diff --git a/mason-today/__init__.py b/mason-today/__init__.py
index 68d25d1104530a42c738f20596871bfa97d1341d..e3ca726cad863bfd81522f924bf02673840504ed 100644
--- a/mason-today/__init__.py
+++ b/mason-today/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from flask import Response
 from flask import render_template
 
 # app imports
-from appmethods import updatebothdbs, runscheduleloop
+from appmethods import update_both_dbs, run_schedule_loop
 from redisactions import redisdb
 
 # python imports
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ def display_GC_data():
 
 
 @app.route("/api/lastupdate")
-def getlastupdate():
+def get_last_update():
     resp = Response(redisdb.lindex("dbupdatelog", 0).replace("\n", "</br>"))
     return resp
 
 
 try:
-    thread.start_new_thread(runscheduleloop, ())
+    thread.start_new_thread(run_schedule_loop, ())
     print "started thread!"
 except:
     print "===================================================" \
diff --git a/mason-today/appmethods.py b/mason-today/appmethods.py
index c2c29d19256bdf87191087de83c066af2833a630..2a013031d85dd30038834a2b94188550ceae096f 100644
--- a/mason-today/appmethods.py
+++ b/mason-today/appmethods.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # app imports
 from parscript import load_data
-from getconnectedscript import load_getconn_data
+from getconnectedscript import load_gc_data
 import redisactions as f
 
 # python imports
@@ -14,27 +14,24 @@ import schedule
 
 
 # attempts to update both dbs and logs the result
-def updatebothdbs():
-    livesuccess = f.livedbfill(json.dumps(load_data(), ensure_ascii=False))
-    gcsuccess = f.gcdbfill(json.dumps(load_getconn_data(), ensure_ascii=False))
+def update_both_dbs():
+    livesuccess = f.live_db_fill(json.dumps(load_data(), ensure_ascii=False))
+    gcsuccess = f.gc_db_fill(json.dumps(load_gc_data(), ensure_ascii=False))
     successLog = str(datetime.datetime.now()) \
         + "\n\nAttempted to update cache." \
         + "\n25Live: " + str(livesuccess) \
         + "\nGC: " + str(gcsuccess)
 
-    f.appendtoupdatelog(successLog)
+    f.append_to_update_log(successLog)
     return successLog
 
 
-def testprint():
-    print "Schedule action completed!"
-
-
 # setting up cacheing
-schedule.every().day.at("02:00").do(updatebothdbs)
+# this must be done after the update_both_dbs def
+schedule.every().day.at("02:00").do(update_both_dbs)
 
 
-def runscheduleloop():
+def run_schedule_loop():
     runScheduler = True
     while runScheduler:
         schedule.run_pending()
diff --git a/mason-today/getconnectedscript.py b/mason-today/getconnectedscript.py
index 38e298d88818a56041241e6ec52314a780a1a917..f6554ecde4c78890909bb3635fa9bc766178641f 100644
--- a/mason-today/getconnectedscript.py
+++ b/mason-today/getconnectedscript.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def splitAndConvertTime(strin):
     return returnlist
 
 
-def load_getconn_data():
+def load_gc_data():
     feedtext = requests.get(
             "https://getconnected.gmu.edu/events/events.rss").text
     feedtext = cleanup(feedtext)
diff --git a/mason-today/redisactions.py b/mason-today/redisactions.py
index aab5c2b27b683c0f589c28db9b945921a728aa9f..b45c1dd13e7ba4cb364c79afba3d86d693f274a0 100644
--- a/mason-today/redisactions.py
+++ b/mason-today/redisactions.py
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ import redis
 # function. and every time we find an error we want to run a dberrorfill()
 # function.
 
+
 # setting up redis database
 redisdb = redis.from_url("redis://localhost:6379/0", db=0)
 
 
 # this will update the live dictlist and the cachedate
 # returns true if the dictlist is not empty, false otherwise
-def gcdbfill(dictlist):
+def gc_db_fill(dictlist):
     success = redisdb.set("gcdict", dictlist)
 
     log = str(datetime.datetime.now())
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def gcdbfill(dictlist):
 
 # saves new dictlist in place of previous 25Live dictlist
 # returns true if the dictlist is not empty, false otherwise
-def livedbfill(dictlist):
+def live_db_fill(dictlist):
     success = redisdb.set("livedict", dictlist)
 
     log = str(datetime.datetime.now())
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ def livedbfill(dictlist):
 
 # appends the log string to the head of our update long
 # returns true if the head is the newest update
-def appendtoupdatelog(logstring):
+def append_to_update_log(logstring):
     redisdb.lpush("dbupdatelog", logstring)
 
     return redisdb.lindex("dbupdatelog", 0) == logstring