diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/controls.cpp b/src/frontend/gui/controls.cpp
index 295073e5..8b4935cb 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/controls.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/controls.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void InputBindBox::drawBackground(Batch2D* batch, Assets* assets) {
 }
 
 void InputBindBox::clicked(GUI*, int button) {
-    binding.type = inputtype::button;
+    binding.type = inputtype::mouse;
     binding.code = button;
     defocus();
 }
diff --git a/src/voxel_engine.cpp b/src/voxel_engine.cpp
index 7f0f882e..00203474 100644
--- a/src/voxel_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/voxel_engine.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ std::string write_controls() {
 		json::JObject* jentry = new json::JObject();
 		switch (binding.type) {
 			case inputtype::keyboard: jentry->put("type", "keyboard"); break;
-			case inputtype::button: jentry->put("type", "button"); break;
+			case inputtype::mouse: jentry->put("type", "mouse"); break;
 			default: throw std::runtime_error("unsupported control type");
 		}
 		jentry->put("code", binding.code);
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ void load_controls(std::string filename, std::string source) {
 
 		if (typestr == "keyboard") {
 			type = inputtype::keyboard;
-		} else if (typestr == "button") {
-			type = inputtype::button;
+		} else if (typestr == "mouse") {
+			type = inputtype::mouse;
 		} else {
 			std::cerr << "unknown input type '" << typestr << "'" << std::endl;
 			continue;
diff --git a/src/window/Events.cpp b/src/window/Events.cpp
index ec5fb3f9..6bbc7f63 100644
--- a/src/window/Events.cpp
+++ b/src/window/Events.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void Events::pullEvents(){
 		bool newstate = false;
 		switch (binding.type) {
 			case inputtype::keyboard: newstate = pressed(binding.code); break;
-			case inputtype::button: newstate = clicked(binding.code); break;
+			case inputtype::mouse: newstate = clicked(binding.code); break;
 		}
 
 		if (newstate) {
diff --git a/src/window/input.h b/src/window/input.h
index 33469fdc..ef5840ba 100644
--- a/src/window/input.h
+++ b/src/window/input.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace mousecode {
 
 enum class inputtype {
     keyboard,
-    button,
+    mouse,
 };
 
 struct Binding {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct Binding {
     const char* text() const {
         switch (type) {
             case inputtype::keyboard: return keycode::name(code);
-            case inputtype::button: return mousecode::name(code);
+            case inputtype::mouse: return mousecode::name(code);
         }
         return "<unknown input type>";
     }