diff --git a/packages/backend/knexfile.ts b/packages/backend/knexfile.ts
index 07a132be..77d5938f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/knexfile.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/knexfile.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const knexConfig = {
     database: appConfig.postgresDatabase,
     ssl: appConfig.postgresEnableSsl,
   },
-  searchPath: [appConfig.databaseSchema],
+  searchPath: [appConfig.postgresSchema],
   pool: { min: 0, max: 20 },
   migrations: {
     directory: __dirname + '/src/db/migrations',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
index 0d039d01..0740f704 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/config/app.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type AppConfig = {
   appEnv: string;
   isDev: boolean;
   postgresDatabase: string;
-  databaseSchema: string;
+  postgresSchema: string;
   postgresPort: number;
   postgresHost: string;
   postgresUsername: string;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const appConfig: AppConfig = {
   isDev: appEnv === 'development',
   version: process.env.npm_package_version,
   postgresDatabase: process.env.POSTGRES_DATABASE || 'automatisch_development',
-  databaseSchema: process.env.DATABASE_SCHEMA || 'public',
+  postgresSchema: process.env.POSTGRES_SCHEMA || 'public',
   postgresPort: parseInt(process.env.POSTGRES_PORT || '5432'),
   postgresHost: process.env.POSTGRES_HOST || 'localhost',
   postgresUsername: