diff --git a/dbfp.py b/dbfp.py
index dc7975e..7e2e098 100644
--- a/dbfp.py
+++ b/dbfp.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def queryMD5(fp_dir, md5_db):
   try:
     fp = FingerprintIndex()
     fp.openIndex(fp_dir)
-    results = fp.queryMetadata(md5_db)
+    results = fp.queryAppDetails(md5_db)
     for row in results:
       print "[{}]\nDB: {}\nFP: {}\nDate: {}\n".format(row[0], row[2], row[3], row[4])
   except Exception as ex:
diff --git a/libs/fingerprint.py b/libs/fingerprint.py
index dd39427..3c4983e 100644
--- a/libs/fingerprint.py
+++ b/libs/fingerprint.py
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ class FingerprintDB:
     self.table_hashes = None
     self.filein = ""
     self.init = False
-    # fingerprint metadata
-    self.metadata = {}
-    self.metadata['db-name'] = ""
-    self.metadata['app-name'] = ""
-    self.metadata['app-ver'] = ""
-    self.metadata['notes'] = ""
-    self.metadata['scan-date'] = ""
+    # db file details
+    self.file_details = {}
+    self.file_details['db-name'] = ""
+    self.file_details['app-name'] = ""
+    self.file_details['app-ver'] = ""
+    self.file_details['notes'] = ""
+    self.file_details['scan-date'] = ""
 
   #
   def scanDBFile(self, filein):
@@ -64,22 +64,20 @@ class FingerprintDB:
     try:
       (self.conn, self.cur) = self.__openDB(filein)
     except Exception, ex:
-      logging.info(ex)
       raise
 
     try:
       # extract file name from path+filename
-      self.metadata['db-name'] = os.path.basename(filein)
+      self.file_details['db-name'] = os.path.basename(filein)
     except Exception as ex:
-      logging.error(ex)
-      self.metadata['db-name'] = filein
+      logging.warn(ex)
+      self.file_details['db-name'] = filein
     try:
       # read database schema, parse the schema
       self.__readDatabase()
       # concat all the table create statements, then md5
       self.__createMD5DB()
     except Exception as ex:
-      logging.error(ex)
       raise
 
     # create and index of table hashes
@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ class FingerprintDB:
       dbmt = jsonData['db-metadata']
       dbht = jsonData['db-metadata-hashes']
       dbmd5 = jsonData['db-metadata-md5']
-      metadata = jsonData['_file-metadata']
+      metadata = jsonData['_file-details']
 
       all_tables = tb.keys()
       for table_name in all_tables:
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ class FingerprintDB:
       self.tables       = tables
       self.db_hash      = dbmd5
       self.table_hashes = dbht
-      self.metadata     = metadata
+      self.file_details  = metadata
     except Exception as ex:
       logging.error("ERROR: problem loading json file: \n{}\n{}".format(file_json, ex))
 
@@ -305,7 +303,7 @@ class FingerprintDB:
     dmhash = {}
     shash  = {}
     mhash  = {}
-    ahash['_file-metadata']     = mhash
+    ahash['_file-details']      = mhash
     ahash['db-metadata']        = dmhash
     ahash['db-metadata-hashes'] = shash
     ahash['db-metadata-md5']    = None
@@ -320,10 +318,10 @@ class FingerprintDB:
     mhash['format-ver']   = self.format_ver
     mhash['scanner-ver']  = self.scanner_ver
     mhash['scanner-name'] = 'dbfp'
-    mhash['db-name']      = self.metadata['db-name']
-    mhash['app-name']     = self.metadata['app-name']
-    mhash['app-ver']      = self.metadata['app-ver']
-    mhash['notes']        = self.metadata['notes']
+    mhash['db-name']      = self.file_details['db-name']
+    mhash['app-name']     = self.file_details['app-name']
+    mhash['app-ver']      = self.file_details['app-ver']
+    mhash['notes']        = self.file_details['notes']
 
     # tables
     tables = self.tables.keys()
@@ -356,15 +354,15 @@ class FingerprintDB:
 
   #
   def setAppName(self, name):
-    self.metadata['app-name'] = name
+    self.file_details['app-name'] = name
 
   #
   def setAppVer(self, version):
-    self.metadata['app-ver'] = version
+    self.file_details['app-ver'] = version
 
   #
   def setNotes(self, notes):
-    self.metadata['notes'] = notes
+    self.file_details['notes'] = notes
 
   #
   def getErrorString(self, errorCode):
diff --git a/libs/fingerprint_index.py b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
index 5b0cd54..0340c54 100644
--- a/libs/fingerprint_index.py
+++ b/libs/fingerprint_index.py
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
     return rows
 
   #
-  def queryMetadata(self, md5_db):
-    rows = self.__qMetadata(md5_db)
+  def queryAppDetails(self, md5_db):
+    rows = self.__qAppDetails(md5_db)
     return rows
 
   #
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
       logging.error(ex)
 
   #
-  def __qMetadata(self, md5_db):
+  def __qAppDetails(self, md5_db):
     try:
       rows = self.cur.execute('''
         SELECT app_name, app_ver, db_file, fp_file, scan_date
-        FROM metadata
+        FROM file_details
         WHERE md5_db=?
         ''', [md5_db])
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
           fp_count INTEGER);
         ''')
       self.db_conn.execute('''
-          CREATE TABLE metadata (
+          CREATE TABLE file_details (
           md5_db TEXT,
           app_name TEXT,
           app_ver TEXT,
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
           db.importJson(fq_file)
           self.__insertMod_md5_all(db.db_hash, db.table_hashes.values(), file)
           self.__insertMod_md5_tables(db.table_hashes.values(), file)
-          self.__insertMod_metadata(db, file)
+          self.__insertMod_file_details(db, file)
           finCount = finCount+1
           self.db_conn.commit()
         except Exception as ex:
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ class FingerprintIndex:
         raise FingerprintIndexWrite("Error inserting a row\n{}".format(ex))
 
   #
-  def __insertMod_metadata(self, db, filename):
+  def __insertMod_file_details(self, db, filename):
     try:
       self.db_conn.execute(
         '''
-        INSERT INTO metadata VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-        ''', [db.db_hash, db.metadata['app-name'], db.metadata['app-ver'], db.metadata['db-name'], filename, db.metadata['scan-date']])
+        INSERT INTO file_details VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+        ''', [db.db_hash, db.file_details['app-name'], db.file_details['app-ver'], db.file_details['db-name'], filename, db.file_details['scan-date']])
     except Exception as ex:
       print ex
       raise