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--- a/src/interface.jl
+++ b/src/interface.jl
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ Base.@kwdef mutable struct mqttClient
     retainedMsgCleared= false
     keepalive::Int= 60
 end
-function mqttClient(kwargs::NamedTuple)
+function mqttClient(mqttClientSpec::NamedTuple)
 
     # instantiate client data struct
     s = mqttClient() 
 
-    for (k, v) in pairs(kwargs)
+    for (k, v) in pairs(mqttClientSpec)
         s.:($k) = v
     end