diff --git a/buildbot_nix/__init__.py b/buildbot_nix/__init__.py
index 2fca383..e99a8ad 100644
--- a/buildbot_nix/__init__.py
+++ b/buildbot_nix/__init__.py
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ class NixEvalCommand(buildstep.ShellMixin, steps.BuildStep):
     def run(self) -> Generator[Any, object, Any]:
         # run nix-eval-jobs --flake .#$FLAKE_TARGET_ATTRIBUTE_FOR_JOBS to generate the dict of stages
         cmd: remotecommand.RemoteCommand = yield self.makeRemoteShellCommand()
+        build_props = self.build.getProperties()
+        project_name = build_props.get('event.project')
+
         yield self.runCommand(cmd)
 
         # if the command passes extract the list of stages
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ class NixEvalCommand(buildstep.ShellMixin, steps.BuildStep):
             self.build.addStepsAfterCurrentStep(
                 [
                     BuildTrigger(
-                        builds_scheduler_group=f"lix-nix-build",
+                        builds_scheduler_group=f"{project_name}-nix-build",
                         name="build flake",
                         jobs=filtered_jobs,
                         all_deps=all_deps,