diff --git a/rl4co/models/rl/reinforce/reinforce.py b/rl4co/models/rl/reinforce/reinforce.py
index f33b1193..477750c4 100644
--- a/rl4co/models/rl/reinforce/reinforce.py
+++ b/rl4co/models/rl/reinforce/reinforce.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def wrap_dataset(self, dataset):
 
     def set_decode_type_multistart(self, phase: str):
         """Set decode type to `multistart` for train, val and test in policy.
-        For example, if the decode type is `greedy`, it will be set to `greedy_multistart`.
+        For example, if the decode type is `greedy`, it will be set to `multistart_greedy`.
 
         Args:
             phase: Phase to set decode type for. Must be one of `train`, `val` or `test`.
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ def set_decode_type_multistart(self, phase: str):
         attr_get = getattr(self.policy, attribute)
         # If does not exist, log error
         if attr_get is None:
-            log.error(f"Decode type for {phase} is None. Cannot add `_multistart`.")
+            log.error(f"Decode type for {phase} is None. Cannot prepend `multistart_`.")
             return
         elif "multistart" in attr_get:
             return
         else:
-            setattr(self.policy, attribute, f"{attr_get}_multistart")
+            setattr(self.policy, attribute, f"multistart_{attr_get}")
 
     @classmethod
     def load_from_checkpoint(
diff --git a/rl4co/models/zoo/eas/decoder.py b/rl4co/models/zoo/eas/decoder.py
index 9e646632..0e7c9acf 100644
--- a/rl4co/models/zoo/eas/decoder.py
+++ b/rl4co/models/zoo/eas/decoder.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def forward_eas(
     best_solutions,
     iter_count: int = 0,
     env: Union[str, RL4COEnvBase] = None,
-    decode_type: str = "sampling_multistart",
+    decode_type: str = "multistart_sampling",
     num_starts: int = None,
     softmax_temp: float = None,
     **unused_kwargs,
diff --git a/rl4co/tasks/eval.py b/rl4co/tasks/eval.py
index bb4ff368..1000cca1 100644
--- a/rl4co/tasks/eval.py
+++ b/rl4co/tasks/eval.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class GreedyMultiStartEval(EvalBase):
         num_starts (int): Number of greedy multistarts to use
     """
 
-    name = "greedy_multistart"
+    name = "multistart_greedy"
 
     def __init__(self, env, num_starts=None, **kwargs):
         check_unused_kwargs(self, kwargs)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def _inner(self, policy, td):
         td_init = td.clone()
         out = policy(
             td.clone(),
-            decode_type="greedy_multistart",
+            decode_type="multistart_greedy",
             num_starts=self.num_starts,
             return_actions=True,
         )
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class GreedyMultiStartAugmentEval(EvalBase):
         force_dihedral_8: If True, force the use of 8 augmentations (rotations and flips) as in POMO
     """
 
-    name = "greedy_multistart_augment"
+    name = "multistart_greedy_augment"
 
     def __init__(
         self, env, num_starts=None, num_augment=8, force_dihedral_8=False, **kwargs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def _inner(self, policy, td, num_augment=None):
         td = self.augmentation(td)
         out = policy(
             td.clone(),
-            decode_type="greedy_multistart",
+            decode_type="multistart_greedy",
             num_starts=self.num_starts,
             return_actions=True,
         )
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def evaluate_policy(
             "func": SamplingEval,
             "kwargs": {"samples": 100, "softmax_temp": 1.0},
         },
-        "greedy_multistart": {
+        "multistart_greedy": {
             "func": GreedyMultiStartEval,
             "kwargs": {"num_starts": num_loc},
         },
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def evaluate_policy(
             "kwargs": {"num_augment": 8, "force_dihedral_8": True},
         },
         "augment": {"func": AugmentationEval, "kwargs": {"num_augment": 8}},
-        "greedy_multistart_augment_dihedral_8": {
+        "multistart_greedy_augment_dihedral_8": {
             "func": GreedyMultiStartAugmentEval,
             "kwargs": {
                 "num_augment": 8,
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def evaluate_policy(
                 "num_starts": num_loc,
             },
         },
-        "greedy_multistart_augment": {
+        "multistart_greedy_augment": {
             "func": GreedyMultiStartAugmentEval,
             "kwargs": {"num_augment": 8, "num_starts": num_loc},
         },
diff --git a/tests/test_policy.py b/tests/test_policy.py
index 13e74780..f387b19a 100644
--- a/tests/test_policy.py
+++ b/tests/test_policy.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_base_policy_multistart(env_name, size=20, batch_size=2):
     td = env.reset(x)
     policy = AutoregressivePolicy(env.name)
     num_starts = size // 2 if env.name in ["pdp"] else size
-    out = policy(td, env, decode_type="greedy_multistart", num_starts=num_starts)
+    out = policy(td, env, decode_type="multistart_greedy", num_starts=num_starts)
     assert out["reward"].shape == (
         batch_size * num_starts,
     )  # to evaluate, we could just unbatchify