diff --git a/app/controllers/pusher_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pusher_controller.rb
index 08ae05f61..23693ede3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pusher_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pusher_controller.rb
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ class PusherController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def valid_channel
-    valid_private_channel || valid_presence_channel
+    valid_private_dm_channel || valid_private_group_channel
   end
 
-  def valid_private_channel
+  def valid_private_dm_channel
     current_user && params[:channel_name] == "private-message-notifications-#{current_user.id}"
   end
 
-  def valid_presence_channel
-    return false unless params[:channel_name].include?("presence-channel-")
+  def valid_private_group_channel
+    return false unless params[:channel_name].include?("private-channel-")
 
-    id = params[:channel_name].split("presence-channel-")[1].split("-")[0]
+    id = params[:channel_name].split("private-channel-")[1].split("-")[0]
     channel = ChatChannel.find(id)
     channel.has_member?(current_user)
   end
diff --git a/app/javascript/chat/chat.jsx b/app/javascript/chat/chat.jsx
index 0e0c21dc0..15aff9df6 100644
--- a/app/javascript/chat/chat.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/chat/chat.jsx
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export default class Chat extends Component {
     );
     this.subscribeChannelsToPusher(
       channels.filter(this.channelTypeFilterFn('invite_only')),
-      (channel) => `presence-channel-${channel.chat_channel_id}`,
+      (channel) => `private-channel-${channel.chat_channel_id}`,
     );
     const chatChannelsList = document.getElementById(
       'chatchannels__channelslist',
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ export default class Chat extends Component {
       if (activeChannel.channel_type === 'open')
         this.subscribePusher(`open-channel-${channelId}`);
     }
-    this.subscribePusher(`presence-channel-${channelId}`);
+    this.subscribePusher(`private-channel-${channelId}`);
   };
 
   setOpenChannelUsers = (res) => {
diff --git a/app/models/chat_channel.rb b/app/models/chat_channel.rb
index 5f96b6c89..2a40694cf 100644
--- a/app/models/chat_channel.rb
+++ b/app/models/chat_channel.rb
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class ChatChannel < ApplicationRecord
 
   def pusher_channels
     if invite_only?
-      "presence-channel-#{id}"
+      "private-channel-#{id}"
     elsif open?
       "open-channel-#{id}"
     else