diff --git a/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js b/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
index 043987fcc4..dc1512c995 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/db/utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 exports.StaticDatabases = {
-  USER: {
-    name: "user-db",
+  GLOBAL: {
+    name: "global-db",
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/index.js b/packages/auth/src/index.js
index 705e07f813..6ac56f8f36 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/index.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ passport.use(new JwtStrategy(jwt.options, jwt.authenticate))
 passport.serializeUser((user, done) => done(null, user))
 
 passport.deserializeUser(async (user, done) => {
-  const db = new database.CouchDB(StaticDatabases.USER.name)
+  const db = new database.CouchDB(StaticDatabases.GLOBAL.name)
 
   try {
     const user = await db.get(user._id)
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/local.js b/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/local.js
index 78ee2eafff..6249050d05 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/local.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/middleware/passport/local.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ exports.authenticate = async function(username, password, done) {
   if (!password) return done(null, false, "Password Required.")
 
   // Check the user exists in the instance DB by email
-  const db = new database.CouchDB(StaticDatabases.USER.name)
+  const db = new database.CouchDB(StaticDatabases.GLOBAL.name)
 
   let dbUser
   try {
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/index.js b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/index.js
index ff0d2997e7..600a8e75f6 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/index.js
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/admin/index.js
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ const {
 } = require("@budibase/auth")
 const { UserStatus } = require("../../../constants")
 
-const USER_DB = StaticDatabases.USER.name
+const GLOBAL_DB = StaticDatabases.GLOBAL.name
 
 exports.userSave = async ctx => {
-  const db = new CouchDB(USER_DB)
+  const db = new CouchDB(GLOBAL_DB)
   const { email, password, _id } = ctx.request.body
   const hashedPassword = password ? await hash(password) : null
   let user = {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ exports.userSave = async ctx => {
 }
 
 exports.userDelete = async ctx => {
-  const db = new CouchDB(USER_DB)
+  const db = new CouchDB(GLOBAL_DB)
   const dbUser = await db.get(generateUserID(ctx.params.email))
   await db.remove(dbUser._id, dbUser._rev)
   ctx.body = {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ exports.userDelete = async ctx => {
 
 // called internally by app server user fetch
 exports.userFetch = async ctx => {
-  const db = new CouchDB(USER_DB)
+  const db = new CouchDB(GLOBAL_DB)
   const response = await db.allDocs(
     getUserParams(null, {
       include_docs: true,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ exports.userFetch = async ctx => {
 
 // called internally by app server user find
 exports.userFind = async ctx => {
-  const db = new CouchDB(USER_DB)
+  const db = new CouchDB(GLOBAL_DB)
   let user
   try {
     user = await db.get(generateUserID(ctx.params.email))