diff --git a/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java b/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java
index 16094da18..3cbe58c87 100644
--- a/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java
+++ b/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public interface DatabaseComponent {
 	 * <p/>
 	 * Read-only.
 	 */
-	Collection<ContactId> getContacts(Transaction txn, AuthorId a)
+	Collection<ContactId> getContacts(Transaction txn, AuthorId local)
 			throws DbException;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/Database.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/Database.java
index c59230802..01e1eec15 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/Database.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/Database.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ interface Database<T> {
 	 * <p/>
 	 * Read-only.
 	 */
-	Collection<ContactId> getContacts(T txn, AuthorId a) throws DbException;
+	Collection<ContactId> getContacts(T txn, AuthorId local) throws DbException;
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the group with the given ID.
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java
index 475e9da5a..bebdea3d8 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java
@@ -503,11 +503,11 @@ class DatabaseComponentImpl<T> implements DatabaseComponent {
 
 	@Override
 	public Collection<ContactId> getContacts(Transaction transaction,
-			AuthorId a) throws DbException {
+			AuthorId local) throws DbException {
 		T txn = unbox(transaction);
-		if (!db.containsIdentity(txn, a))
+		if (!db.containsIdentity(txn, local))
 			throw new NoSuchIdentityException();
-		return db.getContacts(txn, a);
+		return db.getContacts(txn, local);
 	}
 
 	@Override