diff --git a/application/controllers/Api.php b/application/controllers/Api.php
index 063054aef..958be0d78 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Api.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Api.php
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ class API extends CI_Controller {
 
 	}
 
+	/*
+	*
+	*	Function: get_contacts_adif
+	*	Task: allows third party software to pull ADIF QSO data from wavelog after a baseline of the last fetched QSO id
+	*/
 	function get_contacts_adif() {
 
 		//set header
@@ -261,7 +266,7 @@ class API extends CI_Controller {
 		}
 
 		//check for relevant fields in JSON input
-		if(!isset($obj['station_id']) or !isset($obj['goalpost']))
+		if(!isset($obj['station_id']) or !isset($obj['fetchfromid']))
 		{
 			http_response_code(400);
 			echo json_encode(['status' => 'failed', 'reason' => "Not all required fields were present in input JSON"]);
@@ -271,18 +276,18 @@ class API extends CI_Controller {
 		//extract relevant data to variables
 		$key = $obj['key'];
 		$station_id = $obj['station_id'];
-		$goalpost = $obj['goalpost'];
+		$fetchfromid = $obj['fetchfromid'];
 
 		//check if goalpost is numeric as an additional layer of SQL injection prevention
-		if(!is_numeric($goalpost))
+		if(!is_numeric($fetchfromid))
 		{
 			http_response_code(400);
-			echo json_encode(['status' => 'failed', 'reason' => "Invalid goalpost."]);
+			echo json_encode(['status' => 'failed', 'reason' => "Invalid fetchfromid."]);
 			return;
 		}
 
 		//make sure the goalpost is an integer
-		$goalpost = (int)$goalpost;
+		$fetchfromid = (int)$fetchfromid;
 
 		//load stations API
 		$this->load->model('stations');
@@ -307,28 +312,28 @@ class API extends CI_Controller {
 
 		//load adif data module
 		$this->load->model('adif_data');
-		$data['qsos'] = $this->adif_data->export_past_goalpost($station_id, $goalpost);
+		$data['qsos'] = $this->adif_data->export_past_id($station_id, $fetchfromid);
 		$qso_count = count($data['qsos']->result()); 
 		
 		//if no new QSOs are ready, return that
 		if($qso_count <= 0)
 		{
 			http_response_code(200);
-			echo json_encode(['status' => 'successfull', 'message' => 'No new QSOs available.', 'newgoalpost' => $goalpost, 'exported_qsos' => 0, 'adif' => null]);
+			echo json_encode(['status' => 'successfull', 'message' => 'No new QSOs available.', 'lastfetchedid' => $fetchfromid, 'exported_qsos' => 0, 'adif' => null]);
 		}
 
 		//convert data to ADIF
 		$adif_content = $this->load->view('adif/data/exportapi', $data, TRUE);
 
 		//get new goalpost
-		$newgoalpost = 0;
+		$lastfetchedid = 0;
 		foreach ($data['qsos']->result() as $row) {
-			$newgoalpost = max($newgoalpost, $row->COL_PRIMARY_KEY);
+			$lastfetchedid = max($lastfetchedid, $row->COL_PRIMARY_KEY);
 		}		
 
 		//return API result
 		http_response_code(200);
-		echo json_encode(['status' => 'successfull', 'message' => 'Export successfull', 'newgoalpost' => $newgoalpost, 'exported_qsos' => $qso_count, 'adif' => $adif_content]);
+		echo json_encode(['status' => 'successfull', 'message' => 'Export successfull', 'lastfetchedid' => $lastfetchedid, 'exported_qsos' => $qso_count, 'adif' => $adif_content]);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/application/models/Adif_data.php b/application/models/Adif_data.php
index 5e120b89a..f4a6694e4 100644
--- a/application/models/Adif_data.php
+++ b/application/models/Adif_data.php
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ class adif_data extends CI_Model {
         return $this->db->get();
     }
 
-    function export_past_goalpost($station_id, $goalpost) {
+    function export_past_id($station_id, $fetchfromid) {
         //create query
         $this->db->select(''.$this->config->item('table_name').'.*, station_profile.*, dxcc_entities.name as station_country');
         $this->db->from($this->config->item('table_name'));
         $this->db->where($this->config->item('table_name').'.station_id', $station_id);
-        $this->db->where($this->config->item('table_name').".COL_PRIMARY_KEY > " , $goalpost); //only get values past the goalpost
+        $this->db->where($this->config->item('table_name').".COL_PRIMARY_KEY > " , $fetchfromid); //only get values past the fetchfromid value
         $this->db->order_by($this->config->item('table_name').".COL_TIME_ON", "ASC");
         $this->db->join('station_profile', 'station_profile.station_id = '.$this->config->item('table_name').'.station_id');
         $this->db->join('dxcc_entities', 'station_profile.station_dxcc = dxcc_entities.adif', 'left outer');