diff --git a/dax/controller/balancer.go b/dax/controller/balancer.go
index 54fb5ea9c..09d9ba76f 100644
--- a/dax/controller/balancer.go
+++ b/dax/controller/balancer.go
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ type Balancer interface {
 	// Nodes returns all nodes known by the Balancer.
 	Nodes(tx dax.Transaction) ([]*dax.Node, error)
 
-	// WorkerCount returns the number of workers
-	WorkerCount(tx dax.Transaction, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error)
+	// GetDatabaseWorkerCount returns the number of workers
+	GetDatabaseWorkerCount(tx dax.Transaction, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error)
 }
 
 // Ensure type implements interface.
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ func (b *NopBalancer) ReadNode(tx dax.Transaction, addr dax.Address) (*dax.Node,
 func (b *NopBalancer) Nodes(tx dax.Transaction) ([]*dax.Node, error) {
 	return []*dax.Node{}, nil
 }
-func (b *NopBalancer) WorkerCount(tx dax.Transaction, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
+func (b *NopBalancer) GetDatabaseWorkerCount(tx dax.Transaction, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
 	return 0, nil
 }
diff --git a/dax/controller/client/client.go b/dax/controller/client/client.go
index e7149c61e..1b95ee8ce 100644
--- a/dax/controller/client/client.go
+++ b/dax/controller/client/client.go
@@ -702,14 +702,13 @@ func (c *Client) SnapshotTable(ctx context.Context, qtid dax.QualifiedTableID) e
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Client) GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(ctx context.Context, orgID string, databaseID string) (int, error) {
+func (c *Client) GetDatabaseWorkerCount(ctx context.Context, orgID string, databaseID string) (int, error) {
 	baseEndpoint := c.address.WithScheme(defaultScheme)
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-number-of-workers/%s/%s", baseEndpoint, orgID, databaseID)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/database-worker-count/%s/%s", baseEndpoint, orgID, databaseID)
 
-	c.logger.Debugf("GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers url: %s", url)
 	resp, err := c.httpClient.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		return -1, errors.Wrap(err, "getting database-number-of-workers")
+		return -1, errors.Wrap(err, "getting database-worker-count")
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/dax/controller/controller.go b/dax/controller/controller.go
index d8589f003..6381e0cf2 100644
--- a/dax/controller/controller.go
+++ b/dax/controller/controller.go
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ func (c *Controller) Databases(ctx context.Context, orgID dax.OrganizationID, id
 }
 
 // get the list of workers being used by a database
-func (c *Controller) GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(ctx context.Context, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
+func (c *Controller) GetDatabaseWorkerCount(ctx context.Context, qdbid dax.QualifiedDatabaseID) (int, error) {
 
 	tx, err := c.Transactor.BeginTx(ctx, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ func (c *Controller) GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(ctx context.Context, qdbid dax.Q
 	}
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
-	return c.Balancer.WorkerCount(tx, qdbid)
+	return c.Balancer.GetDatabaseWorkerCount(tx, qdbid)
 }
 
 // CreateTable adds a table to the schemar, and then sends directives to all
diff --git a/dax/controller/http/handler.go b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
index 709f394b5..91c87c027 100644
--- a/dax/controller/http/handler.go
+++ b/dax/controller/http/handler.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func Handler(c *controller.Controller) http.Handler {
 	router.HandleFunc("/database-by-name", server.postDatabaseByName).Methods("POST").Name("PostDatabaseByName")
 	router.HandleFunc("/databases", server.postDatabases).Methods("POST").Name("PostDatabases")
 	router.HandleFunc("/database/options", server.patchDatabaseOptions).Methods("PATCH").Name("PatchDatabaseOptions")
-	router.HandleFunc("/database-number-of-workers/{organization-id}/{database-id}", server.getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers).Methods("GET").Name("DatabaseWorkers")
+	router.HandleFunc("/database-worker-count/{organization-id}/{database-id}", server.getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers).Methods("GET").Name("DatabaseWorkers")
 
 	router.HandleFunc("/create-table", server.postCreateTable).Methods("POST").Name("PostCreateTable")
 	router.HandleFunc("/drop-table", server.postDropTable).Methods("POST").Name("PostDropTable")
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (s *server) getDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	}
 
 	//send the id into the controller, get the number of workers back
-	numWorkers, err := s.controller.GetDatabaseNumberOfWorkers(ctx, id)
+	numWorkers, err := s.controller.GetDatabaseWorkerCount(ctx, id)
 
 	// handle error
 	if err != nil {