diff --git a/config/local.example.json b/config/local.example.json
index 5327aa6..fc744a0 100644
--- a/config/local.example.json
+++ b/config/local.example.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "database": {
     "driver": "endpoint",
     "mode": "local",
-    "allowWrites": false,
+    "allowLocalWrites": false,
     "host": "127.0.0.1",
     "port": 3306,
     "name": "9bplus",
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 05c6720..bef9a40 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ export function loadConfig({ configPath = "config/local.json", dryRun } = {}) {
     database: {
       driver: String(env.DB_DRIVER || config.database?.driver || "endpoint").toLowerCase(),
       mode: String(env.DB_MODE || config.database?.mode || "local").toLowerCase(),
-      allowWrites: parseBoolean(env.DB_ALLOW_WRITES, config.database?.allowWrites),
+      allowLocalWrites: parseBoolean(
+        env.DB_LOCAL_ALLOW_WRITES,
+        config.database?.allowLocalWrites ?? config.database?.allowWrites,
+      ),
       host: env.DB_HOST || config.database?.host || "127.0.0.1",
       port: Number(env.DB_PORT || config.database?.port || 3306),
       name: env.DB_NAME || config.database?.name || "catalog_maker_test",
diff --git a/src/db/mariadb-client.ts b/src/db/mariadb-client.ts
index 05da384..4f6f35e 100644
--- a/src/db/mariadb-client.ts
+++ b/src/db/mariadb-client.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export async function executeMariaDbWrite(config, sql) {
   if (config.database.mode !== "local") {
     throw new Error("MariaDB writes are blocked outside Local DB mode.");
   }
-  if (!config.database.allowWrites) {
-    throw new Error("MariaDB writes are disabled. Enable local database writes in settings first.");
+  if (!config.database.allowLocalWrites) {
+    throw new Error("Local MariaDB writes are disabled. Enable local database writes in Settings first.");
   }
 
   const connection = await getPool(config).getConnection();
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index c1ad4c3..9d9467c 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ function getStatus() {
       driver: config.database.driver,
       mode: config.database.mode,
       scrapeName: config.database.scrapeName,
-      allowWrites: config.database.driver === "mariadb" && config.database.mode === "local" && config.database.allowWrites,
+      allowLocalWrites: config.database.driver === "mariadb"
+        && config.database.mode === "local"
+        && config.database.allowLocalWrites,
     },
     workbook: path.basename(config.sourceWorkbook),
     workbookExists: true,
@@ -230,8 +232,8 @@ function getRequestConfig(request) {
     database: {
       ...config.database,
       mode: selectedMode,
-      allowWrites: selectedMode === "local"
-        && config.database.allowWrites
+      allowLocalWrites: selectedMode === "local"
+        && config.database.allowLocalWrites
         && request.headers["x-local-write-access"] === "1",
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/services/catalog-products.ts b/src/services/catalog-products.ts
index f1d869a..034949b 100644
--- a/src/services/catalog-products.ts
+++ b/src/services/catalog-products.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 
 export async function loadManufacturerCatalogState(config, { manufacturerId, position = 1 }) {
   const refreshResults = [];
-  if (config.database?.mode === "local" && config.database.allowWrites) {
+  if (config.database?.mode === "local" && config.database.allowLocalWrites) {
     for (const sql of prepareManufacturerCatalogSqls({ manufacturerId })) {
       refreshResults.push(
         await executeEndpointWrite(config, sql, {