diff --git a/api/compose.yaml b/api/compose.yaml
index a0aa2263..59227093 100644
--- a/api/compose.yaml
+++ b/api/compose.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
       JWT_SECRET: "enY3OWU4djFyMTByNTZhcG9uY3Z0djQ5cnY0eDhhNWM0bjg5OTRjNDhidA=="
       SSL_KEYSTORE_PATH: "/certs/keystore.p12"
       MONGODB_URI: "mongodb://board-mate-user:apx820kcng@mongodb:27017/board-mate-db"
-      MONGO_DATABASE: "board-mate-db"
+      DATABASE_NAME: "board-mate-db"
       JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=*:5005"
     depends_on:
       - mongodb
diff --git a/api/src/main/resources/application.properties b/api/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b8b5d69f..8391d89c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/api/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ springdoc.swagger-ui.path=/docs
 springdoc.api-docs.path=/v1/docs
 
 #=============DATABASE=============
-spring.mongodb.uri=${SPRING_DATA_MONGODB_URI}
-spring.mongodb.database=${MONGO_DATABASE}
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+spring.mongodb.uri=${MONGODB_URI}
+spring.mongodb.database=${DATABASE_NAME}
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