diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
index 22853c925..4f22d8510 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api.rs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ impl CommandApi {
     /// The `AccountsBackgroundFetchDone` event is emitted at the end even in case of timeout.
     /// Process all events until you get this one and you can safely return to the background
     /// without forgetting to create notifications caused by timing race conditions.
-    async fn accounts_background_fetch(&self, timeout_in_seconds: f64) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn background_fetch(&self, timeout_in_seconds: f64) -> Result<()> {
         let future = {
             let lock = self.accounts.read().await;
             lock.background_fetch(std::time::Duration::from_secs_f64(timeout_in_seconds))