diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.local/.mysql b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.local/.mysql
index caf619828..765b69183 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.local/.mysql
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.local/.mysql
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MYSQL_HOST=mysql
 MYSQL_PORT=3306
-MYSQL_DB={{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
+MYSQL_DATABASE={{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
 MYSQL_USER=!!!SET MYSQL_USER!!!
 MYSQL_PASSWORD=!!!SET MYSQL_PASSWORD!!!
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=!!!SET MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD!!!
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.production/.mysql b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.production/.mysql
index bc7819451..221c8e264 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.production/.mysql
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.envs/.production/.mysql
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MYSQL_HOST=mysql
 MYSQL_PORT=3306
-MYSQL_DB={{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
+MYSQL_DATABASE={{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
 MYSQL_USER=!!!SET MYSQL_USER!!!
 MYSQL_PASSWORD=!!!SET MYSQL_PASSWORD!!!
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=!!!SET MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD!!!
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint
index db1c81edb..109fcfdcc 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ -z "${MYSQL_USER}" ]; then
     base_mysql_image_default_user='mysql'
     export MYSQL_USER="${base_mysql_image_default_user}"
 fi
-export DATABASE_URL="mysql://${MYSQL_USER}:${MYSQL_PASSWORD}@${MYSQL_HOST}:${MYSQL_PORT}/${MYSQL_DB}"
+export DATABASE_URL="mysql://${MYSQL_USER}:${MYSQL_PASSWORD}@${MYSQL_HOST}:${MYSQL_PORT}/${MYSQL_DATABASE}"
 {%- endif %}
 
 database_ready() {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ try:
         host="${MYSQL_HOST}",
         user="${MYSQL_USER}",
         password="${MYSQL_PASSWORD}",
-        database="${MYSQL_DB}",
+        database="${MYSQL_DATABASE}",
         port=int("${MYSQL_PORT}")
     )
 except MySQLdb._exceptions.OperationalError: