diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/db.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/db.pm
index 60a1359e00da5d57a37bc2f093fa403779637362..1409a45a0b9ef5cfeacc961c2a684197741752fe 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/db.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/db.pm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sub dbc{
 sub dba {
     my $self = shift;
     my $dbc = $self->dbc;
-    return Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor->new(-dbc => $dbc, -species => $self->species);
+    return Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor->new(-dbconn => $dbc, -species => $self->species);
 }
 
 =head2 dir