diff --git a/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/mvc/CustomJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java b/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/mvc/CustomJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java
index 17f423165..b0643297c 100644
--- a/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/mvc/CustomJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/mvc/CustomJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 public class CustomJacksonHttpMessageConverter extends MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter {
 
     // These classes should use the internal Spring HttpMessageConverters.
-    private static final ImmutableList<Class<?>> BLACKLIST = ImmutableList.of(String.class, Resource.class);
+    private static final ImmutableList<Class<?>> DENY_LIST
+            = ImmutableList.of(String.class, Resource.class);
 
     @Inject
     CustomJacksonHttpMessageConverter(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public class CustomJacksonHttpMessageConverter extends MappingJackson2HttpMessag
 
     @Override
     public boolean canWrite(Class<?> clazz, MediaType mediaType) {
-        return BLACKLIST.stream().noneMatch(blc -> blc.isAssignableFrom(clazz))
+        return DENY_LIST.stream().noneMatch(blc -> blc.isAssignableFrom(clazz))
                 && super.canWrite(clazz, mediaType);
     }
 }
diff --git a/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/wfm/util/MediaTypeUtils.java b/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/wfm/util/MediaTypeUtils.java
index 20453e643..a8941c416 100644
--- a/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/wfm/util/MediaTypeUtils.java
+++ b/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/java/org/mitre/mpf/wfm/util/MediaTypeUtils.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class MediaTypeUtils {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MediaTypeUtils.class);
 
-    private final PropertiesConfiguration _whiteListPropertiesConfig;
+    private final PropertiesConfiguration _mediaTypePropertiesConfig;
 
     @Inject
     public MediaTypeUtils(PropertiesUtil propertiesUtil) throws ConfigurationException {
@@ -57,33 +57,32 @@ public MediaTypeUtils(PropertiesUtil propertiesUtil) throws ConfigurationExcepti
                 .setListDelimiterHandler(new DefaultListDelimiterHandler(','));
 
         var builder = new FileBasedConfigurationBuilder<>(PropertiesConfiguration.class);
-        _whiteListPropertiesConfig = builder
+        _mediaTypePropertiesConfig = builder
                 .configure(configBuilderParameters)
                 .getConfiguration();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Uses the media mimeType and any whitelisted properties to determine how to process
-     * a piece of media.
+     * Uses the media mimeType and media type properties file to determine how to process a piece
+     * of media.
      *
      * @param mimeType  The mime-type of the media.
      * @return          The MediaType to treat the media as.
      */
     public MediaType parse(String mimeType) {
-        var whiteListKey = "whitelist." + mimeType;
-        var typeFromWhitelist = _whiteListPropertiesConfig.getString(whiteListKey);
-        if (typeFromWhitelist != null && !typeFromWhitelist.isBlank()) {
-            var trimmedUpper = typeFromWhitelist.strip().toUpperCase();
+        var mediaType = _mediaTypePropertiesConfig.getString(mimeType);
+        if (mediaType != null && !mediaType.isBlank()) {
+            var trimmedUpper = mediaType.strip().toUpperCase();
             try {
                 return MediaType.valueOf(trimmedUpper);
             }
             catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 LOG.error(
-                        "The \"{}\" property from the media type white list file contained the invalid value of \"{}\".",
-                        whiteListKey, typeFromWhitelist);
+                        "The \"{}\" property from the media types file contained the invalid value of \"{}\".",
+                        mimeType, mediaType);
+
             }
         }
-
         return Stream.of(MediaType.values())
             .filter(mt -> StringUtils.startsWithIgnoreCase(mimeType, mt.toString()))
             .findAny()
diff --git a/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/resources/properties/mediaType.properties b/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/resources/properties/mediaType.properties
index f4a6740cd..ed703e20b 100644
--- a/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/resources/properties/mediaType.properties
+++ b/trunk/workflow-manager/src/main/resources/properties/mediaType.properties
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.                                            #
 #############################################################################
 
-#######################
-# FILE TYPE WHITELIST #
-#######################
-
-# Properties should be defined in the format "whitelist.<MIME-TYPE>", and values should be
-# in the set of {VIDEO, IMAGE, AUDIO}
-# Adding whitelisted types inappropriately may cause components to crash.  Please add or
+###########################
+# FILE TYPE CONFIGURATION #
+###########################
+# Property keys should be mime types and values should be in the set of {VIDEO, IMAGE, AUDIO}.
+# Adding mime type mappings inappropriately may cause components to crash. Please add or
 # change values with caution.
-# for .gz you need both whitelist.binary/octet-stream and whitelist.application/gzip
-whitelist.application/x-matroska=VIDEO
-whitelist.application/x-vnd.rn-realmedia=VIDEO
-whitelist.application/mp4=VIDEO
-whitelist.image/gif=VIDEO
\ No newline at end of file
+# For .gz you need both binary/octet-stream and application/gzip.
+application/x-matroska=VIDEO
+application/x-vnd.rn-realmedia=VIDEO
+application/mp4=VIDEO
+image/gif=VIDEO