diff --git a/packages/ui-default/components/autocomplete/components/UserSelectAutoComplete.jsx b/packages/ui-default/components/autocomplete/components/UserSelectAutoComplete.jsx
index 3aa0f50f4..bdc532874 100644
--- a/packages/ui-default/components/autocomplete/components/UserSelectAutoComplete.jsx
+++ b/packages/ui-default/components/autocomplete/components/UserSelectAutoComplete.jsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import React, { forwardRef } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import api, { e } from 'vj/utils/api';
+import api, { gql } from 'vj/utils/api';
 import AutoComplete from './AutoComplete';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
 const UserSelectAutoComplete = forwardRef(function UserSelectAutoComplete(props, ref) {
-  const itemsFn = (query) => api(e`
+  const itemsFn = (query) => api(gql`
     users(search: ${query}) {
       _id
       uname
diff --git a/packages/ui-default/components/monaco/languages/markdown.ts b/packages/ui-default/components/monaco/languages/markdown.ts
index 9c5a63ba5..fce52b108 100644
--- a/packages/ui-default/components/monaco/languages/markdown.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-default/components/monaco/languages/markdown.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as monaco from 'monaco-editor/esm/vs/editor/editor.api';
 import list from 'emojis-list';
 import keyword from 'emojis-keywords';
-import api, { e } from 'vj/utils/api';
+import api, { gql } from 'vj/utils/api';
 
 const qqEmojies = [
   'weixiao',
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ monaco.languages.registerCompletionItemProvider('markdown', {
       endColumn: word.endColumn,
     };
     if (prefix === '@') {
-      const users = await api(e`
+      const users = await api(gql`
         users(search: ${word.word}) {
           _id
           uname
diff --git a/packages/ui-default/pages/home_messages.page.jsx b/packages/ui-default/pages/home_messages.page.jsx
index f669c7a16..30f0b7979 100644
--- a/packages/ui-default/pages/home_messages.page.jsx
+++ b/packages/ui-default/pages/home_messages.page.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NamedPage } from 'vj/misc/Page';
-import api, { e } from 'vj/utils/api';
+import api, { gql } from 'vj/utils/api';
 import loadReactRedux from 'vj/utils/loadReactRedux';
 import parseQueryString from 'vj/utils/parseQueryString';
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const page = new NamedPage('home_messages', () => {
   async function loadSendTarget() {
     const queryString = parseQueryString();
     if (!queryString.target) return;
-    const user = await api(e`
+    const user = await api(gql`
       users(search: ${queryString.target}, exact: true) {
         _id
         uname
diff --git a/packages/ui-default/utils/api.ts b/packages/ui-default/utils/api.ts
index e174502a6..0cc8dc67e 100644
--- a/packages/ui-default/utils/api.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-default/utils/api.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default async (q: string, path: string[] = []) => {
   return cursor;
 };
 
-export const e = (
+export const gql = (
   pieces: TemplateStringsArray,
   ...templates: (string | number)[]
 ) => {