diff --git a/src/components/rooms.js b/src/components/rooms.js
index 1e84958..dc2fc30 100644
--- a/src/components/rooms.js
+++ b/src/components/rooms.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const validateAlias = fieldval => {
   if (fieldval === undefined) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("home_server");
+  const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("home_server_url");
 
   if (approximateAliasLength(fieldval, homeserver) > 255) {
     return "synapseadmin.rooms.alias_too_long";
diff --git a/src/components/users.js b/src/components/users.js
index 1fadb1c..8ee8ea7 100644
--- a/src/components/users.js
+++ b/src/components/users.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export const UserList = props => (
 );
 
 function generateRandomUser() {
-  const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("home_server");
+  const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("home_server_url");
   const user_id =
     "@" +
     Array(8)
diff --git a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
index 0f24749..cae6e6c 100644
--- a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
+++ b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const roomCreationMap = {
 
 const roomCreationProvider = {
   create: (resource, params) => {
-    const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("home_server");
+    const homeserver = localStorage.getItem("home_server_url");
 
     const homeserver_url = "https://" + homeserver + roomCreationMap.path;