diff --git a/src/filereader.c b/src/filereader.c
index a98fd81..409e2f3 100644
--- a/src/filereader.c
+++ b/src/filereader.c
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ char *read_file(char const * const filename)
 {
 	char buf[STD_FILE_BUF],
 		 *string = NULL;
-	int objfile = 0;
+	int fd = 0;
 	size_t str_size = 0;
 	ssize_t n;
 
-	objfile = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 
-	if (objfile != -1) {
+	if (fd != -1) {
 		/* read and copy chunks */
-		while ((n = read(objfile, buf, STD_FILE_BUF)) > 0) {
+		while ((n = read(fd, buf, STD_FILE_BUF)) > 0) {
 			char *tmp_ptr = NULL;
 
 			str_size += n; /* count total bytes read */
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ char *read_file(char const * const filename)
 		/* add trailing NULL byte */
 		string[str_size] = '\0';
 
-		close(objfile);
+		close(fd);
 
 		return string;
 	} else {