diff --git a/server/db_backend.ts b/server/db_backend.ts
index d1d01304..4111bafa 100644
--- a/server/db_backend.ts
+++ b/server/db_backend.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ import { path } from "./deps.ts";
 
 /**
  * Environment variables:
- * - SB_DB_BACKEND: "denokv" or "memory" (default: denokv)
- * - SB_KV_DB (denokv only): path to the database file (default .silverbullet.db)
+ * - SB_DB_BACKEND: "kv" or "memory" (default: kv)
+ * - SB_KV_DB (kv only): path to the database file (default .silverbullet.db)
  */
 
 export async function determineDatabaseBackend(
   singleTenantFolder?: string,
 ): Promise<KvPrimitives> {
-  const backendConfig = Deno.env.get("SB_DB_BACKEND") || "denokv";
+  const backendConfig = Deno.env.get("SB_DB_BACKEND") || "kv";
   switch (backendConfig) {
-    case "denokv": {
+    case "kv": {
       let dbFile: string | undefined = Deno.env.get("SB_KV_DB") ||
         ".silverbullet.db";
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export async function determineDatabaseBackend(
       }
       const denoDb = await Deno.openKv(dbFile);
       console.info(
-        `Using DenoKV as a database backend (${dbFile || "cloud"}).`,
+        `Using KV as a database backend (${dbFile || "cloud"}).`,
       );
       return new DenoKvPrimitives(denoDb);
     }
diff --git a/website/Install/Configuration.md b/website/Install/Configuration.md
index b7717c96..7095d2eb 100644
--- a/website/Install/Configuration.md
+++ b/website/Install/Configuration.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ When self-hosting SilverBullet (that is, on any server other than on [[Install/D
 
 KV can be configured as follows:
 
-* `SB_DB_BACKEND`: `denokv` (default, so can be omitted)
+* `SB_DB_BACKEND`: `kv` (default, so can be omitted)
 * `SB_KV_DB`: path to the file name of the (SQLite) database to store data in, defaults to `.silverbullet.db` in the space’s folder (when kept on disk).
 
 When SilverBullet runs on [[Install/Deno Deploy]] it automatically uses its cloud implementation of KV.