diff --git a/helpers.cpp b/helpers.cpp
index fe84b72..01d08b4 100644
--- a/helpers.cpp
+++ b/helpers.cpp
@@ -10,28 +10,28 @@ using std::istream;
 using std::ostream;
 using std::string;
 
-bool read_config_json(json& cfg, const string& filename, ostream* log)
+bool read_file_json(json& j, const string& filename, ostream* log)
 {
-	ifstream cfg_file(filename);
+	ifstream file(filename);
 
-	if (!cfg_file.is_open())
+	if (!file.is_open())
 	{
 		if (nullptr != log)
 		{
-			*log << "Could not open config file" << endl;
+			*log << "Could not open file" << endl;
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	return read_config_json(cfg, cfg_file, log);
+	return read_stream_json(j, file, log);
 }
 
-bool read_config_json(json& cfg, istream& in, ostream* log)
+bool read_stream_json(json& j, istream& in, ostream* log)
 {
 	// Parse with comments
 	try
 	{
-		cfg = json::parse(in, nullptr, true, true);
+		j = json::parse(in, nullptr, true, true);
 	}
 	catch (const std::exception &e)
 	{
diff --git a/helpers.h b/helpers.h
index 3255214..cc1fca1 100644
--- a/helpers.h
+++ b/helpers.h
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@
 #include "json.hpp"
 
 
-// Reads configuration json from supplied filename
-// cfg - output json
+// Reads json from supplied filename
+// j - output json
 // filename - filepath from which to read json
 // log - ostream to log human readable errors to - can be nullptr
 // Returns - true if read and parse is successful
-bool read_config_json(nlohmann::json& cfg, const std::string& filename, std::ostream* log);
+bool read_file_json(nlohmann::json& j, const std::string& filename, std::ostream* log);
 
 // Reads configuration json from supplied istream
-// cfg - output json
+// j - output json
 // in - istream from which to read json
 // log - ostream to log human readable errors to - can be nullptr
 // Returns - true if read and parse is successful
-bool read_config_json(nlohmann::json& cfg, std::istream& in, std::ostream* log);
+bool read_stream_json(nlohmann::json& j, std::istream& in, std::ostream* log);
 
 // JSON Extraction Helpers
 // out value is modified only if an extraction happened