diff --git a/admin/server/services.py b/admin/server/services.py
index a1b4d5f1e..fe23996ff 100644
--- a/admin/server/services.py
+++ b/admin/server/services.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class SettingsMgr:
         for setting in settings:
             result.append({
                 'name': setting.name,
-                'setting_type': setting.setting_type,
+                'source': setting.source,
                 'data_type': setting.data_type,
                 'value': setting.value,
             })
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class SettingsMgr:
         for setting in settings:
             result.append({
                 'name': setting.name,
-                'setting_type': setting.setting_type,
+                'source': setting.source,
                 'data_type': setting.data_type,
                 'value': setting.value,
             })
diff --git a/api/db/db_models.py b/api/db/db_models.py
index dff2f2f70..77b357dcf 100644
--- a/api/db/db_models.py
+++ b/api/db/db_models.py
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ class Memory(DataBaseModel):
 
 class SystemSettings(DataBaseModel):
     name = CharField(max_length=128, primary_key=True)
-    setting_type = CharField(max_length=32, null=False, index=False)
+    source = CharField(max_length=32, null=False, index=False)
     data_type = CharField(max_length=32, null=False, index=False)
     value = CharField(max_length=1024, null=False, index=False)
     class Meta:
diff --git a/conf/system_settings.json b/conf/system_settings.json
index 5ac6b4ceb..fd6c7a119 100644
--- a/conf/system_settings.json
+++ b/conf/system_settings.json
@@ -2,61 +2,61 @@
   "system_settings": [
     {
       "name": "enable_whitelist",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "bool",
       "value": "true"
     },
     {
       "name": "default_role",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "string",
       "value": ""
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.server",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "string",
       "value": ""
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.port",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "integer",
       "value": ""
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.use_ssl",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "bool",
       "value": "false"
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.use_tls",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "bool",
       "value": "false"
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.username",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "string",
       "value": ""
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.password",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "string",
       "value": ""
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.timeout",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "integer",
       "value": "10"
     },
     {
       "name": "mail.default_sender",
-      "setting_type": "config",
+      "source": "variable",
       "data_type": "string",
       "value": ""
     }
diff --git a/docs/guides/admin/admin_cli.md b/docs/guides/admin/admin_cli.md
index 387e66853..adc2cdfb1 100644
--- a/docs/guides/admin/admin_cli.md
+++ b/docs/guides/admin/admin_cli.md
@@ -405,18 +405,18 @@ Revoke successfully!
 ```
 admin> list vars;
 +-----------+---------------------+--------------+-----------+
-| data_type | name                | setting_type | value     |
+| data_type | name                | source       | value     |
 +-----------+---------------------+--------------+-----------+
-| string    | default_role        | config       | user      |
-| bool      | enable_whitelist    | config       | true      |
-| string    | mail.default_sender | config       |           |
-| string    | mail.password       | config       |           |
-| integer   | mail.port           | config       | 15        |
-| string    | mail.server         | config       | localhost |
-| integer   | mail.timeout        | config       | 10        |
-| bool      | mail.use_ssl        | config       | true      |
-| bool      | mail.use_tls        | config       | false     |
-| string    | mail.username       | config       |           |
+| string    | default_role        | variable     | user      |
+| bool      | enable_whitelist    | variable     | true      |
+| string    | mail.default_sender | variable     |           |
+| string    | mail.password       | variable     |           |
+| integer   | mail.port           | variable     | 15        |
+| string    | mail.server         | variable     | localhost |
+| integer   | mail.timeout        | variable     | 10        |
+| bool      | mail.use_ssl        | variable     | true      |
+| bool      | mail.use_tls        | variable     | false     |
+| string    | mail.username       | variable     |           |
 +-----------+---------------------+--------------+-----------+
 ```
 
@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ admin> list vars;
 ```
 admin> show var mail.server;
 +-----------+-------------+--------------+-----------+
-| data_type | name        | setting_type | value     |
+| data_type | name        | source       | value     |
 +-----------+-------------+--------------+-----------+
-| string    | mail.server | config       | localhost |
+| string    | mail.server | variable     | localhost |
 +-----------+-------------+--------------+-----------+
 ```