diff --git a/lambdalib/__init__.py b/lambdalib/__init__.py
index 6c83112..64d87c9 100644
--- a/lambdalib/__init__.py
+++ b/lambdalib/__init__.py
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ def generate(target, logiclib, outputpath, la_lib='stdlib', exclude=None):
     copy(outputpath, la_lib, exclude)
 
     if isinstance(target, str):
-        target_name = target
-    else:
-        target_name = target.__name__
+        target = Chip("module")._load_module(target)
+
+    target_name = target.__name__
 
     for cell in sorted(cells):
         cell_file = os.path.basename(cell)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def generate(target, logiclib, outputpath, la_lib='stdlib', exclude=None):
 
         chip = Chip(cell_name)
         chip.input(cell)
-        chip.load_target(target)
+        chip.use(target)
         chip.set('asic', 'logiclib', logiclib)
         chip.set('option', 'flow', 'asicflow')
         chip.set('option', 'to', 'syn')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3292b28..c331eab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ urls = {Homepage = "https://github.com/siliconcompiler/lambdalib"}
 requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 dependencies = [
-    "siliconcompiler >= 0.27.0",
+    "siliconcompiler >= 0.28.0",
     "Jinja2 >= 3.1.3"
 ]
 dynamic = ['version']