diff --git a/auto_nodetitle.module b/auto_nodetitle.module
index 0d0b6cad58985843bab9b0bac4b5639346a7c91e..3611ac41af21f4a1b82b00e47edfcc323131122b 100644
--- a/auto_nodetitle.module
+++ b/auto_nodetitle.module
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ function auto_nodetitle_form_alter($form_id, &$form) {
   }
   else if (isset($form['#node']) && $form['#node']->type .'_node_form' == $form_id) {
     //this is a node form    
-    if (variable_get('auto_nodetitle_'. $form['#node']->type, 0)) {
+    if (variable_get('ant_'. $form['#node']->type, 0)) {
       $types = node_get_types();
-      $pattern = variable_get('auto_nodetitle_pattern_'. $form['#node']->type, '');
+      $pattern = variable_get('ant_pattern_'. $form['#node']->type, '');
       if (trim($pattern)) {
         // the $form['#node'] is not complete yet, so we merge it with the post info
         $node = (object)array_merge((array)$form['#node'], $form['#post']);
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function auto_nodetitle_form_alter($form_id, &$form) {
  */
 function auto_nodetitle_validate($form_id, $form_values, $form) {
   // there could be a setting for allowing empty node titles, but we haven't implemented that
-  if (!trim($form_values['title'])  && !variable_get('auto_nodetitle_emptyok_'. $form['#node']->type, 0)) {
+  if (!trim($form_values['title'])  && !variable_get('ant_emptyok_'. $form['#node']->type, 0)) {
     $message = t('Autogenerated title field is blank.');
     if (user_access('administer nodes')) {
       $message .= ' '. t('Perhaps you need to change the <a href="@url">configuration settings</a> for this content type.', array('@url' => 'admin/content/types/'. $form['#node']->type));
@@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ function auto_nodetitle_node_settings_form(&$form) {
     '#title' => t('Automatic title generation'),
     '#weight' => 0,
   );
-  $form['auto_nodetitle']['auto_nodetitle'] = array(
+  $form['auto_nodetitle']['ant'] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#title' => t('Automatically generate the node title and hide the node title field.'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('auto_nodetitle_'. $form['#node_type']->type, 0),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('ant_'. $form['#node_type']->type, 0),
   );
 
   if (module_exists('token') || user_access('use PHP for title patterns')) {
-    $form['auto_nodetitle']['auto_nodetitle_pattern'] = array(
+    $form['auto_nodetitle']['ant_pattern'] = array(
       '#type' => 'textarea',
       '#title' => t('Pattern for the title'),
       '#description' => t('Leave blank for using the per default generated title. Otherwise this string will be used as title.'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('auto_nodetitle_pattern_'. $form['#node_type']->type, ''),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('ant_pattern_'. $form['#node_type']->type, ''),
     );
   }
   
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ function auto_nodetitle_node_settings_form(&$form) {
     );
   }
   if (user_access('use PHP for title patterns')) {
-    $form['auto_nodetitle']['auto_nodetitle_php'] = array(
+    $form['auto_nodetitle']['ant_php'] = array(
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Evaluate PHP in pattern.'),
       '#description' => t('Put PHP code above that prints your string, but make sure you surround code in &lt;?php and ?&gt;'),
-      '#default_value' => variable_get('auto_nodetitle_pattern_'. $form['#node_type']->type, ''),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('ant_php_'. $form['#node_type']->type, ''),
     );
   }
   else {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function _auto_nodetitle_patternprocessor($output, $node) {
   if (module_exists('token')) {
     $output = token_replace($output, 'node', $node);
   }
-  if (variable_get('auto_nodetitle_php_'. $node->type, 0)) {
+  if (variable_get('ant_php_'. $node->type, 0)) {
     $output = drupal_eval($output);
   }
   return $output;