diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java
index d68ec76377f2e4bb672514337162e8fd216613d8..7527973412844075aa2e5ac3bf1b94ed012a12f1 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ public class ChadoTransactionManager
   public static String PRODUCT_DB = "PRODUCT";
   public static String PRODUCT_CV = 
          Options.getOptions().getProperty("product_cvname");
-  public static String PRIVATE_CV = 
-          Options.getOptions().getProperty("private_cvname");
+  public static String HISTORY_CV = 
+          Options.getOptions().getProperty("history_cvname");
   
   // number of SQL commands successfully processed during a commit
   public static int commitReturnValue = 0;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class ChadoTransactionManager
     { 
       logger4j.debug("PRODUCT STORED AS A CV (product_cv=yes) IN "+PRODUCT_CV);
       int nsize = 4;
-      if(PRIVATE_CV != null)
+      if(HISTORY_CV != null)
         nsize++;
       
       CV_NAME = new String[]
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class ChadoTransactionManager
     {
       logger4j.debug("PRODUCT STORED AS A FEATUREPROP (product_cv=no)");
       int nsize = 3;
-      if(PRIVATE_CV != null)
+      if(HISTORY_CV != null)
         nsize++;
       
       CV_NAME = new String[]
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ public class ChadoTransactionManager
           "controlled_curation",
           "class" };
     }
-    if(PRIVATE_CV != null)
-      CV_NAME[CV_NAME.length-1] = "private";
+    if(HISTORY_CV != null)
+      CV_NAME[CV_NAME.length-1] = "history";
     logger4j.debug("SYNONYM NAMES ARE STORED IN "+SYNONYM_TAG_CVNAME);
   }
   
@@ -2316,8 +2316,8 @@ public class ChadoTransactionManager
       cvName = "CC_";
     else if(qualifier_name.equals("product"))
       cvName = PRODUCT_CV;
-    else if(qualifier_name.equals("private"))
-      cvName = PRIVATE_CV;
+    else if(qualifier_name.equals("history"))
+      cvName = HISTORY_CV;
     
     for(int i=0; i<strings.size(); i++)
     {