diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/ape-key.ts b/backend/api/controllers/ape-key.ts
index d620adbe7..adbff8f8b 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/ape-key.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/ape-key.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import _ from "lodash";
 import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
 import { hash } from "bcrypt";
-import * as ApeKeysDAL from "../../dao/ape-keys";
+import * as ApeKeysDAL from "../../dal/ape-keys";
 import MonkeyError from "../../utils/error";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
 import { base64UrlEncode } from "../../utils/misc";
diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/config.ts b/backend/api/controllers/config.ts
index 6de599b4d..bb93d7c9c 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/config.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as ConfigDAL from "../../dao/config";
+import * as ConfigDAL from "../../dal/config";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
 
 export async function getConfig(
diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/leaderboard.ts b/backend/api/controllers/leaderboard.ts
index 85b65f229..91e916910 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/leaderboard.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/leaderboard.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import _ from "lodash";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
-import * as LeaderboardsDAL from "../../dao/leaderboards";
+import * as LeaderboardsDAL from "../../dal/leaderboards";
 import MonkeyError from "../../utils/error";
 
 export async function getLeaderboard(
diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/preset.ts b/backend/api/controllers/preset.ts
index f41eb9ed4..fcee08f08 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/preset.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/preset.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as PresetDAL from "../../dao/preset";
+import * as PresetDAL from "../../dal/preset";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
 
 export async function getPresets(
diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/psa.ts b/backend/api/controllers/psa.ts
index 4bb5fff11..f3f41e8f9 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/psa.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/psa.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as PsaDAL from "../../dao/psa";
+import * as PsaDAL from "../../dal/psa";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
 
 export async function getPsas(
diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/quote.ts b/backend/api/controllers/quote.ts
index 15280881c..2b92c0b05 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/quote.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/quote.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import _ from "lodash";
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
-import { getUser, updateQuoteRatings } from "../../dao/user";
-import * as ReportDAL from "../../dao/report";
-import * as NewQuotesDAL from "../../dao/new-quotes";
-import * as QuoteRatingsDAL from "../../dao/quote-ratings";
+import { getUser, updateQuoteRatings } from "../../dal/user";
+import * as ReportDAL from "../../dal/report";
+import * as NewQuotesDAL from "../../dal/new-quotes";
+import * as QuoteRatingsDAL from "../../dal/quote-ratings";
 import MonkeyError from "../../utils/error";
 import { verify } from "../../utils/captcha";
 import Logger from "../../utils/logger";
diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/result.ts b/backend/api/controllers/result.ts
index 8940d224b..9d07d06ad 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/result.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/result.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import * as ResultDAL from "../../dao/result";
+import * as ResultDAL from "../../dal/result";
 import {
   getUser,
   checkIfPb,
   checkIfTagPb,
   incrementBananas,
   updateTypingStats,
-} from "../../dao/user";
-import * as PublicStatsDAL from "../../dao/public-stats";
-import * as BotDAL from "../../dao/bot";
+} from "../../dal/user";
+import * as PublicStatsDAL from "../../dal/public-stats";
+import * as BotDAL from "../../dal/bot";
 import { roundTo2, stdDev } from "../../utils/misc";
 import objectHash from "object-hash";
 import Logger from "../../utils/logger";
diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/user.ts b/backend/api/controllers/user.ts
index 0c2773236..0dd517f01 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/user.ts
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/user.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as UserDAL from "../../dao/user";
-import * as BotDAL from "../../dao/bot";
+import * as UserDAL from "../../dal/user";
+import * as BotDAL from "../../dal/bot";
 import MonkeyError from "../../utils/error";
 import Logger from "../../utils/logger";
 import { MonkeyResponse } from "../../utils/monkey-response";
diff --git a/backend/dao/ape-keys.ts b/backend/dal/ape-keys.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/ape-keys.ts
rename to backend/dal/ape-keys.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/bot.ts b/backend/dal/bot.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/bot.ts
rename to backend/dal/bot.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/config.ts b/backend/dal/config.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/config.ts
rename to backend/dal/config.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/leaderboards.ts b/backend/dal/leaderboards.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/leaderboards.ts
rename to backend/dal/leaderboards.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/new-quotes.ts b/backend/dal/new-quotes.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/new-quotes.ts
rename to backend/dal/new-quotes.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/preset.ts b/backend/dal/preset.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/preset.ts
rename to backend/dal/preset.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/psa.ts b/backend/dal/psa.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/psa.ts
rename to backend/dal/psa.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/public-stats.ts b/backend/dal/public-stats.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/public-stats.ts
rename to backend/dal/public-stats.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/quote-ratings.ts b/backend/dal/quote-ratings.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/quote-ratings.ts
rename to backend/dal/quote-ratings.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/report.ts b/backend/dal/report.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/report.ts
rename to backend/dal/report.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/result.ts b/backend/dal/result.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/result.ts
rename to backend/dal/result.ts
diff --git a/backend/dao/user.ts b/backend/dal/user.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/dao/user.ts
rename to backend/dal/user.ts
diff --git a/backend/jobs/update-leaderboards.ts b/backend/jobs/update-leaderboards.ts
index b51c8d5e0..bf3f605e8 100644
--- a/backend/jobs/update-leaderboards.ts
+++ b/backend/jobs/update-leaderboards.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { CronJob } from "cron";
-import { announceLbUpdate } from "../dao/bot";
+import { announceLbUpdate } from "../dal/bot";
 import George from "../tasks/george";
-import * as LeaderboardsDAL from "../dao/leaderboards";
+import * as LeaderboardsDAL from "../dal/leaderboards";
 import { getCachedConfiguration } from "../init/configuration";
 
 const CRON_SCHEDULE = "30 14/15 * * * *";
diff --git a/backend/middlewares/api-utils.ts b/backend/middlewares/api-utils.ts
index 97f970596..1d1e8de7d 100644
--- a/backend/middlewares/api-utils.ts
+++ b/backend/middlewares/api-utils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import joi from "joi";
 import MonkeyError from "../utils/error";
 import { Response, NextFunction, RequestHandler } from "express";
 import { handleMonkeyResponse, MonkeyResponse } from "../utils/monkey-response";
-import { getUser } from "../dao/user";
+import { getUser } from "../dal/user";
 
 interface ValidationOptions<T> {
   criteria: (data: T) => boolean;
diff --git a/backend/middlewares/auth.ts b/backend/middlewares/auth.ts
index 901ccce56..ac280d20b 100644
--- a/backend/middlewares/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/middlewares/auth.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { compare } from "bcrypt";
-import { getApeKey, updateLastUsedOn } from "../dao/ape-keys";
+import { getApeKey, updateLastUsedOn } from "../dal/ape-keys";
 import MonkeyError from "../utils/error";
 import { verifyIdToken } from "../utils/auth";
 import { base64UrlDecode } from "../utils/misc";