diff --git a/conf/modules.config b/conf/modules.config
index 715dc71..47ed81e 100644
--- a/conf/modules.config
+++ b/conf/modules.config
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ process {
 
 }
 
-if (params.blackListFile != null) {
+if (params.blacklist != null) {
         process {
             withName: '.*DEEPTOOLS_BAMCOVERAGE.*' {
-                ext.args    = "–blackListFileName ${params.blackListFile}"
+                ext.args    = "–blackListFileName ${params.blacklist}"
             }
             }
 }
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 5cca560..7bf46f3 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ Optionally, the fractions extracted from the same `experimentalID` can be combin
 
 ## Reference genome files
 
-The minimum reference genome requirements is the FASTA file, provided with the mandatory parameter `--fasta`, the bwa index will be generated by the pipeline and can be saved for later reuse if the `--save_reference` parameter is passed. The index building step can be quite a time-consuming process and it permits their reuse for future runs of the pipeline to save disk space, if already present it can be passed using the `--bwa_index '/path/to/bwa/index/'` parameter.
+The minimum reference genome requirements is the FASTA file, provided with the mandatory parameter `--fasta`, the bwa index will be generated by the pipeline and can be saved for later reuse if the `--save_reference` parameter is passed. The index building step can be quite a time-consuming process and it permits their reuse for future runs of the pipeline to save disk space, if already present it can be passed using the `--bwa '/path/to/bwa/index/'` parameter.
 
 ### Blacklist bed files
 
-A blacklist of regions that will be excluded by signal tracks can be provided using the optional parameter `--blackListFile` with full path to a coordinate file in bed format. Blacklist files for several genome builds can be found in the [ENCODE Blacklist Project](https://github.com/Boyle-Lab/Blacklist).
+A blacklist of regions that will be excluded by signal tracks can be provided using the optional parameter `--blacklist` with full path to a coordinate file in bed format. Blacklist files for several genome builds can be found in the [ENCODE Blacklist Project](https://github.com/Boyle-Lab/Blacklist).
 
 ## Updating the pipeline
 
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index ded694b..7c4188e 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ params {
     genome                     = null
     igenomes_base              = 's3://ngi-igenomes/igenomes'
     igenomes_ignore            = true
-    bwa_index                  = null
+    bwa                  = null
     save_reference             = false
 
     //overall analysis options
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ params {
     multiqc_methods_description = null
 
     // bam generation
-    blackListFile              = null
+    blacklist                  = null
 
     // Boilerplate options
     outdir                     = null
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index dbc2628..79a69ce 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                     "help_text": "This parameter is *mandatory* if `--genome` is not specified. If you don't have a BWA index available this will be generated for you automatically. Combine with `--save_reference` to save BWA index for future runs.",
                     "fa_icon": "far fa-file-code"
                 },
-                "bwa_index": {
+                "bwa": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "format": "path",
                     "exists": true,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
                     "default": true,
                     "help_text": "Do not load `igenomes.config` when running the pipeline. You may choose this option if you observe clashes between custom parameters and those supplied in `igenomes.config`. You can run `sammyseq` by specifying at least a FASTA genome file."
                 },
-                "blackListFile": {
+                "blacklist": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "format": "file-path",
                     "fa_icon": "fas fa-ban",
diff --git a/workflows/sammyseq.nf b/workflows/sammyseq.nf
index deb5e15..3bdb52b 100644
--- a/workflows/sammyseq.nf
+++ b/workflows/sammyseq.nf
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ workflow SAMMYSEQ {
 
 
     PREPARE_GENOME (params.fasta,
-                    params.bwa_index)
+                    params.bwa)
 
     ch_versions = ch_versions.mix(PREPARE_GENOME.out.versions)