diff --git a/swh/lister/cran/lister.py b/swh/lister/cran/lister.py
index 20d6dd6..b8bd2c5 100644
--- a/swh/lister/cran/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cran/lister.py
@@ -33,13 +33,11 @@ class CRANLister(SimpleLister):
 
         """
         policy = kwargs.get('policy', 'oneshot')
-        package = kwargs.get('name')
         version = kwargs.get('version')
         assert origin_type == 'tar'
         return create_task_dict(
-            'load-archive-files',
-            policy, package, origin_url, version,
-            retries_left=3,
+            'load-cran', policy,
+            url=origin_url, version=version, retries_left=3
         )
 
     def safely_issue_request(self, identifier):
diff --git a/swh/lister/cran/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/cran/tests/conftest.py
index a4b2b26..cce18ab 100644
--- a/swh/lister/cran/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cran/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
+import pytest
+
 from swh.lister.core.tests.conftest import *  # noqa
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lister_cran(swh_listers):
+    lister = swh_listers['cran']
+
+    # Add the load-deb-package in the scheduler backend
+    lister.scheduler.create_task_type({
+        'type': 'load-cran',
+        'description': 'Load a CRAN package',
+        'backend_name': 'swh.loader.package.cran.tasks.LoaderCRAN',
+        'default_interval': '1 day',
+    })
+
+    return lister
diff --git a/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
index b02da46..bc66d96 100644
--- a/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ def test_cran_compute_package_url_failure():
 
 
 @patch('swh.lister.cran.lister.read_cran_data')
-def test_cran_lister_cran(mock_cran, datadir, swh_listers):
-    lister = swh_listers['cran']
+def test_cran_lister_cran(mock_cran, datadir, lister_cran):
+    lister = lister_cran
 
     with open(path.join(datadir, 'list-r-packages.json')) as f:
         data = json.loads(f.read())
@@ -39,27 +39,19 @@ def test_cran_lister_cran(mock_cran, datadir, swh_listers):
 
     lister.run()
 
-    r = lister.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type='load-archive-files')
+    r = lister.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type='load-cran')
     assert len(r) == 6
 
     for row in r:
-        assert row['type'] == 'load-archive-files'
+        assert row['type'] == 'load-cran'
         # arguments check
         args = row['arguments']['args']
-        assert len(args) == 3
-        # ['SeleMix',
-        #  'https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/SeleMix_1.0.1.tar.gz',
-        #  '1.0.1']
-
-        package = args[0]
-        url = args[1]
-        version = args[2]
-
-        assert url == compute_package_url(
-            {'Package': package, 'Version': version})
+        assert len(args) == 0
 
         # kwargs
         kwargs = row['arguments']['kwargs']
-        assert kwargs == {}
+        assert len(kwargs) == 2
+        assert set(kwargs.keys()) == {'url', 'version'}
 
         assert row['policy'] == 'oneshot'
+        assert row['retries_left'] == 3