diff --git a/cluefs_frontend/fe_file.go b/cluefs_frontend/fe_file.go
index 4c4e38a..58ab0dc 100644
--- a/cluefs_frontend/fe_file.go
+++ b/cluefs_frontend/fe_file.go
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ func (f *File) Write(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.WriteRequest, resp *fuse.Wri
 				return err
 			}
 			copy(blockData, readResp.Data)
-			copy(blockData[ib.Offset:ib.Offset+ib.Length], req.Data)
-			blockLen := max(len(readResp.Data), int(ib.Offset+ib.Length))
+			copy(blockData[ib.Skip:ib.Skip+ib.Length], req.Data)
+			blockLen := max(len(readResp.Data), int(ib.Skip+ib.Length))
 			blockData = blockData[0:blockLen]
 		} else {
 			blockData = req.Data[0:f.crfs.PlainBS()]
diff --git a/cryptfs/content_test.go b/cryptfs/content_test.go
index 8fd33c6..8f1d48b 100644
--- a/cryptfs/content_test.go
+++ b/cryptfs/content_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ func TestSplitRange(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, r := range(ranges) {
 		parts := f.SplitRange(r.offset, r.length)
 		for _, p := range(parts) {
-			if p.Length > DEFAULT_PLAINBS || p.Offset >= DEFAULT_PLAINBS {
-				fmt.Printf("Test fail: n=%d, length=%d, offset=%d\n", p.BlockNo, p.Length, p.Offset)
+			if p.Length > DEFAULT_PLAINBS || p.Skip >= DEFAULT_PLAINBS {
+				fmt.Printf("Test fail: n=%d, length=%d, offset=%d\n", p.BlockNo, p.Length, p.Skip)
 				t.Fail()
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/cryptfs/cryptfs_content.go b/cryptfs/cryptfs_content.go
index ab5ec78..761fef5 100644
--- a/cryptfs/cryptfs_content.go
+++ b/cryptfs/cryptfs_content.go
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ func (be *CryptFS) SplitRange(offset uint64, length uint64) []intraBlock {
 
 	for length > 0 {
 		b.BlockNo = offset / be.plainBS
-		b.Offset = offset % be.plainBS
-		b.Length = be.minu64(length, be.plainBS - b.Offset)
+		b.Skip = offset % be.plainBS
+		b.Length = be.minu64(length, be.plainBS - b.Skip)
 		parts = append(parts, b)
 		offset += b.Length
 		length -= b.Length
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (be *CryptFS) JoinCiphertextRange(blocks []intraBlock) (uint64, uint64) {
 // Crop plaintext that correspons to complete cipher blocks down to what is
 // requested according to "iblocks"
 func (be *CryptFS) CropPlaintext(plaintext []byte, blocks []intraBlock) []byte {
-	offset := blocks[0].Offset
+	offset := blocks[0].Skip
 	last := blocks[len(blocks)-1]
 	length := (last.BlockNo - blocks[0].BlockNo + 1) * be.plainBS
 	var cropped []byte
diff --git a/cryptfs/intrablock.go b/cryptfs/intrablock.go
index 78fd140..552cb3c 100644
--- a/cryptfs/intrablock.go
+++ b/cryptfs/intrablock.go
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ package cryptfs
 // intraBlock identifies a part of a file block
 type intraBlock struct {
 	BlockNo uint64  // Block number in file
-	Offset  uint64  // Offset into block plaintext
+	Skip    uint64  // Offset into block plaintext
 	Length  uint64  // Length of data from this block
 	fs    *CryptFS
 }
 
 // isPartial - is the block partial? This means we have to do read-modify-write.
 func (ib *intraBlock) IsPartial() bool {
-	if ib.Offset > 0 || ib.Length < ib.fs.plainBS {
+	if ib.Skip > 0 || ib.Length < ib.fs.plainBS {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ func (ib *intraBlock) PlaintextRange() (offset uint64, length uint64) {
 // CropBlock - crop a potentially larger plaintext block down to the relevant part
 func (ib *intraBlock) CropBlock(d []byte) []byte{
 	lenHave := len(d)
-	lenWant := int(ib.Offset+ib.Length)
+	lenWant := int(ib.Skip+ib.Length)
 	if lenHave < lenWant {
-		return d[ib.Offset:lenHave]
+		return d[ib.Skip:lenHave]
 	}
-	return d[ib.Offset:lenWant]
+	return d[ib.Skip:lenWant]
 }
diff --git a/pathfs_frontend/file.go b/pathfs_frontend/file.go
index 733bfd0..cc8de17 100644
--- a/pathfs_frontend/file.go
+++ b/pathfs_frontend/file.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (f *file) doWrite(data []byte, off int64) (uint32, fuse.Status) {
 				return written, status
 			}
 			// Modify
-			blockData = f.cfs.MergeBlocks(oldData, blockData, int(b.Offset))
+			blockData = f.cfs.MergeBlocks(oldData, blockData, int(b.Skip))
 			cryptfs.Debug.Printf("len(oldData)=%d len(blockData)=%d\n", len(oldData), len(blockData))
 		}
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (f *file) Truncate(newSize uint64) fuse.Status {
 			// First and last block may be partial
 			if b.IsPartial() {
 				off, _ := b.PlaintextRange()
-				off += b.Offset
+				off += b.Skip
 				_, status := f.doWrite(make([]byte, b.Length), int64(off))
 				if status != fuse.OK {
 					return status