diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 14d844e5..0ba4c29d 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ unsigned j;
 
 	READ_NUMERIC("cookie-validity", config->cookie_validity, 1);
 	READ_NUMERIC("auth-timeout", config->auth_timeout, 0);
-	READ_STRING("cookie-db", config->db_file, 1);
+	READ_STRING("cookie-db", config->cookie_db, 1);
 	READ_NUMERIC("max-clients", config->max_clients, 0);
 
 	val = optionGetValue(pov, "run-as-user"); \
diff --git a/src/cookies.c b/src/cookies.c
index a4f86eb8..d48a8bd3 100644
--- a/src/cookies.c
+++ b/src/cookies.c
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ datum key;
 datum data;
 int ret;
 
-	dbf = gdbm_open((char*)config->db_file, 0, GDBM_WRCREAT, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, NULL);
+	dbf = gdbm_open((char*)config->cookie_db, 0, GDBM_WRCREAT, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, NULL);
 	if (dbf == NULL) {
-		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Cannot open cookie database: %s", config->db_file);
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Cannot open cookie database: %s", config->cookie_db);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ datum key;
 datum data;
 int ret;
 
-	dbf = gdbm_open((char*)config->db_file, 0, GDBM_READER, 0, NULL);
+	dbf = gdbm_open((char*)config->cookie_db, 0, GDBM_READER, 0, NULL);
 	if (dbf == NULL) {
-		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Cannot open cookie database: %s", config->db_file);
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Cannot open cookie database: %s", config->cookie_db);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int deleted = 0;
 struct stored_cookie_st sc;
 time_t now = time(0);
 
-	dbf = gdbm_open((char*)cfg->db_file, 0, GDBM_WRITER, 0, NULL);
+	dbf = gdbm_open((char*)cfg->cookie_db, 0, GDBM_WRITER, 0, NULL);
 	if (dbf == NULL)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/src/vpn.h b/src/vpn.h
index 86695566..2f35b782 100644
--- a/src/vpn.h
+++ b/src/vpn.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct cfg_st {
 	time_t cookie_validity;	/* in seconds */
 	unsigned auth_timeout; /* timeout of HTTP auth */
 	unsigned keepalive;
-	const char *db_file;
+	const char *cookie_db;
 	unsigned foreground;
 	unsigned max_clients;