diff --git a/netbone/structural/high_salience_skeleton.py b/netbone/structural/high_salience_skeleton.py
index 80b2da884eb9ba5e9eb1eda1dedbd7a8f71469d1..ffec1ccaea0322768ea4628d21fd60f48691abd9 100644
--- a/netbone/structural/high_salience_skeleton.py
+++ b/netbone/structural/high_salience_skeleton.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def high_salience_skeleton(data):
     values = {pair: 1 / wes[pair] for pair in wes}
     nx.set_edge_attributes(graph, values, name='distance')
 
-    nx.set_edge_attributes(graph, 0, name='score')
+    nx.set_edge_attributes(graph, 0, name='salience')
 
     for source in graph.nodes():
         tree = nx.single_source_dijkstra(graph, source, cutoff=None, weight='distance')[1]
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def high_salience_skeleton(data):
                 node_tree_scores[(path[i], path[i + 1])] = 1
 
         for u, v in node_tree_scores:
-            graph[u][v]['score'] += 1
+            graph[u][v]['salience'] += 1
 
-    scores = nx.get_edge_attributes(graph, 'score')
+    scores = nx.get_edge_attributes(graph, 'salience')
     N = len(graph)
     score_values = dict()
     backbone_edges = dict()