diff --git a/examples/snek/snek.js.v b/examples/snek/snek.js.v
index 30636ff130..22aa1b4e33 100644
--- a/examples/snek/snek.js.v
+++ b/examples/snek/snek.js.v
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ fn main() {
 		create_window: true
 		resizable: false
 		window_title: 'snek'
-		canvas: 'canvas'
+		html5_canvas_name: 'canvas'
 	)
 
 	app.gg.run()
diff --git a/examples/tetris/tetris.js.v b/examples/tetris/tetris.js.v
index b6af7783fd..c975b504fb 100644
--- a/examples/tetris/tetris.js.v
+++ b/examples/tetris/tetris.js.v
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ fn main() {
 		user_data: game
 		frame_fn: frame
 		event_fn: on_event
-		canvas: 'canvas'
+		html5_canvas_name: 'canvas'
 	)
 	game.init_game()
 	game.gg.run() // Run the render loop in the main thread
diff --git a/vlib/gg/gg.js.v b/vlib/gg/gg.js.v
index 4ca9366b80..e995b862dc 100644
--- a/vlib/gg/gg.js.v
+++ b/vlib/gg/gg.js.v
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ pub:
 	native_rendering  bool // Cocoa on macOS/iOS, GDI+ on Windows
 	// drag&drop
 	enable_dragndrop             bool // enable file dropping (drag'n'drop), default is false
-	max_dropped_files            int = 1 // max number of dropped files to process (default: 1)
-	max_dropped_file_path_length int = 2048 // max length in bytes of a dropped UTF-8 file path (default: 2048)
-	canvas                       string
+	max_dropped_files            int    = 1 // max number of dropped files to process (default: 1)
+	max_dropped_file_path_length int    = 2048 // max length in bytes of a dropped UTF-8 file path (default: 2048)
+	html5_canvas_name            string = 'canvas' // the id/name of the canvas element, that will be used to render GG apps
 }
 
 const size = Size{0, 0}
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ pub fn new_context(cfg Config) &Context {
 	g.config = cfg
 	g.window = dom.window()
 	document := dom.document
-	canvas_elem := document.getElementById(cfg.canvas.str) or {
-		panic('gg: cannot get canvas element')
+	canvas_elem := document.getElementById(cfg.html5_canvas_name.str) or {
+		panic('gg: cannot get canvas element from cfg.html5_canvas_name.str')
 	}
 	canvas := get_canvas(canvas_elem)
 	g.canvas = canvas