diff --git a/pkgs/devout/devout.fnl b/pkgs/devout/devout.fnl
index 7e0d4d1..4ef8ee1 100644
--- a/pkgs/devout/devout.fnl
+++ b/pkgs/devout/devout.fnl
@@ -22,24 +22,24 @@
   (..
    (string.format "%s@%s\0" e.action e.path)
    (table.concat
-    (icollect [k v (pairs e.attributes)]
+    (icollect [k v (pairs e.properties)]
       (string.format "%s=%s" (string.upper k) v ))
     "\n")))
 
 (fn event-matches? [e terms]
   (accumulate [match? true
                name value (pairs terms)]
-    (and match? (= value (. e.attributes name)))))
+    (and match? (= value (. e.properties name)))))
 
 (fn parse-event [s]
   (let [at (string.find s "@" 1 true)
         (nl nxt) (string.find s "\0" 1 true)
-        attributes
+        properties
         (collect [k v (string.gmatch
                        (string.sub s (+ 1 nxt))
                        "(%g-)=(%g+)")]
           (k:lower) v)]
-    { : attributes
+    { : properties
       :path (string.sub s (+ at 1) (- nl 1))
       :action (string.sub s 1 (- at 1))
       :format format-event
diff --git a/pkgs/devout/test.fnl b/pkgs/devout/test.fnl
index 34d24e0..3fc194d 100644
--- a/pkgs/devout/test.fnl
+++ b/pkgs/devout/test.fnl
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ MINOR=17")
 (example
  "I can parse an event"
  (let [e (parse-event sdb1-insert)]
-   (expect= e.attributes.seqnum "82381")
-   (expect= e.attributes.devname "/dev/sdb1")
+   (expect= e.properties.seqnum "82381")
+   (expect= e.properties.devname "/dev/sdb1")
    (expect= e.path "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb1")
    (expect= e.action :add)
    (expect= e (parse-event (e:format)))))
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ MINOR=17")
  (let [db (database)]
    (db:add sda-uevent)
    (let [[m & more] (db:find {:devname "sda"})]
-     (expect= m.attributes.devname "sda")
-     (expect= m.attributes.major "8")
+     (expect= m.properties.devname "sda")
+     (expect= m.properties.major "8")
      (expect= more []))))
 
 (example
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ MINOR=17")
  (let [db (database)]
    (db:add sda-uevent)
    (let [m (db:at-path "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda")]
-     (expect= m.attributes.devname "sda")
-     (expect= m.attributes.major "8"))))
+     (expect= m.properties.devname "sda")
+     (expect= m.properties.major "8"))))
 
 (example
  "when I add and then remove a device, I cannot retrieve it by path"