diff --git a/packages/server/index.js b/packages/server/index.js
index 1c7ac33d7f7..4374629316e 100644
--- a/packages/server/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ module.exports = function (configParams = {}) {
 
   return function (req, res) {
     for (const k in config) {
-      think.config(k, config[k]);
+      // fix https://github.com/walinejs/waline/issues/2649 with alias model config name
+      think.config(k === 'model' ? 'customModel' : k, config[k]);
     }
 
     return think
diff --git a/packages/server/src/extend/controller.js b/packages/server/src/extend/controller.js
index df0b71afa10..3d8ec9a0996 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/extend/controller.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/extend/controller.js
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ module.exports = {
     return nunjucks.renderString(message, variables);
   },
   getModel(modelName) {
-    const { storage, model } = this.config();
+    const { storage, customModel } = this.config();
 
-    if (typeof model === 'function') {
-      const modelInstance = model(modelName, this);
+    if (typeof customModel === 'function') {
+      const modelInstance = customModel(modelName, this);
 
       if (modelInstance) {
         return modelInstance;