diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index 89587487..d8997a8b 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -336,10 +336,6 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
         &self.cli_matches
     }
 
-    pub fn ids_from_stdin(&self) -> bool {
-        self.has_input_pipe
-    }
-
     pub fn ids<T: IdPathProvider>(&self) -> Result<Option<Vec<StoreId>>> {
         use std::io::Read;
 
@@ -410,6 +406,16 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
         self.has_output_pipe
     }
 
+    pub fn input_is_pipe(&self) -> bool {
+        self.has_input_pipe
+    }
+
+    /// Alias for Runtime::input_is_pipe()
+    pub fn ids_from_stdin(&self) -> bool {
+        self.input_is_pipe()
+    }
+
+
     /// Check whether the runtime ignores touched ids
     ///
     /// "Ignoring" in this context means whether the runtime prints them or not.