diff --git a/src/definitions/definitions.h.in b/src/definitions/definitions.h.in
index bb2bc3919..d427a2726 100755
--- a/src/definitions/definitions.h.in
+++ b/src/definitions/definitions.h.in
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 #define APP_DB_UPDATE_FILE_PATTERN    "db_update_%1_%2_%3.sql"
 #define APP_DB_COMMENT_SPLIT          "-- !\n"
 #define APP_DB_WEB_PATH               "data/database/web"
+#define APP_DB_NAME_PLACEHOLDER       "##"
 
 #define APP_CFG_PATH        "data/config"
 #define APP_CFG_FILE        "config.ini"
diff --git a/src/miscellaneous/databasefactory.cpp b/src/miscellaneous/databasefactory.cpp
index 2137599d7..bceb249cd 100755
--- a/src/miscellaneous/databasefactory.cpp
+++ b/src/miscellaneous/databasefactory.cpp
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ QSqlDatabase DatabaseFactory::mysqlInitializeDatabase(const QString &connection_
 
       foreach(QString statement, statements) {
         // Assign real database name and run the query.
-        query_db.exec(statement.replace("##", database_name));
+        query_db.exec(statement.replace(APP_DB_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, database_name));
 
         if (query_db.lastError().isValid()) {
           qFatal("MySQL database initialization failed. Initialization script '%s' is not correct. Error : '%s'.",