diff --git a/001-quickstart/app.js b/001-quickstart/app.js
index b83bff5..b561e92 100644
--- a/001-quickstart/app.js
+++ b/001-quickstart/app.js
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import gremlin from 'gremlin'
 // </imports>
 
 // <environment_variables>
-const accountName = process.env.COSMOS_GREMLIN_ENDPOINT
+const accountName = process.env.COSMOS_GREMLIN_ACCOUNT_NAME
 const accountKey = process.env.COSMOS_GREMLIN_KEY
 // </environment_variables>
 
 // <authenticate_client>
-const credentials = new gremlin.driver.auth.PlainTextSaslAuthenticator(
+const authenticator = new gremlin.driver.auth.PlainTextSaslAuthenticator(
   '/dbs/cosmicworks/colls/products',
   `${accountKey}`
 )
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const credentials = new gremlin.driver.auth.PlainTextSaslAuthenticator(
 const client = new gremlin.driver.Client(
   `wss://${accountName}.gremlin.cosmos.azure.com:443/`,
   {
-    credentials,
+    authenticator,
     traversalsource: 'g',
     rejectUnauthorized: true,
     mimeType: 'application/vnd.gremlin-v2.0+json'
diff --git a/601-emulator/app.js b/601-emulator/app.js
index cc2f2f3..4587f0c 100644
--- a/601-emulator/app.js
+++ b/601-emulator/app.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import gremlin from 'gremlin'
 // </imports>
 
 // <client>
-const credentials = new gremlin.driver.auth.PlainTextSaslAuthenticator(
+const authenticator = new gremlin.driver.auth.PlainTextSaslAuthenticator(
   '/dbs/db1/colls/coll1',
   'C2y6yDjf5/R+ob0N8A7Cgv30VRDJIWEHLM+4QDU5DE2nQ9nDuVTqobD4b8mGGyPMbIZnqyMsEcaGQy67XIw/Jw=='
 )
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const credentials = new gremlin.driver.auth.PlainTextSaslAuthenticator(
 const client = new gremlin.driver.Client(
   'ws://localhost:8901/',
   {
-    credentials,
+    authenticator,
     traversalsource: 'g',
     rejectUnauthorized: false,
     mimeType: 'application/vnd.gremlin-v2.0+json'
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f226f3f..8fb6f27 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ This repo has a [devcontainer](https://containers.dev) environment making it eas
 Configure your Azure Cosmos DB credentials as environment variables.
 
 ```bash
-export COSMOS_ENDPOINT="<cosmos-account-URI>"
-export COSMOS_KEY="<cosmos-account-PRIMARY-KEY>"
+export COSMOS_GREMLIN_ACCOUNT_NAME="<cosmos-account-NAME>"
+export COSMOS_GREMLIN_KEY="<cosmos-account-PRIMARY-KEY>"
 ```
 
 > **💡 TIP**: If you don't have an Azure Cosmos DB account, [create a free account](https://cosmos.azure.com/try/).