diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8d1a82b..d95a499 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Known issues:
   bug](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/issues/65).
 
 
-## bunyan 1.2.5 (not yet released)
+## bunyan 1.3.0 (not yet released)
 
 - [issue #103] `bunyan -L` (or `bunyan --time local`) to show local time.
   Bunyan log records store `time` in UTC time. Sometimes it is convenient
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index 8ee1361..875504e 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -1051,12 +1051,12 @@ function RotatingFileStream(options) {
     this.stream = fs.createWriteStream(this.path,
         {flags: 'a', encoding: 'utf8'});
     this.count = (options.count == null ? 10 : options.count);
-    assert.equal(typeof (self.count), 'number',
+    assert.equal(typeof (this.count), 'number',
         format('rotating-file stream "count" is not a number: %j (%s) in %j',
-            self.count, typeof(self.count), self));
-    assert.ok(self.count >= 0,
+            this.count, typeof(this.count), this));
+    assert.ok(this.count >= 0,
         format('rotating-file stream "count" is not >= 0: %j in %j',
-            self.count, self));
+            this.count, this));
 
     // Parse `options.period`.
     if (options.period) {