diff --git a/ankisyncd/sync_app.py b/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
index 6b18c26..3ca29dc 100644
--- a/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
+++ b/ankisyncd/sync_app.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class SyncApp(object):
         if not self.user_manager.authenticate(username, password):
             return
 
-        dirname = self.user_manager.username2dirname(username)
+        dirname = self.user_manager.userdir(username)
         if dirname is None:
             return
 
diff --git a/ankisyncd/users.py b/ankisyncd/users.py
index 830f978..1f7cce7 100644
--- a/ankisyncd/users.py
+++ b/ankisyncd/users.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class SimpleUserManager(object):
 
         return True
 
-    def username2dirname(self, username):
+    def userdir(self, username):
         """
         Returns the directory name for the given user. By default, this is just
         the username. Override this to adjust the mapping between users and
diff --git a/tests/test_users.py b/tests/test_users.py
index b102713..de300f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_users.py
+++ b/tests/test_users.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class SimpleUserManagerTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(self.user_manager.authenticate(bad_test_un,
                                                        good_test_pw))
 
-    def test_username2dirname(self):
+    def test_userdir(self):
         username = 'my_username'
-        dirname = self.user_manager.username2dirname(username)
+        dirname = self.user_manager.userdir(username)
         self.assertEqual(dirname, username)