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Better Auth•8mo ago
Eric

Rename "user" table to "account"

I know this might seem like a crazy request, but I'm trying to integrate BetterAuth into an existing database where the table where my users are stored is already called "account". I thought I had everything set up correctly, but I'm getting the following error when I try to sign someone in.

[app] 2025-05-22T22:28:24.667Z ERROR [Better Auth]: Better auth was unable to query your database.
[app] Error: Error: Field email not found in model account

my settings:
export const auth = betterAuth({
    database: new Pool({ connectionString: env.DATABASE_URL }),
    user: { modelName: "account" },
    account: { modelName: "oauth_account" },
...
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