diff --git a/indexedDb/init.go b/indexedDb/init.go
index 8b8b7b30f5263fac238e86d164f7644f066fea6a..20c8313c1ca3268cdc71f6ec45fbab1f8e1a1520 100644
--- a/indexedDb/init.go
+++ b/indexedDb/init.go
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NewWasmEventModel returns a [channels.EventModel] backed by a wasmModel.
-func NewWasmEventModel(codename string) (channels.EventModel, error) {
-	databaseName := codename + databaseSuffix
+// The name should be a base64 encoding of the users public key.
+func NewWasmEventModel(pubkeyBase64 string) (channels.EventModel, error) {
+	databaseName := pubkeyBase64 + databaseSuffix
 	return newWasmModel(databaseName)
 }