diff --git a/webapp_welcome.py b/webapp_welcome.py
index 716ea6c16..56bbd0346 100644
--- a/webapp_welcome.py
+++ b/webapp_welcome.py
@@ -21,23 +21,23 @@ def is_welcome_screen_complete(base_dir: str,
                                nickname: str, domain: str) -> bool:
     """Returns true if the welcome screen is complete for the given account
     """
-    accountPath = acct_dir(base_dir, nickname, domain)
-    if not os.path.isdir(accountPath):
+    account_path = acct_dir(base_dir, nickname, domain)
+    if not os.path.isdir(account_path):
         return
-    completeFilename = accountPath + '/.welcome_complete'
-    return os.path.isfile(completeFilename)
+    complete_filename = account_path + '/.welcome_complete'
+    return os.path.isfile(complete_filename)
 
 
 def welcome_screen_is_complete(base_dir: str,
                                nickname: str, domain: str) -> None:
     """Indicates that the welcome screen has been shown for a given account
     """
-    accountPath = acct_dir(base_dir, nickname, domain)
-    if not os.path.isdir(accountPath):
+    account_path = acct_dir(base_dir, nickname, domain)
+    if not os.path.isdir(account_path):
         return
-    completeFilename = accountPath + '/.welcome_complete'
-    with open(completeFilename, 'w+') as completeFile:
-        completeFile.write('\n')
+    complete_filename = account_path + '/.welcome_complete'
+    with open(complete_filename, 'w+') as fp_comp:
+        fp_comp.write('\n')
 
 
 def html_welcome_screen(base_dir: str, nickname: str,
@@ -52,54 +52,54 @@ def html_welcome_screen(base_dir: str, nickname: str,
             copyfile(base_dir + '/accounts/welcome-background-custom.jpg',
                      base_dir + '/accounts/welcome-background.jpg')
 
-    welcomeText = 'Welcome to Epicyon'
-    welcomeFilename = base_dir + '/accounts/' + currScreen + '.md'
-    if not os.path.isfile(welcomeFilename):
-        defaultFilename = None
+    welcome_text = 'Welcome to Epicyon'
+    welcome_filename = base_dir + '/accounts/' + currScreen + '.md'
+    if not os.path.isfile(welcome_filename):
+        default_filename = None
         if theme_name:
-            defaultFilename = \
+            default_filename = \
                 base_dir + '/theme/' + theme_name + '/welcome/' + \
                 'welcome_' + language + '.md'
-            if not os.path.isfile(defaultFilename):
-                defaultFilename = None
-        if not defaultFilename:
-            defaultFilename = \
+            if not os.path.isfile(default_filename):
+                default_filename = None
+        if not default_filename:
+            default_filename = \
                 base_dir + '/defaultwelcome/' + \
                 currScreen + '_' + language + '.md'
-        if not os.path.isfile(defaultFilename):
-            defaultFilename = \
+        if not os.path.isfile(default_filename):
+            default_filename = \
                 base_dir + '/defaultwelcome/' + currScreen + '_en.md'
-        copyfile(defaultFilename, welcomeFilename)
+        copyfile(default_filename, welcome_filename)
 
-    instanceTitle = \
+    instance_title = \
         get_config_param(base_dir, 'instanceTitle')
-    if not instanceTitle:
-        instanceTitle = 'Epicyon'
+    if not instance_title:
+        instance_title = 'Epicyon'
 
-    if os.path.isfile(welcomeFilename):
-        with open(welcomeFilename, 'r') as welcomeFile:
-            welcomeText = welcomeFile.read()
-            welcomeText = welcomeText.replace('INSTANCE', instanceTitle)
-            welcomeText = markdown_to_html(remove_html(welcomeText))
+    if os.path.isfile(welcome_filename):
+        with open(welcome_filename, 'r') as fp_wel:
+            welcome_text = fp_wel.read()
+            welcome_text = welcome_text.replace('INSTANCE', instance_title)
+            welcome_text = markdown_to_html(remove_html(welcome_text))
 
-    welcomeForm = ''
+    welcome_form = ''
     css_filename = base_dir + '/epicyon-welcome.css'
     if os.path.isfile(base_dir + '/welcome.css'):
         css_filename = base_dir + '/welcome.css'
 
-    welcomeForm = \
-        html_header_with_external_style(css_filename, instanceTitle, None)
-    welcomeForm += \
+    welcome_form = \
+        html_header_with_external_style(css_filename, instance_title, None)
+    welcome_form += \
         '<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" ' + \
         'accept-charset="UTF-8" ' + \
         'action="/users/' + nickname + '/profiledata">\n'
-    welcomeForm += '<div class="container">' + welcomeText + '</div>\n'
-    welcomeForm += '  <div class="container next">\n'
-    welcomeForm += \
+    welcome_form += '<div class="container">' + welcome_text + '</div>\n'
+    welcome_form += '  <div class="container next">\n'
+    welcome_form += \
         '    <button type="submit" class="button" ' + \
         'name="previewAvatar">' + translate['Next'] + '</button>\n'
-    welcomeForm += '  </div>\n'
-    welcomeForm += '</div>\n'
-    welcomeForm += '</form>\n'
-    welcomeForm += html_footer()
-    return welcomeForm
+    welcome_form += '  </div>\n'
+    welcome_form += '</div>\n'
+    welcome_form += '</form>\n'
+    welcome_form += html_footer()
+    return welcome_form