diff --git a/builder/files/config.toml b/builder/files/config.toml
index d7894528d5..af06faf7c2 100644
--- a/builder/files/config.toml
+++ b/builder/files/config.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ chain = "mainnet"
 # vmdebug = false
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
-db.engine = "leveldb"
+# db.engine = "leveldb"
 # keystore = "/var/lib/bor/keystore"
 # "rpc.batchlimit" = 100
 # "rpc.returndatalimit" = 100000
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/config.go b/internal/cli/server/config.go
index 9ee5f55676..c5c7608ca8 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/config.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/config.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Ancient string `hcl:"ancient,optional" toml:"ancient,optional"`
 
 	// DBEngine is used to select leveldb or pebble as database
-	DBEngine string `hcl:"dbengine,optional" toml:"dbengine,optional"`
+	DBEngine string `hcl:"db.engine,optional" toml:"db.engine,optional"`
 
 	// KeyStoreDir is the directory to store keystores
 	KeyStoreDir string `hcl:"keystore,optional" toml:"keystore,optional"`