diff --git a/apiserver/app_sequence.py b/apiserver/app_sequence.py
index da156ef..04c0489 100644
--- a/apiserver/app_sequence.py
+++ b/apiserver/app_sequence.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from hashlib import md5
 from flask import Flask
 from semantic_version import Version
 
-from apiserver.database import database
+from apiserver.database import db
 from apiserver.bll.statistics.stats_reporter import StatisticsReporter
 from apiserver.config import info
 from apiserver.config_repo import config
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ class AppSequence:
         )
 
     def _init_dbs(self):
-        database.initialize()
+        db.initialize()
 
         # build a key that uniquely identifies specific mongo instance
-        hosts_string = ";".join(sorted(database.get_hosts()))
+        hosts_string = ";".join(sorted(db.get_hosts()))
         key = "db_init_" + md5(hosts_string.encode()).hexdigest()
         with distributed_lock(key, timeout=config.get("apiserver.db_init_timout", 120)):
             upgrade_monitoring = config.get(
diff --git a/apiserver/database/__init__.py b/apiserver/database/__init__.py
index acf1471..b762ed6 100644
--- a/apiserver/database/__init__.py
+++ b/apiserver/database/__init__.py
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ class DatabaseFactory:
             get_connection(entry.alias)
 
 
-database = DatabaseFactory()
+db = DatabaseFactory()
diff --git a/apiserver/tools.py b/apiserver/tools.py
index 2e234c5..068759d 100644
--- a/apiserver/tools.py
+++ b/apiserver/tools.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from humanfriendly import parse_timespan
 
 
 def setup():
-    from apiserver.database import database
-    database.initialize()
+    from apiserver.database import db
+    db.initialize()
 
 
 def gen_token(args):