix<double, 1, 1>> const
   frictionalBoundaryMassAssembler(frictionalBoundary);
-  assembler.assembleOperator(frictionalBoundaryMassAssembler,
-                             frictionalBoundaryMass);
+  vertexAssembler.assembleOperator(frictionalBoundaryMassAssembler,
+                                   frictionalBoundaryMass);
 }
 
 template <class GridView, int dimension>
 void MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleMass(double density, Matrix &M) {
   MassAssembler<Grid, LocalVertexBasis, LocalVertexBasis,
                 Dune::ScaledIdentityMatrix<double, dimension>> const localMass;
-  assembler.assembleOperator(localMass, M);
+  vertexAssembler.assembleOperator(localMass, M);
   M *= density;
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleElasticity(double E, double nu,
                                                           Matrix &A) {
   StVenantKirchhoffAssembler<Grid, LocalVertexBasis, LocalVertexBasis> const
   localStiffness(E, nu);
-  assembler.assembleOperator(localStiffness, A);
+  vertexAssembler.assembleOperator(localStiffness, A);
 }
 
 template <class GridView, int dimension>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleViscosity(double shearViscosity,
                                                          Matrix &C) {
   ViscosityAssembler<Grid, LocalVertexBasis, LocalVertexBasis> const
   localViscosity(shearViscosity, bulkViscosity);
-  assembler.assembleOperator(localViscosity, C);
+  vertexAssembler.assembleOperator(localViscosity, C);
 }
 
 template <class GridView, int dimension>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleBodyForce(double gravity,
       weightedGravitationalDirection);
   L2FunctionalAssembler<Grid, LocalVertexBasis, LocalVector>
   gravityFunctionalAssembler(gravityFunction);
-  assembler.assembleFunctional(gravityFunctionalAssembler, f);
+  vertexAssembler.assembleFunctional(gravityFunctionalAssembler, f);
 }
 
 template <class GridView, int dimension>
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ void MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleNeumann(
   ConstantFunction<LocalVector, LocalVector> const fNeumann(localNeumann);
   NeumannBoundaryAssembler<Grid, LocalVector> neumannBoundaryAssembler(
       fNeumann);
-  assembler.assembleBoundaryFunctional(neumannBoundaryAssembler, f,
-                                       neumannBoundary);
+  vertexAssembler.assembleBoundaryFunctional(neumannBoundaryAssembler, f,
+                                             neumannBoundary);
 }
 
 template <class GridView, int dimension>
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ auto MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleFrictionNonlinearity(
     constantOneFunction(1);
     NeumannBoundaryAssembler<Grid, typename ScalarVector::block_type>
     frictionalBoundaryAssembler(constantOneFunction);
-    assembler.assembleBoundaryFunctional(frictionalBoundaryAssembler, weights,
-                                         frictionalBoundary);
+    vertexAssembler.assembleBoundaryFunctional(frictionalBoundaryAssembler,
+                                               weights, frictionalBoundary);
   }
   for (size_t i = 0; i < weights.size(); ++i)
     assert(weights[i] >= 0.0);
diff --git a/src/assemblers.hh b/src/assemblers.hh
index 04e04287c777799a8747eb5c48cf812a25f4ca89..36f1d357359ad1ae04ff75a83122ec27c3ed758f 100644
--- a/src/assemblers.hh
+++ b/src/assemblers.hh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ template <class GridView, int dimension> class MyAssembler {
   using LocalVertexBasis = typename VertexBasis::LocalFiniteElement;
 
   GridView const &gridView;
-  Assembler<VertexBasis, VertexBasis> assembler;
+  Assembler<VertexBasis, VertexBasis> vertexAssembler;
 
 public:
   MyAssembler(GridView const &gridView);