diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Infrastructure/Shells.Database/Configuration/DatabaseShellsSettingsSources.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Infrastructure/Shells.Database/Configuration/DatabaseShellsSettingsSources.cs
index e15c32b12a9..f6cfc8072e8 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Infrastructure/Shells.Database/Configuration/DatabaseShellsSettingsSources.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Infrastructure/Shells.Database/Configuration/DatabaseShellsSettingsSources.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public async Task AddSourcesAsync(IConfigurationBuilder builder)
         if (document.ShellsSettings is not null)
         {
             var shellsSettingsString = document.ShellsSettings.ToJsonString(JOptions.Default);
-            builder.AddTenantJsonStream(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(shellSettingsString)));
+            builder.AddTenantJsonStream(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(shellsSettingsString)));
         }
     }