diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index 0c1d68507..05b657804 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DATABASES = {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.' + config.get('database', 'backend', fallback='sqlite3'),
         'NAME': config.get('database', 'name', fallback=os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')),
         'USER': config.get('database', 'user', fallback=''),
-        'PASSWORD': config.get('database', 'user', fallback=''),
+        'PASSWORD': config.get('database', 'password', fallback=''),
         'HOST': config.get('database', 'host', fallback=''),
         'PORT': config.get('database', 'port', fallback='')
     }