diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 916cc8302..68030b5e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The CodeQL action should be run on `push` events, and on a `schedule`. `Push` ev
 ### Configuration 
 You may optionally specify additional queries for CodeQL to execute by using a config file. The queries must belong to a [QL pack](https://help.semmle.com/codeql/codeql-cli/reference/qlpack-overview.html) and can be in your repository or any public repository. You can choose a single .ql file, a folder containing multiple .ql files, a .qls [query suite](https://help.semmle.com/codeql/codeql-cli/procedures/query-suites.html) file, or any combination of the above. To use queries from other repositories use the same syntax as when [using an action](https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsuses).
 
-You can disable the default queries using `ignore-default-queries: true`.
+You can disable the default queries using `disable-default-queries: true`.
 
 You can choose to ignore some files or folders from the analysis, or include additional files/folders for analysis. This *only* works for Javascript and Python analysis.
 Identifying potential files for extraction:
diff --git a/lib/config-utils.js b/lib/config-utils.js
index ce032a2da..df70c6283 100644
--- a/lib/config-utils.js
+++ b/lib/config-utils.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ exports.ExternalQuery = ExternalQuery;
 class Config {
     constructor() {
         this.name = "";
-        this.ignoreDefaultQueries = false;
+        this.disableDefaultQueries = false;
         this.additionalQueries = [];
         this.externalQueries = [];
         this.pathsIgnore = [];
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ function initConfig() {
         if (parsedYAML.name && typeof parsedYAML.name === "string") {
             config.name = parsedYAML.name;
         }
-        if (parsedYAML['ignore-default-queries'] && typeof parsedYAML['ignore-default-queries'] === "boolean") {
-            config.ignoreDefaultQueries = parsedYAML['ignore-default-queries'];
+        if (parsedYAML['disable-default-queries'] && typeof parsedYAML['disable-default-queries'] === "boolean") {
+            config.disableDefaultQueries = parsedYAML['disable-default-queries'];
         }
         const queries = parsedYAML.queries;
         if (queries && queries instanceof Array) {
diff --git a/lib/finalize-db.js b/lib/finalize-db.js
index b2c607c5a..b9a33f155 100644
--- a/lib/finalize-db.js
+++ b/lib/finalize-db.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ async function runQueries(codeqlCmd, databaseFolder, sarifFolder, config) {
     for (let database of fs.readdirSync(databaseFolder)) {
         core.startGroup('Analyzing ' + database);
         const queries = [];
-        if (!config.ignoreDefaultQueries) {
+        if (!config.disableDefaultQueries) {
             queries.push(database + '-code-scanning.qls');
         }
         queries.push(...queriesPerLanguage[database]);
diff --git a/src/config-utils.ts b/src/config-utils.ts
index 71d5edc12..fb74c4228 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class ExternalQuery {
 
 export class Config {
     public name = "";
-    public ignoreDefaultQueries = false;
+    public disableDefaultQueries = false;
     public additionalQueries: string[] = [];
     public externalQueries: ExternalQuery[] = [];
     public pathsIgnore: string[] = [];
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ function initConfig(): Config {
             config.name = parsedYAML.name;
         }
 
-        if (parsedYAML['ignore-default-queries'] && typeof parsedYAML['ignore-default-queries'] === "boolean") {
-            config.ignoreDefaultQueries = parsedYAML['ignore-default-queries'];
+        if (parsedYAML['disable-default-queries'] && typeof parsedYAML['disable-default-queries'] === "boolean") {
+            config.disableDefaultQueries = parsedYAML['disable-default-queries'];
         }
 
         const queries = parsedYAML.queries;
diff --git a/src/finalize-db.ts b/src/finalize-db.ts
index e1cc1fc3e..f0f60e828 100644
--- a/src/finalize-db.ts
+++ b/src/finalize-db.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async function runQueries(codeqlCmd: string, databaseFolder: string, sarifFolder
     core.startGroup('Analyzing ' + database);
 
     const queries: string[] = [];
-    if (!config.ignoreDefaultQueries) {
+    if (!config.disableDefaultQueries) {
       queries.push(database + '-code-scanning.qls');
     }
     queries.push(...queriesPerLanguage[database]);