diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 657b93dc2a534ac8190073cfdd4232a897a6e519..7220909cf4c349292526facd11e487964ffae13b 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const cookieParser = require("cookie-parser");
 const logger = require("morgan");
 
 const flash = require("express-flash");
-const connection = require("./lib/db");
+const db = require("./lib/db");
 
 const indexRouter = require("./routes/index");
 const usersRouter = require("./routes/users");
diff --git a/lib/db.js b/lib/db.js
index d180921ff82499ab99fc3eec696389bf1a6d506c..77f6d7fe0c1c0919d86ad845d655a7f1c664b9a6 100644
--- a/lib/db.js
+++ b/lib/db.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 var mysql = require("mysql");
-var connection = mysql.createConnection({
+var db = mysql.createConnection({
   host: process.env.DB_HOST,
   user: process.env.DB_USER,
   password: process.env.DB_PASS,
   database: process.env.DB_NAME
 });
 
-connection.connect((error) => {
+db.connect((error) => {
   if (!!error) {
     console.log(error);
   } else {
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ connection.connect((error) => {
   }
 });
 
-module.exports = connection;
+module.exports = db;