diff --git a/include/villas/hist.h b/include/villas/hist.h
index 234b83074..c68a066c5 100644
--- a/include/villas/hist.h
+++ b/include/villas/hist.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct hist {
 };
 
 /** Initialize struct hist with supplied values and allocate memory for buckets. */
-int hist_create(struct hist *h, double start, double end, double resolution);
+int hist_init(struct hist *h, double start, double end, double resolution);
 
 /** Free the dynamically allocated memory. */
 int hist_destroy(struct hist *h);
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ char * hist_dump(struct hist *h);
 /** Prints Matlab struct containing all infos to file. */
 int hist_dump_matlab(struct hist *h, FILE *f);
 
-#ifdef WITH_JANSSON
 int hist_dump_json(struct hist *h, FILE *f);
 
 json_t * hist_json(struct hist *h);
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/hist.c b/lib/hist.c
index 8595c4834..e45ad2c8a 100644
--- a/lib/hist.c
+++ b/lib/hist.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define VAL(h, i)	((h)->low + (i) * (h)->resolution)
 #define INDEX(h, v)	round((v - (h)->low) / (h)->resolution)
 
-int hist_create(struct hist *h, double low, double high, double resolution)
+int hist_init(struct hist *h, double low, double high, double resolution)
 {
 	h->low = low;
 	h->high = high;
diff --git a/lib/stats.c b/lib/stats.c
index c5b995cab..492c51635 100644
--- a/lib/stats.c
+++ b/lib/stats.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int stats_init(struct stats *s)
 {
 	for (int i = 0; i < STATS_COUNT; i++) {
 		struct stats_desc *desc = &stats_table[i];
-		hist_create(&s->histograms[i], desc->hist.min, desc->hist.max, desc->hist.resolution);
+		hist_init(&s->histograms[i], desc->hist.min, desc->hist.max, desc->hist.resolution);
 	}
 	
 	s->delta = alloc(sizeof(struct stats_delta));