diff --git a/migrations/20210430120936-users-add-locationsJson.js b/migrations/20210430120936-users-add-loginLocationsJson.js
similarity index 58%
rename from migrations/20210430120936-users-add-locationsJson.js
rename to migrations/20210430120936-users-add-loginLocationsJson.js
index e53947eb9..a93d2b633 100644
--- a/migrations/20210430120936-users-add-locationsJson.js
+++ b/migrations/20210430120936-users-add-loginLocationsJson.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports.up = function(db, callback) {
-    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN locationJson TEXT', function (error) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN loginLocationsJson TEXT', function (error) {
         if (error) console.error(error);
         callback(error);
     });
 };
 
 exports.down = function(db, callback) {
-    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN locationJson', function (error) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN loginLocationsJson', function (error) {
         if (error) console.error(error);
         callback(error);
     });
diff --git a/src/test/database-test.js b/src/test/database-test.js
index 31056a5d2..c273f19cd 100644
--- a/src/test/database-test.js
+++ b/src/test/database-test.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var USER_0 = {
     role: 'user',
     active: true,
     source: '',
-    locations: [],
+    loginLocations: [],
     resetTokenCreationTime: Date.now()
 };
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var USER_1 = {
     role: 'user',
     active: true,
     source: '',
-    locations: [],
+    loginLocations: [],
     resetTokenCreationTime: Date.now()
 };
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var USER_2 = {
     role: 'user',
     active: true,
     source: '',
-    locations: [],
+    loginLocations: [],
     resetTokenCreationTime: Date.now()
 };
 
diff --git a/src/userdb.js b/src/userdb.js
index cc18e2b3d..921801011 100644
--- a/src/userdb.js
+++ b/src/userdb.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var assert = require('assert'),
 
 // the avatar field is special and not added here to reduce response sizes
 const USERS_FIELDS = [ 'id', 'username', 'email', 'fallbackEmail', 'password', 'salt', 'createdAt', 'resetToken', 'displayName',
-    'twoFactorAuthenticationEnabled', 'twoFactorAuthenticationSecret', 'active', 'source', 'role', 'resetTokenCreationTime', 'locationJson' ].join(',');
+    'twoFactorAuthenticationEnabled', 'twoFactorAuthenticationSecret', 'active', 'source', 'role', 'resetTokenCreationTime', 'loginLocationsJson' ].join(',');
 
 const APP_PASSWORD_FIELDS = [ 'id', 'name', 'userId', 'identifier', 'hashedPassword', 'creationTime' ].join(',');
 
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ function postProcess(result) {
     result.twoFactorAuthenticationEnabled = !!result.twoFactorAuthenticationEnabled;
     result.active = !!result.active;
 
-    // we remove the JSON first locations property, it is only there to have a valid JSON, no toplevel array
-    const tmp = safe.JSON.parse(result.locationJson) || { locations: [] };
-    result.locations = tmp.locations || [];
-    delete result.locationJson;
+    result.loginLocations = safe.JSON.parse(result.loginLocationsJson) || [];
+    delete result.loginLocationsJson;
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -244,7 +242,7 @@ function update(userId, user, callback) {
     assert(!('twoFactorAuthenticationEnabled' in user) || (typeof user.twoFactorAuthenticationEnabled === 'boolean'));
     assert(!('role' in user) || (typeof user.role === 'string'));
     assert(!('active' in user) || (typeof user.active === 'boolean'));
-    assert(!('locations' in user) || (Array.isArray(user.locations)));
+    assert(!('loginLocations' in user) || (Array.isArray(user.loginLocations)));
 
     var args = [ ];
     var fields = [ ];
@@ -252,9 +250,9 @@ function update(userId, user, callback) {
         if (k === 'twoFactorAuthenticationEnabled' || k === 'active') {
             fields.push(k + ' = ?');
             args.push(user[k] ? 1 : 0);
-        } else if (k === 'locations') {
-            fields.push('locationJson = ?');
-            args.push(JSON.stringify({ locations: user[k] || []}));
+        } else if (k === 'loginLocations') {
+            fields.push('loginLocationsJson = ?');
+            args.push(JSON.stringify({ loginLocations: user[k] }));
         } else {
             fields.push(k + ' = ?');
             args.push(user[k]);
diff --git a/src/users.js b/src/users.js
index 4d93c3730..ed5eb0126 100644
--- a/src/users.js
+++ b/src/users.js
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ function checkLoginLocation(user, ip, userAgent) {
 
         if (!city || !country) return;
 
-        const knownLogin = user.locations.find(function (l) {
+        const knownLogin = user.loginLocations.find(function (l) {
             return l.userAgent === userAgent && l.country === country && l.city === city;
         });
 
@@ -553,10 +553,10 @@ function checkLoginLocation(user, ip, userAgent) {
 
         // purge potentially old locations where ts > now() - 6 months
         const sixMonthsBack = Date.now() - 6 * 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-        let locations = user.locations.filter(function (l) { return l.ts > sixMonthsBack; });
+        let loginLocations = user.loginLocations.filter(function (l) { return l.ts > sixMonthsBack; });
 
-        locations.push({ ts: Date.now(), ip, userAgent, country, city });
-        userdb.update(user.id, { locations }, function (error) {
+        loginLocations.push({ ts: Date.now(), ip, userAgent, country, city });
+        userdb.update(user.id, { loginLocations }, function (error) {
             if (error) console.error('checkLoginLocation: Failed to update user location.', error);
 
             mailer.sendNewLoginLocation(user, ip, userAgent, country, city);