diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
index f0d863d89..152265fce 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
 # DATABASE CONFIGURATION
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if DATABASE_URL not in os.environ
-DATABASES['defalut'] = env.db("DATABASE_URL")
+DATABASES['default'] = env.db("DATABASE_URL")
 
 # CACHING
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------