diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
index 09293cc426dc55c3afe403ed3a3f66b29c590207..09812b5211d3760f27cff91884770db1df68b481 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ public class PersistenceConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     @Autowired
-    @Qualifier("metaJDBC")
-    public JdbcTemplate metaJDBC() {
-        return new JdbcTemplate(metaDataSource());
+    @Qualifier("jdbcTemplate")
+    public JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate() {
+        return new JdbcTemplate(dataSource());
     }
 
     @Bean(name = "metaEntityManagerFactory")
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/StatsApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/StatsApi.java
index 6a1fe47e8f6703e96bc68e529fe2d583038e0d4c..0e10c7ca2b1cef8b5703506b84cf021e5532c4ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/StatsApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/StatsApi.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public class StatsApi {
     ArticleRepository articleRepository;
 
     @Autowired
-    @Qualifier("metaJDBC")
-    private JdbcTemplate metaJDBC;
+    @Qualifier("jdbcTemplate")
+    private JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
 
     @ApiOperation(value = "Get general statistics", response = GeneralStats.class)
     @ApiResponses(value = {@ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "Found"), @ApiResponse(code = 404, message = "Not found") })
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public class StatsApi {
 
     private Long countVariables()
     {
-        LOGGER.warn("TEST DB : " + metaJDBC.queryForObject("select count(*) from information_schema.tables", Long.class));  // This is a test
-        Long count = metaJDBC.queryForObject("select count(*) from adni_merge", Long.class);  // TODO: compute from adni_merge DB
+        LOGGER.warn("TEST DB : " + jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select count(*) from information_schema.tables", Long.class));  // This is a test
+        Long count = jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select count(*) from adni_merge", Long.class);  // TODO: compute from adni_merge DB
         return count;
     }