diff --git a/star_chart_spherical_projection/generate_star_chart.py b/star_chart_spherical_projection/generate_star_chart.py
index 9b7d122..38131c5 100644
--- a/star_chart_spherical_projection/generate_star_chart.py
+++ b/star_chart_spherical_projection/generate_star_chart.py
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ southern_declination_max = -90
 # Start Year (JP2000)
 j2000 = 2000 # start year of the star catalogue (jan 1 2000 via IAU)
 
-def _get_stars(selectStars=[]):
+def _get_stars(select_stars=[]):
     # selectStars only returns a subset of all the stars saved, empty will return all in the star_data.csv file
     # stars: ["name", "RA: HH.MM.SS", Declination DD.SS, Proper Motion Speed (mas/yr), Proper Motion Angle (DD.SS), Magnitude (V, Visual)]
     star_data_list = []
     star_csv_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data', 'stars_with_data.csv')  # get file's directory, up one level, /data/4_all_stars_data.csv
     star_dataframe = pd.read_csv(star_csv_file)
     for index, row in star_dataframe.iterrows():
-        if len(selectStars) > 0: # get only a subset of all stars
-            if row["Common Name"] in selectStars:
+        if len(select_stars) > 0: # get only a subset of all stars
+            if row["Common Name"] in select_stars:
                 star_data_list.append(row.tolist())
         else:
             star_data_list.append(row.tolist())