diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ Connection.prototype.open = function (callback) {
   this.netClient.connect(this.options.port, this.options.host, function() {
     self.removeListener('error', errorConnecting);
     function startupCallback() {
-      if (self.options.keySpace) {
-        self.execute('USE ' + self.options.keySpace + ';', null, connectionReadyCallback);
+      if (self.options.keyspace) {
+        self.execute('USE ' + self.options.keyspace + ';', null, connectionReadyCallback);
       }
       else {
         connectionReadyCallback();
Changed from keyspace to all lower case to fix #3