diff --git a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/behavior/deeplabcut/deeplabcutdatainterface.py b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/behavior/deeplabcut/deeplabcutdatainterface.py
index f5aea74aa..e053e88fa 100644
--- a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/behavior/deeplabcut/deeplabcutdatainterface.py
+++ b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/behavior/deeplabcut/deeplabcutdatainterface.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
         self,
         nwbfile: NWBFile,
         metadata: Optional[dict] = None,
+        container_name: str = "PoseEstimation",
     ):
         """
         Conversion from DLC output files to nwb. Derived from dlc2nwb library.
@@ -110,4 +111,5 @@ def add_to_nwbfile(
             individual_name=self.subject_name,
             config_file=str(self.source_data["config_file_path"]),
             timestamps=self._timestamps,
+            pose_estimation_container_kwargs=dict(name=container_name),
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_on_data/test_behavior_interfaces.py b/tests/test_on_data/test_behavior_interfaces.py
index 155b32d72..36011da92 100644
--- a/tests/test_on_data/test_behavior_interfaces.py
+++ b/tests/test_on_data/test_behavior_interfaces.py
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ class TestDeepLabCutInterface(DeepLabCutInterfaceMixin, unittest.TestCase):
 
     def run_custom_checks(self):
         self.check_custom_timestamps(nwbfile_path=self.nwbfile_path)
+        self.check_renaming_instance(nwbfile_path=self.nwbfile_path)
 
     def check_custom_timestamps(self, nwbfile_path: str):
         # TODO: Peel out into separate test class and replace this part with check_read_nwb
@@ -361,6 +362,22 @@ def check_custom_timestamps(self, nwbfile_path: str):
                 pose_timestamps = pose_estimation.timestamps
                 np.testing.assert_array_equal(pose_timestamps, self._custom_timestamps_case_1)
 
+    def check_renaming_instance(self, nwbfile_path: str):
+        custom_container_name = "TestPoseEstimation"
+
+        metadata = self.interface.get_metadata()
+        metadata["NWBFile"].update(session_start_time=datetime.now().astimezone())
+
+        self.interface.run_conversion(
+            nwbfile_path=nwbfile_path, overwrite=True, metadata=metadata, container_name=custom_container_name
+        )
+
+        with NWBHDF5IO(path=nwbfile_path, mode="r", load_namespaces=True) as io:
+            nwbfile = io.read()
+            assert "behavior" in nwbfile.processing
+            assert "PoseEstimation" not in nwbfile.processing["behavior"].data_interfaces
+            assert custom_container_name in nwbfile.processing["behavior"].data_interfaces
+
     def check_read_nwb(self, nwbfile_path: str):
         # TODO: move this to the upstream mixin
         with NWBHDF5IO(path=nwbfile_path, mode="r", load_namespaces=True) as io: