diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
index f47403a682549dceb95ed7f2d67a6097f0e664f3..6870bbc2c0976fddfbbb2c24c78b39801a9d63e9 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def get_server_property(key):
     return get_server_properties()[key]
 
 
-def get_password(length: int):
+def generate_password(length: int):
     """ creates a random password that fulfills the security requirements """
     sample_letters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "!#$%*+-/:;?_"
     password = ''.join((random.choice(sample_letters) for i in range(length)))