diff --git a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db.py b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db.py
index d44743e..64196d1 100644
--- a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db.py
+++ b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/db.py
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ from peewee import (BooleanField, CharField, DatabaseProxy, DateTimeField,
 
 from .config import CRYPT_CONTEXT
 
-DB = DatabaseProxy()
 
-
-class BaseModel(Model):
+class ORMBaseModel(Model):
     class Meta:
-        database = DB
+        database = DatabaseProxy()
 
 
-class User(BaseModel):
+class User(ORMBaseModel):
     name = CharField(unique=True)
     password = CharField()
 
@@ -36,12 +34,12 @@ class User(BaseModel):
         return False
 
 
-class UserCapability(BaseModel):
+class UserCapability(ORMBaseModel):
     user = ForeignKeyField(User, backref="capabilities")
     capability = CharField()
 
 
-class DistinguishedName(BaseModel):
+class DistinguishedName(ORMBaseModel):
     cn_only = BooleanField(default=True)
     common_name = CharField()
     email = CharField()
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ class DistinguishedName(BaseModel):
         )
 
 
-class Certificate(BaseModel):
+class Certificate(ORMBaseModel):
     owner = ForeignKeyField(User, backref="certs")
     distinguished_name = ForeignKeyField(DistinguishedName)
     expiry = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
diff --git a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/main.py b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/main.py
index 6effa63..446f558 100755
--- a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/main.py
+++ b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI
 from peewee import Database
 
 from .config import PRODUCTION_MODE
-from .db import DB
+from .db import ORMBaseModel
 from .routers import auth, install, user
 
 api = FastAPI(
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ api.include_router(user.router)
 async def api_startup(
     db: Database = Depends(install.connect_db)
 ):
-    DB.initialize(db)
+    ORMBaseModel._meta.database.initialize(db)
 
 app = FastAPI()
 app.mount("/api", api)
diff --git a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/routers/install.py b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/routers/install.py
index 004c7b1..5556415 100644
--- a/api/kiwi_vpn_api/routers/install.py
+++ b/api/kiwi_vpn_api/routers/install.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
 from peewee import Database
 
 from ..config import BaseConfig
-from ..db import DB, Certificate, DistinguishedName, User, UserCapability
+from ..db import (Certificate, DistinguishedName, ORMBaseModel, User,
+                  UserCapability)
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/install")
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ async def set_config(
     if config.jwt.secret is None:
         config.jwt.secret = token_hex(32)
 
-    DB.initialize(await connect_db(config))
+    ORMBaseModel._meta.database.initialize(await connect_db(config))
 
     with open(CONFIG_FILE, "w") as kv:
         kv.write(config.json(indent=2))