diff --git a/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/client.cljs b/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/client.cljs
index 4e6e3df..6a744c2 100644
--- a/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/client.cljs
+++ b/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/client.cljs
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 
 (defn ^:export run
   []
-  (rdv/configure!)
+  (rdv/init!)
   (browserchannel/connect! {} {:middleware [rdv/middleware]})
 
   (r/render-component [class-registry-app] (.getElementById js/document "app")))
diff --git a/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/server.clj b/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/server.clj
index 47a0263..06795be 100644
--- a/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/server.clj
+++ b/examples/class-registry/src/class_registry/server.clj
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 
 (defn run-server
   []
-  (rdv/init-views! view-system {:views views})
+  (rdv/init! view-system {:views views})
   (immutant/run handler {:port 8080}))
 
 (defn -main
diff --git a/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/client.cljs b/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/client.cljs
index 4e5cdf5..9878792 100644
--- a/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/client.cljs
+++ b/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/client.cljs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 (defn ^:export run
   []
   ; Configure reagent-data-views and then BrowserChannel.
-  (rdv/configure!)
+  (rdv/init!)
 
   ; NOTE: We are passing in an empty map for the BrowserChannel event handlers only
   ;       because this todo app is not using BrowserChannel for any purpose other
diff --git a/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/server.clj b/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/server.clj
index ddca531..39ccb10 100644
--- a/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/server.clj
+++ b/examples/todomvc/src/todomvc/server.clj
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
   ; a drop-in replacement for views.core/init!.
   ; if you need to shutdown the views system (e.g. if you're using something like
   ; Component or Mount), you can just call views.core/shutdown!.
-  (rdv/init-views! view-system {:views views})
+  (rdv/init! view-system {:views views})
 
   (immutant/run handler {:port 8080}))
 
diff --git a/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/client.cljs b/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/client.cljs
index 851ea73..9f7d338 100644
--- a/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/client.cljs
+++ b/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/client.cljs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     [net.thegeez.browserchannel.client :as browserchannel]
     [reagent-data-views.client.core :as client]))
 
-(defn configure!
+(defn init!
   "performs initial configuration necessary to hook browserchannel into reagent-data-views
    as the client/server messaging backend. should be called once on page load before
    browserchannel is initialized."
diff --git a/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/server.clj b/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/server.clj
index c3f06f8..518d4fa 100644
--- a/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/server.clj
+++ b/reagent-data-views-browserchannel/src/reagent_data_views/browserchannel/server.clj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   (log/trace client-id "refresh view" view-sig)
   (browserchannel/send-data! client-id [:views/refresh [view-sig view-data]]))
 
-(defn init-views!
+(defn init!
   "initializes the views system and adds browserchannel-specific configuration
    to it to enable the necessary hooks into reagent-data-views.
    this function acts as a direct replacement to calling views.core/init!, so
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
      (views/init! view-system options)
      (server/set-context-fn! view-system (:context-fn options))))
   ([options]
-    (init-views! (atom {}) options)))
+    (init! (atom {}) options)))
 
 (defn ->middleware
   "returns clj-browserchannel server-side event middleware for injecting
diff --git a/reagent-data-views-sente/src/reagent_data_views/sente/server.clj b/reagent-data-views-sente/src/reagent_data_views/sente/server.clj
index 35afd66..6fc33de 100644
--- a/reagent-data-views-sente/src/reagent_data_views/sente/server.clj
+++ b/reagent-data-views-sente/src/reagent_data_views/sente/server.clj
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     (on-close! view-system ev)
     (on-receive! view-system ev)))
 
-(defn init-views!
+(defn init!
   ([^Atom view-system sente-chsk-map options]
    (let [options (-> options
                      (assoc :send-fn #(views-send-fn sente-chsk-map %1 %2)))]
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
      (views/init! view-system options)
      (server/set-context-fn! view-system (:context-fn options))))
   ([sente-chsk-map options]
-   (init-views! (atom {}) sente-chsk-map options)))
+   (init! (atom {}) sente-chsk-map options)))