diff --git a/app/controllers/node.js b/app/controllers/node.js
index 72aa32c9e4c25b5fa76e37091e25af6ec93208f8..49a4ce8a13d183dfdda42cbc47b71a0c87b244ff 100644
--- a/app/controllers/node.js
+++ b/app/controllers/node.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function NodeBinding (server) {
       "ucoin": {
         "software": "ucoind",
         "version": server.version,
-        "forkWindowSize": server.conf.branchesWindowSize
+        "forkWindowSize": server.conf.forksize
       }
     }, null, "  "));
   };
diff --git a/app/lib/entity/configuration.js b/app/lib/entity/configuration.js
index 06ace73cacb416de59a8a6c5f66701714b4170cf..bfa9353bd1793475013c78b41243883de5759921 100644
--- a/app/lib/entity/configuration.js
+++ b/app/lib/entity/configuration.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var defaultConf = function() {
     "timeout": 3000,
     "routing": false,
     "isolate": false,
-    "branchesWindowSize": constants.BRANCHES.DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE
+    "forksize": constants.BRANCHES.DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/app/lib/sync.js b/app/lib/sync.js
index 8d032ea4826cde0340db3aa4b0fdce19fcb7df7f..11c87d51c256b10207625350ff160e9f6cad81f5 100644
--- a/app/lib/sync.js
+++ b/app/lib/sync.js
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ module.exports = function Synchroniser (server, host, port, conf, interactive) {
   var speed = 0, syncStart = new Date(), blocksApplied = 0;
   var watcher = interactive ? new MultimeterWatcher() : new LoggerWatcher();
 
-  // Disable branching for the main synchronization parts
-  conf.branchesWindowSize = 0;
-
   if (interactive) {
     require('log4js').configure({
       "appenders": [
diff --git a/app/service/BlockchainService.js b/app/service/BlockchainService.js
index b2b42d79f75c33170c6249d47c04efc62c76d9d1..1135d80d0e9a044bcacbef729a2947e30f14026d 100644
--- a/app/service/BlockchainService.js
+++ b/app/service/BlockchainService.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function BlockchainService (conf, mainDAL, pair) {
         return res;
       } else {
         // add it as side chain
-        if (current.number - obj.number + 1 >= conf.branchesWindowSize) {
+        if (current.number - obj.number + 1 >= conf.forksize) {
           throw 'Block out of fork window';
         }
         let absolute = yield mainDAL.getAbsoluteBlockByNumberAndHash(obj.number, obj.hash);
diff --git a/bin/ucoind b/bin/ucoind
index 55c40710b4bf64120ce19ed32b48b9825e3c9aa7..9587b5cc6feabfa844c3add46ff015d92aa6bb6c 100755
--- a/bin/ucoind
+++ b/bin/ucoind
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ function commandLineConf(conf) {
   if (cli.db.mdb)                           conf.mdb            = cli.db.mdb;
   if (cli.isolate)                          conf.isolate        = cli.isolate;
   if (cli.timeout)                          conf.timeout        = cli.timeout;
-  if (cli.forksize != null)                 conf.branchesWindowSize = cli.forksize;
+  if (cli.forksize != null)                 conf.forksize       = cli.forksize;
 
   // Specific internal settings
   conf.createNext = true;
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 6928db4587bcef9ecb602ef6e362ce8fd664c4cf..7adfc7ef12e3af10a7cc99726ebf956dd4cf724c 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function Server (dbConf, overrideConf) {
           dtDiffEval:         constants.CONTRACT.DEFAULT.DTDIFFEVAL,
           medianTimeBlocks:   constants.CONTRACT.DEFAULT.MEDIANTIMEBLOCKS,
           rootoffset:         0,
-          branchesWindowSize: constants.BRANCHES.DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE
+          forksize:           constants.BRANCHES.DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE
         };
         _.keys(defaultValues).forEach(function(key){
           if (that.conf[key] == undefined) {
diff --git a/test/integration/branches.js b/test/integration/branches.js
index ec1474ea419a8ce63d0500233df3f1bc4de690c7..099f962d818fafe97b417e4130ff28413385abe2 100644
--- a/test/integration/branches.js
+++ b/test/integration/branches.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/branches2.js b/test/integration/branches2.js
index bf6e92ce20715dfc3b05d41ecd2a359231f59efe..5b8eca1de87b08b9d89ba30d721a33b467a5d644 100644
--- a/test/integration/branches2.js
+++ b/test/integration/branches2.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/branches_pending_data.js b/test/integration/branches_pending_data.js
index 0183355b761ca47a2b309b83d50962cbb5b4dfac..8f93fa2b11a1be76534b6d72427537b5ea83408c 100644
--- a/test/integration/branches_pending_data.js
+++ b/test/integration/branches_pending_data.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/branches_revert.js b/test/integration/branches_revert.js
index b2ed6c7aacb0743c83ec34b710e510580d45b72e..a4c13c7ed9c145208d79501d7f4fb083015dffe7 100644
--- a/test/integration/branches_revert.js
+++ b/test/integration/branches_revert.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/branches_revert2.js b/test/integration/branches_revert2.js
index 0ab735ea4d91907de65c83d417ecf867a5adc66e..f8a294ef68bbdeffb3fff22354485ad94a11675e 100644
--- a/test/integration/branches_revert2.js
+++ b/test/integration/branches_revert2.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/branches_switch.js b/test/integration/branches_switch.js
index be5700943963ec66c54c2718e86b8f80e550ecd3..1ea608f1e58f89847e846d5f0b9aee1adc4eacee 100644
--- a/test/integration/branches_switch.js
+++ b/test/integration/branches_switch.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/identity-test.js b/test/integration/identity-test.js
index 12861f5aefdf3d02eca559c0b6fb4fd28acbad8f..247a705deac8a57fd62a84c4e008c39d45675a1d 100644
--- a/test/integration/identity-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/identity-test.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/peerings.js b/test/integration/peerings.js
index c50b7c8226118e3a5207bd74afde4b1758af7276..50b9aae0c32a849af2d3c77e10a917e231b7b463 100644
--- a/test/integration/peerings.js
+++ b/test/integration/peerings.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   remoteipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 3,
+  forksize: 3,
   parcatipate: false, // TODO: to remove when startGeneration will be an explicit call
   sigQty: 1
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/start_generate_blocks.js b/test/integration/start_generate_blocks.js
index 5d3a467256896975c58691fd59b9c860a37308e3..cf8ce8c95e9929a74adf8d96a63ee6182f9d1514 100644
--- a/test/integration/start_generate_blocks.js
+++ b/test/integration/start_generate_blocks.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var commonConf = {
   remoteipv4: '127.0.0.1',
   currency: 'bb',
   httpLogs: true,
-  branchesWindowSize: 0,
+  forksize: 0,
   sigQty: 1
 };
 
diff --git a/test/integration/tests.js b/test/integration/tests.js
index 68934e7bdffa589cf8989080f9e410bc5ed0c450..87a323ced2fe6181659927345d190194de6e083b 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/tests.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe("Integration", function() {
         pub: 'DNann1Lh55eZMEDXeYt59bzHbA3NJR46DeQYCS2qQdLV',
         sec: '468Q1XtTq7h84NorZdWBZFJrGkB18CbmbHr9tkp9snt5GiERP7ySs3wM8myLccbAAGejgMRC9rqnXuW3iAfZACm7'
       },
-      branchesWindowSize: 3,
+      forksize: 3,
       participate: false, rootoffset: 10,
       sigQty: 1, dt: 0, ud0: 120
     });