diff --git a/widget/tabbar/default.lua b/widget/tabbar/default.lua
index 7843b37..748cc04 100644
--- a/widget/tabbar/default.lua
+++ b/widget/tabbar/default.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ local bg_focus  = beautiful.tabbar_bg_focus  or beautiful.bg_focus  or "#000000"
 local fg_focus  = beautiful.tabbar_fg_focus  or beautiful.fg_focus  or "#ffffff"
 local font      = beautiful.tabbar_font      or beautiful.font      or "Hack 15"
 local size      = beautiful.tabbar_size or 20
-local position = beautiful.tabbar_orientation or "top"
+local position = beautiful.tabbar_position or "top"
 
 local function create(c, focused_bool, buttons)
     local flexlist = wibox.layout.flex.horizontal()
diff --git a/widget/tabbar/modern.lua b/widget/tabbar/modern.lua
index 6968fe2..4eb934a 100644
--- a/widget/tabbar/modern.lua
+++ b/widget/tabbar/modern.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local font = beautiful.tabbar_font or beautiful.font or "Hack 15"
 local size = beautiful.tabbar_size or dpi(40)
 local border_radius =
     beautiful.mstab_border_radius or beautiful.border_radius or 6
-local position = beautiful.tabbar_orientation or "top"
+local position = beautiful.tabbar_position or "top"
 local close_color = beautiful.tabbar_color_close or beautiful.xcolor1 or
                         "#f9929b"
 local min_color = beautiful.tabbar_color_min or beautiful.xcolor3 or "#fbdf90"