diff --git a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserver.groovy b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserver.groovy
index 50138913..d40ad544 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserver.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserver.groovy
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ class QuiltObserver implements TraceObserver {
         println('\tonFilePublish.QuiltPathify')
         QuiltPathify pathify = new QuiltPathify(destination)
         println("\tonFilePublish.pathify: $pathify")
-        if (!pathify.bucketExists()) {
-            log.debug("onFilePublish.bucketExists[false]: $pathify")
+        if (!pathify.isBucketAccessible()) {
+            log.debug("onFilePublish.isBucketAccessible[false]: $pathify")
             return
         }
         println("\tonFilePublish.isOverlay: ${pathify.isOverlay}")
diff --git a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltPathify.groovy b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltPathify.groovy
index 64415133..1a771351 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltPathify.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/QuiltPathify.groovy
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ class QuiltPathify  {
         return true
     }
 
-    boolean bucketExists() {
-        return pkg.bucketExists()
+    boolean isBucketAccessible() {
+        return pkg.isBucketAccessible()
     }
 
     String pkgKey() {
diff --git a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/jep/QuiltPackage.groovy b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/jep/QuiltPackage.groovy
index f3c49584..537305ac 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/jep/QuiltPackage.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/main/nextflow/quilt/jep/QuiltPackage.groovy
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ class QuiltPackage {
         return installed
     }
 
-    boolean bucketExists() {
+    boolean isBucketAccessible() {
         S3PhysicalKey key = new S3PhysicalKey(bucket, '', null)
         try {
             key.listRecursively()
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("bucketExists: failed to check $bucket", e)
+            log.error("isBucketAccessible: failed to check $bucket", e)
             return false
         }
         return true
diff --git a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserverTest.groovy b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserverTest.groovy
index 84e09614..b7e05243 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserverTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/QuiltObserverTest.groovy
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class QuiltObserverTest extends QuiltSpecification {
         // uninitialized
         observer.onFilePublish(validPath, validPath.localPath())
         then:
-        validPath.pkg().bucketExists() == true
+        validPath.pkg().isBucketAccessible() == true
         observer.publishedPaths.size() == 0
     }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class QuiltObserverTest extends QuiltSpecification {
         observer.onFilePublish(validPath, validPath.localPath())
         observer.onFlowComplete()
         then:
-        validPath.pkg().bucketExists() == true
+        validPath.pkg().isBucketAccessible() == true
         observer.publishedPaths.size() == 1
     }