diff --git a/RITA/black_list.csv b/RITA/blacklist.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from RITA/black_list.csv
rename to RITA/blacklist.csv
diff --git a/RITA/followup.py b/RITA/followup.py
index 5c6ae52..ce0a042 100644
--- a/RITA/followup.py
+++ b/RITA/followup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         allobs = {}
 
     # load in the black list
-    blist = csv2list("black_list.csv")
+    blist = csv2list("blacklist.csv")
 
     #remove any entries from the list which are in the black list
     bad_idx = [] #empty list to add bad indices to