diff --git a/mandelbrot-visualizer.c b/mandelbrot-visualizer.c
index 18a854a..4ed979f 100644
--- a/mandelbrot-visualizer.c
+++ b/mandelbrot-visualizer.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct threadInfo {
 /*
  * Concurrency model explained:
  * One main thread, along with many workers in a thread pool, who split the work of
- * rendering roughly equally. The writers don't do any work until the pixel map which they
+ * rendering roughly equally. The workers don't do any work until the pixel map which they
  * are meant to work on is marked as available, and they are all singalled to start
  * drawing.
  *
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void color_lookup(int *r, int *g, int *b, double mu);
 // worker code
 gboolean queue_redraw_plane(void *arg);
 
-void *writer_thread(void *arg)
+void *worker_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	struct threadInfo *info = arg;
 	while (true) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void draw_mandelbrot(struct threadInfo *info)
 			pthread_mutex_unlock(&pixmapMutex);
 			return;
 			// after this, the thread will again enter the
-			// loop in the writer_thread function, and
+			// loop in the worker_thread function, and
 			// enter a wait state
 		}
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&pixmapMutex);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		// integer, if the thread fails to start, it will simply be
 		// overwritten by the same value in the next run of the loop
 		pthread_t id;
-		if (pthread_create(&id, NULL, &writer_thread, &threads[count])) {
+		if (pthread_create(&id, NULL, &worker_thread, &threads[count])) {
 			pthread_detach(id);
 			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create thread %d\n", i);
 			continue;