diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 61bc96f2..e368c272 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ have multiple ones, `WebConsole::DoubleRenderError` will be raised.
 _Web Console_ allows you to execute arbitrary code on the server. Therefore, be
 very careful who you give access to.
 
-### config.web_console.whitelisted_ips
+### config.web_console.permissions
 
 By default, only requests coming from IPv4 and IPv6 localhosts are allowed.
 
-`config.web_console.whitelisted_ips` lets you control which IP's have access to
+`config.web_console.permissions` lets you control which IP's have access to
 the console.
 
 You can whitelist single IP's or whole networks. Say you want to share your
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ console with `192.168.0.100`:
 
 ```ruby
 class Application < Rails::Application
-  config.web_console.whitelisted_ips = '192.168.0.100'
+  config.web_console.permissions = '192.168.0.100'
 end
 ```
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ If you want to whitelist the whole private network:
 
 ```ruby
 Rails.application.configure do
-  config.web_console.whitelisted_ips = '192.168.0.0/16'
+  config.web_console.permissions = '192.168.0.0/16'
 end
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/web_console/railtie.rb b/lib/web_console/railtie.rb
index f567533c..a9aff2dd 100644
--- a/lib/web_console/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/web_console/railtie.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 module WebConsole
   class Railtie < ::Rails::Railtie
     config.web_console = ActiveSupport::OrderedOptions.new
-    config.web_console.whitelisted_ips = %w( 127.0.0.1 ::1 )
+    config.web_console.permissions = %w( 127.0.0.1 ::1 )
 
     initializer "web_console.initialize" do
       require "bindex"
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class Railtie < ::Rails::Railtie
     end
 
     initializer "web_console.permissions" do
-      if whitelisted_ips = config.web_console.whitelisted_ips
-        Request.permissions = Permissions.new(whitelisted_ips)
+      if permissions = config.web_console.permissions || config.web_console.whitelisted_ips
+        Request.permissions = Permissions.new(permissions)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/web_console/railtie_test.rb b/test/web_console/railtie_test.rb
index 515e587e..a0536d13 100644
--- a/test/web_console/railtie_test.rb
+++ b/test/web_console/railtie_test.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ class RailtieTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       Middleware.mount_point = "/__web_console"
     end
 
-    test "config.whitelisted_ips sets whitelisted networks" do
+    test "config.permissions sets whitelisted networks" do
       new_uninitialized_app do |app|
-        app.config.web_console.whitelisted_ips = %w( 172.16.0.0/12 192.168.0.0/16 )
+        app.config.web_console.permissions = %w( 172.16.0.0/12 192.168.0.0/16 )
         app.initialize!
 
         1.upto(255).each do |n|
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ class RailtieTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       end
     end
 
-    test "config.whitelisted_ips always includes localhost" do
+    test "config.permissions always includes localhost" do
       new_uninitialized_app do |app|
-        app.config.web_console.whitelisted_ips = "8.8.8.8"
+        app.config.web_console.permissions = "8.8.8.8"
         app.initialize!
 
         assert_includes Request.permissions, "127.0.0.1"