diff --git a/script/local.py b/script/local.py
index e6bc5d0..6452c86 100644
--- a/script/local.py
+++ b/script/local.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def get_next_fid(folder, prefix):
 
 def wait_channel(name, value, timeout =None, type='s'):
     print "Waiting " + str(name) + " = " + str(value)
-    cawait(name, value, timeout, type)
+    cawait(name, value, timeout = timeout, type=type)
     print "Done"
 
 def convert_file(input_file_name, output_file_name, field = 0, pol = 0, keithley_3 = False):