diff --git a/src/routes/notification.js b/src/routes/notification.js
index 8e37e7ed2ca3053ab24e47d88c32c06566a5cd7a..0ee451288986fe2436c6f1fcd55010b948dde786 100644
--- a/src/routes/notification.js
+++ b/src/routes/notification.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ router.get("/info/:id", async (req,res) =>{
     // grab the userid 
     // retrieve all the notifcations stored in the database
     try{
-        const notifications = await Notification.find({userid:req.params.id});
+        const notifications = await Notification.find({user_id:req.params.id});
         res.status(200).send(notifications);
     }catch(error){
         res.status(500).send(error);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ router.get("/info/:id", async (req,res) =>{
     // grab the user id
     // delete on the database
     try{
-      const notifications = await Notification.deleteMany({userid:req.params.id})
+      const notifications = await Notification.deleteMany({user_id:req.params.id})
       if(!notifications){
             return res.status(404).send();
        }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ router.get("/info/:id", async (req,res) =>{
     //const notifications = new Notification(req.body);
 
     const date = new Date;
-    const notifications = new Notification({ userid: req.body['userid'], title: req.body['title'], description: req.body['description'], date: date });
+    const notifications = new Notification({ user_id: req.body['user_id'], title: req.body['title'], description: req.body['description'], date: date });
 
     try{
         await notifications.save();
diff --git a/src/schema/schema.js b/src/schema/schema.js
index 60ebea452993b7aeebc4cebf0802266e3e64c968..a38206ecdf221503fb89872c838432dc5a1957e9 100644
--- a/src/schema/schema.js
+++ b/src/schema/schema.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 
 const notificationSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
-    userid: String,
+    user_id: String,
     title: String,
     description: String,
     date: Date