diff --git a/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h b/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h
index e0f4d5fa469ad62409112ae6b2335977d8a42737..3bb048d64f3ed104edd4ea6198b96ff717ce4f59 100644
--- a/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h
+++ b/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ namespace dd4hep {
     /// The detector description states
     enum State   {
       /// The detector description object is freshly created. No geometry nothing.
-      VIRGIN  = 1<<0,
+      NOT_READY = 1<<0,
       /// The geometry is being created and loaded. (parsing ongoing)
-      LOADING = 1<<1,
+      LOADING   = 1<<1,
       /// The geometry is loaded.
-      READY   = 1<<2
+      READY     = 1<<2
     };
     
     /// Destructor
diff --git a/DDCore/include/DD4hep/DetectorData.h b/DDCore/include/DD4hep/DetectorData.h
index e67becbe093998b81a04e5d9cfce0d472070ec3a..79958894334d3556016bf93a07983cfb7d3eaad1 100644
--- a/DDCore/include/DD4hep/DetectorData.h
+++ b/DDCore/include/DD4hep/DetectorData.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace dd4hep {
     VolumeManager            m_volManager;
 
     /// Detector description state
-    Detector::State          m_state = Detector::VIRGIN;
+    Detector::State          m_state = Detector::NOT_READY;
     
     /// Flag to inhibit the access to global constants. Value set by constants section 'Detector_InhibitConstants'
     bool                     m_inhibitConstants;