diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f3fa80..7b2eeec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ to easily cache data based on a schedule or an event.
 ## "Reactive" caches
 
 To get started with this Cached class, make a `HelloCache` class like so.
-This cache will respond to a`TestEvent` by caching whatever will
+This cache will respond to a `TestEvent` by caching whatever will
 be returned from the `run` method. 
 
 ```php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use Vormkracht10\PermanentCache\Cached;
 
 class HelloCache extends Cached
 {
-    protected $cache = 'redis:hello';
+    protected $store = 'redis:hello';
 
     public function run(TestEvent $event): string
     {
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ class HelloCache extends Cached
 }
 ```
 
-To know *where* to cache the returned value, we have the `$cache` property.
+To know *where* to cache the returned value, we have the `$store` property.
 This is formatted like `driver:identifier`, but you can also omit the `driver:` 
-like so `protected $cache = 'hello';` and we will use the config's `cache.default` value instead.
+like so `protected $store = 'hello';` and we will use the config's `cache.default` value instead.
 
 ##### if you don't want to type hint the `TestEvent` class in the `run` method, you can also explicitly specify the type like so `protected $event = TestEvent::class;`
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ use Vormkracht10\PermanentCache\Scheduled;
 
 class MinutesCache extends Cached implements Scheduled
 {
-    protected $cache = 'redis:minutes';
+    protected $store = 'redis:minutes';
 
     protected $expression = '* * * * *';
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Let's take our previous snippet, and edit it a little to use Laravel's `Schedule
 ```php
 class MinutesCache extends Cached implements Scheduled
 {
-    protected $cache = 'redis:minutes';
+    protected $store = 'redis:minutes';
 
     public function run(): mixed
     {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class HelloCache extends Cached implements ShouldQueue
 {
     protected $connection = 'redis';
 
-    protected $cache = 'redis:hello';
+    protected $store = 'redis:hello';
 
     public function run(TestEvent $event): string
     {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class HelloCache extends Cached implements ShouldQueue
 }
 ```
 
-You can specify a whole bunch of things, like the queue connection using the `$connection` property.
+You can specify a bunch of things, like the queue connection using the `$connection` property.
 You can basically configure you cache as a Laravel job. This works because the `Cached` class from which 
 we are inheriting is structured like a Laravel job!
 
diff --git a/src/Cached.php b/src/Cached.php
index 9cbe8dc..fd0fd66 100644
--- a/src/Cached.php
+++ b/src/Cached.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ abstract class Cached
      *
      * @var string|null
      */
-    protected $cache = null;
+    protected $store = null;
 
     /**
      * The event that this cacher will listen for, this is optional
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ abstract class Cached
      */
     final public function handle($event = null): void
     {
-        [$driver, $ident] = self::parseCacheString($this->cache
-            ?? throw new \Exception('The $cache property in ['.static::class.'] must be overridden'),
+        [$driver, $ident] = self::parseCacheString($this->store
+            ?? throw new \Exception('The $store property in ['.static::class.'] must be overridden'),
         );
         Cache::driver($driver)->forever($ident,
             /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line  */
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ final public static function update(): void
      */
     final public static function get(): mixed
     {
-        $cache = (new ReflectionClass(static::class))
-            ->getProperty('cache')
+        $store = (new ReflectionClass(static::class))
+            ->getProperty('store')
             ->getDefaultValue();
 
-        [$driver, $ident] = self::parseCacheString($cache
-            ?? throw new \Exception('The $cache property in ['.static::class.'] must be overridden'),
+        [$driver, $ident] = self::parseCacheString($store
+            ?? throw new \Exception('The $store property in ['.static::class.'] must be overridden'),
         );
 
         return Cache::driver($driver)->get($ident);
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ final public static function getListenerEvent(): ?string
     /**
      * @return array{string, string}
      */
-    private static function parseCacheString(string $cache): array
+    private static function parseCacheString(string $store): array
     {
-        [$driver, $ident] = explode(':', $cache) + [1 => null];
+        [$driver, $ident] = explode(':', $store) + [1 => null];
 
         if (is_null($ident)) {
             [$driver, $ident] = [config('cache.default'), $driver];