diff --git a/django/api/api/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py b/django/api/api/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py
index 74ed21c..63dd806 100644
--- a/django/api/api/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py
+++ b/django/api/api/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def load(self):
         if self._database_client is None:
             try:
                 environment = str(os.getenv("ENVIRONMENT") or "LOCAL").lower()
-                access_key = os.getenv('COSMOS_ACCESS_KEY') or ''
+                access_key = os.getenv('cosmos-access-key') or ''
                 container_name = "providers_" + environment
                 query = "select * from " + container_name + " p"
                 print(environment, query)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def load(self):
                     providers.append(item)
                 print('--- Cosmos DB Adapter loaded successfully. ---')
             except Exception as e:
-                print('!!!!! Data from Cosmos DB could not be retrieved. Is Environment Variable COSMOS_ACCESS_KEY set?')
+                print('!!!!! Data from Cosmos DB could not be retrieved. Is Environment Variable cosmos-access-key set?')
                 print(e)
 
     def get_database_client(self):
diff --git a/django/api/oauth/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py b/django/api/oauth/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py
index 76b8ee0..46c6d38 100644
--- a/django/api/oauth/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py
+++ b/django/api/oauth/modules/AzureCosmosDb.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def load(self):
         # Get providers from azure cosmos db
         try:
             environment = str(os.getenv("ENVIRONMENT") or "LOCAL").lower()
-            access_key = os.getenv('COSMOS_ACCESS_KEY') or ''
+            access_key = os.getenv('cosmos-access-key') or ''
             container_name = "providers_" + environment
             query = "select * from " + container_name + " p"
             print(environment, query)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def load(self):
                 providers.append(item)
             print('--- Cosmos DB Adapter loaded successfully. ---')
         except Exception as e:
-            print('!!!!! Data from Cosmos DB could not be retrieved. Is Environment Variable COSMOS_ACCESS_KEY set?')
+            print('!!!!! Data from Cosmos DB could not be retrieved. Is Environment Variable cosmos-access-key set?')
             print(e)
 
     def get_database_client(self):