diff --git a/src/modules/dracut/dracut.conf b/src/modules/dracut/dracut.conf
index 98d847d9e..ae5d85022 100644
--- a/src/modules/dracut/dracut.conf
+++ b/src/modules/dracut/dracut.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 ---
 # Dracut defaults to setting initramfs-<kernel-version>.img
 # If you want to specify another filename for the resulting image,
-# set a custom kernel name, including the path
+# set a custom name, including the path
 #
-# kernelName: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
+# initramfsName: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
diff --git a/src/modules/dracut/dracut.schema.yaml b/src/modules/dracut/dracut.schema.yaml
index 503b1a4f0..d6008e1bf 100644
--- a/src/modules/dracut/dracut.schema.yaml
+++ b/src/modules/dracut/dracut.schema.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ $id: https://calamares.io/schemas/dracut
 additionalProperties: false
 type: object
 properties:
-    kernelName: { type: string }
+    initramfsName: { type: string }
diff --git a/src/modules/dracut/main.py b/src/modules/dracut/main.py
index 071406580..85e6f3e7f 100644
--- a/src/modules/dracut/main.py
+++ b/src/modules/dracut/main.py
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 #
 #   Calamares is Free Software: see the License-Identifier above.
 #
+import subprocess
 
 import libcalamares
-from libcalamares.utils import check_target_env_call
+from libcalamares.utils import target_env_process_output
 
 
 import gettext
@@ -34,12 +35,20 @@ def run_dracut():
 
     :return:
     """
-    kernelName = libcalamares.job.configuration['kernelName']
+    try:
+        initramfs_name = libcalamares.job.configuration['initramfsName']
+        target_env_process_output(['dracut', '-f', initramfs_name])
+    except KeyError:
+        try:
+            target_env_process_output(['dracut', '-f'])
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe:
+            libcalamares.utils.warning(f"Dracut failed with output: {cpe.output}")
+            return cpe.returncode
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe:
+        libcalamares.utils.warning(f"Dracut failed with output: {cpe.output}")
+        return cpe.returncode
 
-    if not kernelName:
-        return check_target_env_call(['dracut', '-f'])
-    else:
-        return check_target_env_call(['dracut', '-f', '{}'.format(kernelName)])
+    return 0
 
 
 def run():
@@ -50,7 +59,6 @@ def run():
     :return:
     """
     return_code = run_dracut()
-
     if return_code != 0:
-        return (_("Failed to run dracut on the target"),
-                _("The exit code was {}").format(return_code))
+        return (_("Failed to run dracut"),
+                _(f"Dracut failed to run on the target with return code: {return_code}"))