diff --git a/settings.json.docker b/settings.json.docker
index ea25bba42..053b6b618 100644
--- a/settings.json.docker
+++ b/settings.json.docker
@@ -639,5 +639,5 @@
   /*
    * Enable/Disable case-insensitive pad names.
    */
-  "enforceLowerCasePadIds": "${ENFORCE_LOWER_CASE_PAD_IDS:false}"
+  "lowerCasePadIds": "${LOWER_CASE_PAD_IDS:false}"
 }
diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index 13124fcfa..375c4db9c 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -640,5 +640,5 @@
   /*
    * Enable/Disable case-insensitive pad names.
    */
-  "enforceLowerCasePadIds": false
+  "lowerCasePadIds": false
 }
diff --git a/src/node/db/PadManager.js b/src/node/db/PadManager.js
index bbd227bd1..cdcb58176 100644
--- a/src/node/db/PadManager.js
+++ b/src/node/db/PadManager.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ exports.sanitizePadId = async (padId) => {
     padId = padId.replace(from, to);
   }
 
-  if (settings.enforceLowerCasePadIds) padId = padId.toLowerCase();
+  if (settings.lowerCasePadIds) padId = padId.toLowerCase();
 
   // we're out of possible transformations, so just return it
   return padId;
diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index b76e135d1..9cf723eb6 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ exports.enableAdminUITests = false;
  * Enable auto conversion of pad Ids to lowercase.
  * e.g. /p/EtHeRpAd to /p/etherpad
  */
-exports.enforceLowerCasePadIds = false;
+exports.lowerCasePadIds = false;
 
 // checks if abiword is avaiable
 exports.abiwordAvailable = () => {
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/enforceLowerCasePadIds.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/lowerCasePadIds.js
similarity index 92%
rename from src/tests/backend/specs/enforceLowerCasePadIds.js
rename to src/tests/backend/specs/lowerCasePadIds.js
index e7d9fcfcf..478c7fe46 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/enforceLowerCasePadIds.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/lowerCasePadIds.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
   describe('not activated', function () {
     Object.assign(settings, {
-      enforceLowerCasePadIds: false,
+      lowerCasePadIds: false,
     });
     it('- do nothing', async function () {
       const res = await agent.get('/p/UPPERCASEpad');
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
   describe('activated', function () {
     it('- lowercase pad ids', async function () {
       Object.assign(settings, {
-        enforceLowerCasePadIds: true,
+        lowerCasePadIds: true,
       });
       await agent.get('/p/UPPERCASEpad')
           .expect(302)
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
 
     it('- keeps old pads accessible', async function () {
       Object.assign(settings, {
-        enforceLowerCasePadIds: false,
+        lowerCasePadIds: false,
       });
       const pad = await padManager.getPad('ALREADYexistingPad', 'alreadyexistingpad');
       await padManager.getPad('ALREADYexistingPad', 'bla');
       assert.equal(pad.text(), 'alreadyexistingpad\n');
       Object.assign(settings, {
-        enforceLowerCasePadIds: true,
+        lowerCasePadIds: true,
       });
 
       const newpad = await padManager.getPad('alreadyexistingpad', 'testcontent');