diff --git a/api/database_connect.go b/api/database_connect.go
index d7a011a..3c2eb7d 100644
--- a/api/database_connect.go
+++ b/api/database_connect.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func connectDB(retriesLeft int) error {
+func dbConnect(retriesLeft int) error {
 	con := os.Getenv("POSTGRES")
 	logger.Infof("opening connection to postgres: %s", con)
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func connectDB(retriesLeft int) error {
 		if retriesLeft > 0 {
 			logger.Errorf("cannot talk to postgres, retrying in 10 seconds (%d attempts left): %v", retriesLeft-1, err)
 			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
-			return connectDB(retriesLeft - 1)
+			return dbConnect(retriesLeft - 1)
 		} else {
 			logger.Errorf("cannot talk to postgres, last attempt failed: %v", err)
 			return err
diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index a3fde36..8394b8b 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package main
 func main() {
 	exitIfError(loggerCreate())
 	exitIfError(configParse())
-	exitIfError(connectDB(5))
+	exitIfError(dbConnect(5))
 	exitIfError(performMigrations())
 	exitIfError(smtpConfigure())
 	exitIfError(smtpTemplatesLoad())
diff --git a/api/testing.go b/api/testing.go
index 5ad9d2c..7ca3d95 100644
--- a/api/testing.go
+++ b/api/testing.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func setupTestDatabase() error {
 		os.Setenv("POSTGRES", "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost/commento_test?sslmode=disable")
 	}
 
-	if err := connectDB(0); err != nil {
+	if err := dbConnect(0); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}