diff --git a/lib/foreman.rb b/lib/foreman.rb
index a7d841e..77ef69c 100644
--- a/lib/foreman.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Foreman
   class AppDoesNotExist < Exception; end
 
   # load contents of env_file into ENV
-  def self.load!(env_file = './.env')
+  def self.load_env!(env_file = './.env')
     require 'foreman/engine'
     Foreman::Engine.load_env(env_file)
   end
diff --git a/spec/foreman_spec.rb b/spec/foreman_spec.rb
index 9a66d12..ef1bbb3 100644
--- a/spec/foreman_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/foreman_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe Foreman do
     it { should be_a String }
   end
 
-  describe "::load!(env_file)" do
+  describe "::load_env!(env_file)" do
     before do
       FakeFS.activate!
     end
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ describe Foreman do
 
     it "should load env_file into ENV" do
       File.open("/tmp/env1", "w") { |f| f.puts("FOO=bar") }
-      Foreman.load!("/tmp/env1")
+      Foreman.load_env!("/tmp/env1")
       ENV['FOO'].should == 'bar'
     end 
 
     it "should assume env_file in ./.env" do
       File.open("./.env", "w") { |f| f.puts("FOO=bar") }
-      Foreman.load!
+      Foreman.load_env!
       ENV['FOO'].should == 'bar'
     end
   end