diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index f7b77d4e..38bcd569 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ ChainDB.prototype.save = function save(entry) {
   raw = entry.toRaw();
   offset = entry.height * BLOCK_SIZE;
 
-  return this._writeSync(raw, offset);
+  return this._write(raw, offset);
 };
 
 // This causes weird race conditions with size/count/tip.
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ ChainDB.prototype.saveAsync = function save(entry, callback) {
   raw = entry.toRaw();
   offset = entry.height * BLOCK_SIZE;
 
-  return this._write(raw, offset, function(err, success) {
+  return this._writeAsync(raw, offset, function(err, success) {
     var item = self._queue[entry.height];
 
     assert(item);
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ ChainDB.prototype.saveAsync = function save(entry, callback) {
     // Synchronously write it and get it over with.
     try {
       if (item !== entry)
-        success = self._writeSync(item.toRaw(), offset);
+        success = self._write(item.toRaw(), offset);
     } catch (e) {
       err = e;
     }
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ ChainDB.prototype.saveAsync = function save(entry, callback) {
 ChainDB.prototype.del = function del(height) {
   assert(height >= 0);
 
-  this._writeSync(this._nullBlock, height * BLOCK_SIZE);
+  this._write(this._nullBlock, height * BLOCK_SIZE);
 
   // If we deleted several blocks at the end, go back
   // to the last non-null block and truncate the file
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ ChainDB.prototype._read = function _read(size, offset) {
   }
 };
 
-ChainDB.prototype._write = function _write(data, offset, callback) {
+ChainDB.prototype._writeAsync = function _writeAsync(data, offset, callback) {
   var self = this;
   var size = data.length;
   var index = 0;
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ ChainDB.prototype._write = function _write(data, offset, callback) {
   })();
 };
 
-ChainDB.prototype._writeSync = function _writeSync(data, offset) {
+ChainDB.prototype._write = function _write(data, offset) {
   var size = data.length;
   var index = 0;
   var bytes;