diff --git a/src/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js b/src/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js
index 3f078e7..e68a1a7 100644
--- a/src/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js
+++ b/src/datasource-zabbix/datasource.js
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ export class ZabbixDatasource {
 
     // Direct DB Connection options
     let dbConnectionOptions = jsonData.dbConnection || {};
-    this.enableDirectDBConnection = dbConnectionOptions.enable;
-    this.datasourceId = dbConnectionOptions.datasourceId;
+    this.enableDirectDBConnection = dbConnectionOptions.enable || jsonData.dbConnectionEnable || false;
+    this.datasourceId = dbConnectionOptions.datasourceId || jsonData.dbConnectionDatasourceId;
 
     let zabbixOptions = {
       url: this.url,
diff --git a/src/datasource-zabbix/partials/config.html b/src/datasource-zabbix/partials/config.html
index 7ecc93d..9854251 100644
--- a/src/datasource-zabbix/partials/config.html
+++ b/src/datasource-zabbix/partials/config.html
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@
   <h3 class="page-heading">Direct DB Connection</h3>
   <gf-form-switch class="gf-form" label-class="width-12"
     label="Enable"
-    checked="ctrl.current.jsonData.dbConnection.enable">
+    checked="ctrl.current.jsonData.dbConnectionEnable">
   </gf-form-switch>
-  <div ng-if="ctrl.current.jsonData.dbConnection.enable">
+  <div ng-if="ctrl.current.jsonData.dbConnectionEnable">
     <div class="gf-form max-width-20">
     <span class="gf-form-label width-12">
       SQL Data Source
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       </info-popover>
     </span>
     <div class="gf-form-select-wrapper max-width-16">
-      <select class="gf-form-input" ng-model="ctrl.current.jsonData.dbConnection.datasourceId"
+      <select class="gf-form-input" ng-model="ctrl.current.jsonData.dbConnectionDatasourceId"
         ng-options="ds.id as ds.name for ds in ctrl.sqlDataSources">
       </select>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/datasource-zabbix/specs/datasource.spec.js b/src/datasource-zabbix/specs/datasource.spec.js
index d045a2c..a1063dc 100644
--- a/src/datasource-zabbix/specs/datasource.spec.js
+++ b/src/datasource-zabbix/specs/datasource.spec.js
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ describe('ZabbixDatasource', () => {
         trends: true,
         trendsFrom: '14d',
         trendsRange: '7d',
-        dbConnection: {
-          enabled: false
-        }
+        dbConnectionEnable: false
       }
     };
     ctx.templateSrv = {};