diff --git a/daklib/utils.py b/daklib/utils.py
index 830794833f13cc870a3d36e3aa7a2d4974236b25..0d83b3418f54d61bd65704b2761b02fc85350a88 100755
--- a/daklib/utils.py
+++ b/daklib/utils.py
@@ -685,11 +685,11 @@ def regex_safe (s):
 
 # Perform a substition of template
 def TemplateSubst(map, filename):
-    file = open_file(filename)
-    template = file.read()
+    templatefile = open_file(filename)
+    template = templatefile.read()
     for x in map.keys():
         template = template.replace(x,map[x])
-    file.close()
+    templatefile.close()
     return template
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -785,13 +785,13 @@ def find_next_free (dest, too_many=100):
 ################################################################################
 
 def result_join (original, sep = '\t'):
-    list = []
+    resultlist = []
     for i in xrange(len(original)):
         if original[i] == None:
-            list.append("")
+            resultlist.append("")
         else:
-            list.append(original[i])
-    return sep.join(list)
+            resultlist.append(original[i])
+    return sep.join(resultlist)
 
 ################################################################################