diff --git a/src/components/OutputsTable/OutputCell.tsx b/src/components/OutputsTable/OutputCell.tsx
index e1c434f..a40521c 100644
--- a/src/components/OutputsTable/OutputCell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/OutputsTable/OutputCell.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useMemo, type ReactElement } from "react";
 import { BsClock } from "react-icons/bs";
 import { type ModelOutput } from "@prisma/client";
 import { type ChatCompletion } from "openai/resources/chat";
-import { generateChannelId } from "~/server/utils/generateChannelId";
+import { generateChannel } from "~/utils/generateChannel";
 import { isObject } from "lodash";
 import useSocket from "~/utils/useSocket";
 
@@ -42,22 +42,22 @@ export default function OutputCell({
     isObject(variant.config) &&
     "stream" in variant.config &&
     variant.config.stream === true;
-  const channelId = useMemo(() => {
+  const channel = useMemo(() => {
     if (!shouldStream) return;
-    return generateChannelId();
+    return generateChannel();
   }, [shouldStream]);
 
   const output = api.outputs.get.useQuery(
     {
       scenarioId: scenario.id,
       variantId: variant.id,
-      channelId,
+      channel,
     },
     { enabled: disabledReason === null }
   );
 
   // Disconnect from socket if we're not streaming anymore
-  const streamedMessage = useSocket(output.isLoading ? channelId : undefined);
+  const streamedMessage = useSocket(output.isLoading ? channel : undefined);
   const streamedContent = streamedMessage?.choices?.[0]?.message?.content;
 
   if (!vars) return null;
diff --git a/src/server/api/routers/modelOutputs.router.ts b/src/server/api/routers/modelOutputs.router.ts
index cb7f528..d144747 100644
--- a/src/server/api/routers/modelOutputs.router.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/routers/modelOutputs.router.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env;
 
 export const modelOutputsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
   get: publicProcedure
-    .input(z.object({ scenarioId: z.string(), variantId: z.string(), channelId: z.string().optional() }))
+    .input(z.object({ scenarioId: z.string(), variantId: z.string(), channel: z.string().optional() }))
     .query(async ({ input }) => {
       const existing = await prisma.modelOutput.findUnique({
         where: {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const modelOutputsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
           timeToComplete: existingResponse.timeToComplete,
         };
       } else {
-        modelResponse = await getChatCompletion(filledTemplate, env.OPENAI_API_KEY, input.channelId);
+        modelResponse = await getChatCompletion(filledTemplate, env.OPENAI_API_KEY, input.channel);
       }
 
       const modelOutput = await prisma.modelOutput.create({
diff --git a/src/server/utils/getChatCompletion.ts b/src/server/utils/getChatCompletion.ts
index 90affe1..3669a9d 100644
--- a/src/server/utils/getChatCompletion.ts
+++ b/src/server/utils/getChatCompletion.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type CompletionResponse = {
 export async function getChatCompletion(
   payload: JSONSerializable,
   apiKey: string,
-  channelId?: string,
+  channel?: string,
 ): Promise<CompletionResponse> {
   const start = Date.now();
   const response = await fetch("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions", {
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ export async function getChatCompletion(
   };
 
   try {
-    if (channelId) {
+    if (channel) {
       const completion = streamChatCompletion(payload as unknown as CompletionCreateParams);
       let finalOutput: ChatCompletion | null = null;
       await (async () => {
         for await (const partialCompletion of completion) {
           finalOutput = partialCompletion
-          wsConnection.emit("message", { channel: channelId, payload: partialCompletion });
+          wsConnection.emit("message", { channel, payload: partialCompletion });
         }
       })().catch((err) => console.error(err));
       resp.output = finalOutput as unknown as Prisma.InputJsonValue;
diff --git a/src/server/utils/generateChannelId.ts b/src/utils/generateChannel.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from src/server/utils/generateChannelId.ts
rename to src/utils/generateChannel.ts
index 273951f..c7e7c6b 100644
--- a/src/server/utils/generateChannelId.ts
+++ b/src/utils/generateChannel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // generate random channel id
 
-export const generateChannelId = () => {
+export const generateChannel = () => {
   return Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15) + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/useSocket.ts b/src/utils/useSocket.ts
index 1ab7307..9b66307 100644
--- a/src/utils/useSocket.ts
+++ b/src/utils/useSocket.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { env } from "~/env.mjs";
 
 const url = env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SOCKET_URL;
 
-export default function useSocket(channelId?: string) {
+export default function useSocket(channel?: string) {
   const socketRef = useRef<Socket>();
   const [message, setMessage] = useState<ChatCompletion | null>(null);
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ export default function useSocket(channelId?: string) {
 
     socketRef.current.on("connect", () => {
       // Join the specific room
-      if (channelId) {
-        socketRef.current?.emit("join", channelId);
+      if (channel) {
+        socketRef.current?.emit("join", channel);
 
         // Listen for 'message' events
         socketRef.current?.on("message", (message: ChatCompletion) => {
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ export default function useSocket(channelId?: string) {
     // Unsubscribe and disconnect on cleanup
     return () => {
       if (socketRef.current) {
-        if (channelId) {
+        if (channel) {
           socketRef.current.off("message");
         }
         socketRef.current.disconnect();
       }
       setMessage(null);
     };
-  }, [channelId]);
+  }, [channel]);
 
   return message;
 }