diff --git a/src/scala/spark/BitTorrentBroadcast.scala b/src/scala/spark/BitTorrentBroadcast.scala
index 6a041b1ab0160e8e608c82e93708d2eea57b432c..7dc376a3c5d3a9dc06433943ed5fd3fb5cf6f2ec 100644
--- a/src/scala/spark/BitTorrentBroadcast.scala
+++ b/src/scala/spark/BitTorrentBroadcast.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.{Executors, ThreadFactory, ThreadPoolExecutor}
 import scala.collection.mutable.{ListBuffer, Map, Set}
 
 @serializable
-class BitTorrentBroadcast[T] (@transient var value_ : T, local: Boolean) 
+class BitTorrentBroadcast[T] (@transient var value_ : T, isLocal: Boolean) 
 extends Broadcast  with Logging {
   
   def value = value_
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extends Broadcast  with Logging {
   @transient var stopBroadcast = false
   
   // Must call this after all the variables have been created/initialized
-  if (!local) { 
+  if (!isLocal) { 
     sendBroadcast 
   }