diff --git a/storage/s3.py b/storage/s3.py
index 486c08313..252e58c6d 100644
--- a/storage/s3.py
+++ b/storage/s3.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class S3Storage(Storage):
 
   def __init__(self, storage_path, s3_access_key, s3_secret_key, s3_bucket):
     self._initialized = False
-    self._bucket = s3_bucket
+    self._bucket_name = s3_bucket
     self._access_key = s3_access_key
     self._secret_key = s3_secret_key
     self._root_path = storage_path
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class S3Storage(Storage):
     if not self._initialized:
       self._s3_conn = boto.s3.connection.S3Connection(self._access_key,
                                                       self._secret_key)
-      self._s3_bucket = self._s3_conn.get_bucket(self._s3_bucket)
+      self._s3_bucket = self._s3_conn.get_bucket(self._bucket_name)
       self._initialized = True
 
   def _debug_key(self, key):