diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 89148ec2..9b21f3cd 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
     "use_docker": "y",
     "use_heroku": "n",
     "js_task_runner": ["Gulp", "Grunt", "None"],
-    "use_certbot": "n",
+    "use_lets_encrypt": "n",
     "open_source_license": ["MIT", "BSD", "Apache Software License 2.0", "Not open source"]
 }
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 22e9acb9..0d970f3f 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ else:
     remove_packageJSON_file()
 
 # 7. Removes all certbot/letsencrypt files if it isn't going to be used
-if '{{ cookiecutter.use_certbot }}'.lower() != 'y':
+if '{{ cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt }}'.lower() != 'y':
     remove_certbot_files()
 
 # 8. Display a warning if use_docker and use_grunt are selected. Grunt isn't
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ if '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner }}'.lower() in ['grunt', 'gulp'] and '{{ cook
         "js task runner service to your docker configuration manually."
     )
 
-# 9. Removes the certbot/letsencrypt files and display a warning if use_certbot is selected and use_docker isn't.
-if '{{ cookiecutter.use_certbot }}'.lower() == 'y' and '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() != 'y':
+# 9. Removes the certbot/letsencrypt files and display a warning if use_lets_encrypt is selected and use_docker isn't.
+if '{{ cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt }}'.lower() == 'y' and '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() != 'y':
     remove_certbot_files()
     print(
         "You selected to use certbot(letsencrypt) and didn't select to use docker. This is NOT supported out of the box for now. You "
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ if '{{ cookiecutter.use_certbot }}'.lower() == 'y' and '{{ cookiecutter.use_dock
     )
 
 # 10. Directs the user to the documentation if certbot and docker are selected.
-if '{{ cookiecutter.use_certbot }}'.lower() == 'y' and '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() == 'y':
+if '{{ cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt }}'.lower() == 'y' and '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() == 'y':
     print(
         "You selected to use certbot(letsencrypt), please see the documentation for instructions on how to use this in production. "
         "You must generate a dhparams.pem file before running docker-compose in a production environment."
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/Dockerfile
index 7bb60558..b9e7985f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM nginx:latest
 ADD nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
-{% if cookiecutter.use_certbot == 'y' and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt == 'y' and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 ADD start.sh /start.sh
 ADD nginx-secure.conf /etc/nginx/nginx-secure.conf
 ADD dhparams.pem /etc/ssl/private/dhparams.pem
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/nginx.conf b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/nginx.conf
index 54d955d7..91bd96ec 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ http {
 		listen 80;
 		charset     utf-8;
 
-        {% if cookiecutter.use_certbot == 'y' and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
+        {% if cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt == 'y' and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 		server_name ___my.example.com___ ;
 
 		location /.well-known/acme-challenge {
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.yml
index a67ec0bb..f0c48406 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docker-compose.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ services:
     build: ./compose/nginx
     depends_on:
       - django
-{% if cookiecutter.use_certbot == 'y' %}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt == 'y' %}
       - certbot
 {% endif %}
     ports:
       - "0.0.0.0:80:80"
-{% if cookiecutter.use_certbot == 'y' %}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt == 'y' %}
     environment:
       - MY_DOMAIN_NAME={{ cookiecutter.domain_name }}
     ports: