diff --git a/django_pyvows/server.py b/django_pyvows/server.py
index 2b4f0f6..53996d9 100644
--- a/django_pyvows/server.py
+++ b/django_pyvows/server.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ from cherrypy import wsgiserver
 from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler
 
 
-def run_app(host, port, threadCount):
+def run_app(host, port, thread_count):
     server = wsgiserver.CherryPyWSGIServer(
         (host, port), 
         WSGIHandler(),
         server_name='tornado-pyvows',
-        numthreads = threadCount
+        numthreads = thread_count
     )
 
     my_thread = current_thread()
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ def run_app(host, port, threadCount):
 class DjangoServer(object):
 
     def __init__(self, host, port):
-        self.host = host
+        self.host = host 
         self.port = port
 
-    def start(self, settings, threadCount=1):
-        self.thr = Thread(target=run_app, args=(self.host, self.port, threadCount))
+    def start(self, settings, thread_count=1):
+        self.thr = Thread(target= run_app, args=(self.host, self.port, thread_count))
         self.thr.daemon = True
         self.thr.settings = {}
         for k, v in settings.iteritems():