diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index fbd65f0..e902577 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -935,18 +935,18 @@ function initDB(peer, config) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param {{ msg: MsgID; tangle: MsgID; max: number; }} opts
+   * @param {{ tangleID: MsgID; msgID: MsgID; max: number; }} opts
    * @param {CB<void>} cb
    */
   function addGhost(opts, cb) {
     if (!opts) return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires an `opts`'))
     // prettier-ignore
-    if (!opts.msg || typeof opts.msg !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires msgID of the deleted msg in `opts.msg`'))
+    if (!opts.tangleID || typeof opts.tangleID !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires tangleID for the deleted msg in `opts.tangle`'))
     // prettier-ignore
-    if (!opts.tangle || typeof opts.tangle !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires tangleID for the deleted msg in `opts.tangle`'))
+    if (!opts.msgID || typeof opts.msgID !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires msgID of the deleted msg in `opts.msg`'))
     // prettier-ignore
     if (!opts.max || typeof opts.max !== 'number') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires max depth distance in `opts.max`'))
-    const { msg: msgID, tangle: tangleID, max } = opts
+    const { tangleID, msgID, max } = opts
     const rec = getRecord(msgID)
     if (!rec) return cb()
     if (!rec.msg) return cb()
diff --git a/test/ghosts.tests.js b/test/ghosts.tests.js
index 4a3bb10..da3cf67 100644
--- a/test/ghosts.tests.js
+++ b/test/ghosts.tests.js
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@ test('ghosts.add, ghosts.get, ghosts.getMinDepth', async (t) => {
   const ghosts0 = peer.db.ghosts.get(feedID)
   assert.deepEqual(ghosts0, [], 'no ghosts so far')
 
-  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msg: msgIDs[0], tangle: feedID, max: MAX })
-  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msg: msgIDs[1], tangle: feedID, max: MAX })
-  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msg: msgIDs[2], tangle: feedID, max: MAX })
-  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msg: msgIDs[3], tangle: feedID, max: MAX })
-  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msg: msgIDs[4], tangle: feedID, max: MAX })
+  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msgID: msgIDs[0], tangleID: feedID, max: MAX })
+  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msgID: msgIDs[1], tangleID: feedID, max: MAX })
+  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msgID: msgIDs[2], tangleID: feedID, max: MAX })
+  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msgID: msgIDs[3], tangleID: feedID, max: MAX })
+  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msgID: msgIDs[4], tangleID: feedID, max: MAX })
 
   const ghostsA = peer.db.ghosts.get(feedID)
   assert.deepEqual(ghostsA, msgIDs.slice(0, 5), 'ghosts so far')
   const depthA = peer.db.ghosts.getMinDepth(feedID)
   assert.equal(depthA, 1, 'min depth so far')
 
-  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msg: msgIDs[5], tangle: feedID, max: MAX })
+  await p(peer.db.ghosts.add)({ msgID: msgIDs[5], tangleID: feedID, max: MAX })
 
   const ghostsB = peer.db.ghosts.get(feedID)
   assert.deepEqual(ghostsB, msgIDs.slice(1, 6), 'ghosts so far')