diff --git a/src/l3_distributedattackdetector/service/l3_distributedattackdetector.py b/src/l3_distributedattackdetector/service/l3_distributedattackdetector.py
index 2696405388947b0503b54b910a45eaf1e809c5a6..2cee9d20c204bafc0eaf35cc7636ed1df9f2fd4e 100644
--- a/src/l3_distributedattackdetector/service/l3_distributedattackdetector.py
+++ b/src/l3_distributedattackdetector/service/l3_distributedattackdetector.py
@@ -106,20 +106,20 @@ class l3_distributedattackdetector:
 
         LOGGER.info("Gracefully stopping...")
 
-    def follow(self, file, time_sleep):
+    def follow(self, logfile, time_sleep):
         """
-        Generator function that yields new lines in a file
+        Generator function that yields new lines in a log file
         """
 
         # seek the end of the file
-        # file.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
+        # logfile.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
 
         chunk = ""
 
         # start an infinite loop
         while True:
             # read last line of the file
-            line = file.readline()
+            line = logfile.readline()
 
             # sleep if the file hasn't been updated
             if not line: