diff --git a/demos/brunel_simulation/CMakeLists.txt b/demos/brunel_simulation/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f60f4e61c9f5655b2408adbb876e51c13af786b..7d3ef96fed9fec640b54a71445f59fa350e92ab6 100644
--- a/demos/brunel_simulation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/demos/brunel_simulation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ set(SCRIPT_FILENAME "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/run_sim.sh")
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/run_sim.sh.in ${SCRIPT_FILENAME})
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/brunel_example.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/nest_sim.py DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-add_custom_target(brunel_example ALL chmod "+x" "run_sim.sh"
+add_custom_target(brunel_simulation ALL chmod "+x" "run_sim.sh"
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
   DEPENDS ${SCRIPT_FILENAME} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/brunel_example.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/nest_sim.py)