diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/VerifyDatabase.php b/app/Console/Commands/VerifyDatabase.php
index 6d29ac9b68..eb99c2b3cd 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/VerifyDatabase.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/VerifyDatabase.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class VerifyDatabase extends Command
             $date = is_null($entry->transaction_deleted_at) ? $entry->journal_deleted_at : $entry->transaction_deleted_at;
             $this->error(
                 'Error: Account #' . $entry->account_id . ' should have been deleted, but has not.' .
-                ' Find it in the table called `accounts` and change the `deleted_at` field to: "' . $date . '"'
+                ' Find it in the table called "accounts" and change the "deleted_at" field to: "' . $date . '"'
             );
         }
     }
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class VerifyDatabase extends Command
         foreach ($set as $entry) {
             $this->error(
                 'Error: Transaction #' . $entry->transaction_id . ' should have been deleted, but has not.' .
-                ' Find it in the table called `transactions` and change the `deleted_at` field to: "' . $entry->journal_deleted . '"'
+                ' Find it in the table called "transactions" and change the "deleted_at" field to: "' . $entry->journal_deleted . '"'
             );
         }
     }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class VerifyDatabase extends Command
 
         foreach ($set as $entry) {
             $this->error(
-                'Error: Journal #' . $entry->id . ' has zero transactions. Open table `transaction_journals` and delete the entry with id #' . $entry->id
+                'Error: Journal #' . $entry->id . ' has zero transactions. Open table "transaction_journals" and delete the entry with id #' . $entry->id
             );
         }
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class VerifyDatabase extends Command
         foreach ($set as $entry) {
             $this->error(
                 'Error: Transaction journal #' . $entry->journal_id . ' should have been deleted, but has not.' .
-                ' Find it in the table called `transaction_journals` and change the `deleted_at` field to: "' . $entry->transaction_deleted . '"'
+                ' Find it in the table called "transaction_journals" and change the "deleted_at" field to: "' . $entry->transaction_deleted . '"'
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/Helpers/Report/AccountReportHelper.php b/app/Helpers/Report/AccountReportHelper.php
index c5ecb3b155..fdb5539ed9 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Report/AccountReportHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Report/AccountReportHelper.php
@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ class AccountReportHelper implements AccountReportHelperInterface
                       ->whereNull('transactions.deleted_at')
                       ->where('transaction_journals.date', '<=', $date->format('Y-m-d'))
                       ->groupBy('accounts.id')
-                      ->get(['accounts.id', DB::raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) as `balance`')]);
+                      ->get(['accounts.id', DB::raw('SUM(transactions.amount) AS balance')]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Helpers/Report/BalanceReportHelper.php b/app/Helpers/Report/BalanceReportHelper.php
index 781191b576..4210cc66fe 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Report/BalanceReportHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Report/BalanceReportHelper.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class BalanceReportHelper implements BalanceReportHelperInterface
                      ->get(
                          [
                              't_destination.account_id',
-                             DB::raw('SUM(`t_destination`.`amount`) as `sum`'),
+                             DB::raw('SUM(t_destination.amount) AS sum'),
                          ]
                      );
 
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php
index b333b26cf1..2e12076d10 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Bill/BillRepository.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
                           ->get(
                               [
                                   'bills.*',
-                                  DB::raw('((`bills`.`amount_min` + `bills`.`amount_max`) / 2) as `expectedAmount`'),
+                                  DB::raw('((bills.amount_min + bills.amount_max) / 2) AS expectedAmount'),
                               ]
                           )->sortBy('name');
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
                               [
                                   'transaction_journals.bill_id',
                                   'transaction_journals.id',
-                                  DB::raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) as `journalAmount`'),
+                                  DB::raw('SUM(transactions.amount) AS journalAmount'),
                               ]
                           );
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
                                       $join->on('transactions.transaction_journal_id', '=', 'transaction_journals.id')->where('transactions.amount', '<', 0);
                                   }
                                   )
-                                  ->first([DB::raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) as `sum_amount`')]);
+                                  ->first([DB::raw('SUM(transactions.amount) AS sum_amount')]);
                 $sumAmount = $paid->sum_amount ?? '0';
                 $amount    = bcadd($amount, $sumAmount);
             }
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class BillRepository implements BillRepositoryInterface
                                       $join->on('transactions.transaction_journal_id', '=', 'transaction_journals.id')->where('transactions.amount', '>', 0);
                                   }
                                   )
-                                  ->first([DB::raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) as `sum_amount`')]);
+                                  ->first([DB::raw('SUM(transactions.amount) AS sum_amount')]);
                 $sumAmount = $paid->sum_amount ?? '0';
                 $paidBill  = bcadd($sumAmount, $paidBill);
             }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
index 404e5e4f21..fce3033619 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class JournalRepository implements JournalRepositoryInterface
         $transactions = new Collection;
         $fields       = ['transactions.id', 'transactions.created_at', 'transactions.updated_at', 'transactions.deleted_at', 'transactions.account_id',
                          'transactions.transaction_journal_id', 'transactions.description', 'transactions.amount',
-                         DB::raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) as `sum`')];
+                         DB::raw('SUM(transactions.amount) AS sum')];
         $groupBy      = ['transactions.id', 'transactions.created_at', 'transactions.updated_at', 'transactions.deleted_at', 'transactions.account_id',
                          'transactions.transaction_journal_id', 'transactions.description', 'transactions.amount'];
         switch ($journal->transactionType->type) {
diff --git a/app/Support/Steam.php b/app/Support/Steam.php
index 15cf25c94a..d94b7af230 100644
--- a/app/Support/Steam.php
+++ b/app/Support/Steam.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Steam
                                   ->where('transaction_journals.date', '>=', $start->format('Y-m-d'))
                                   ->where('transaction_journals.date', '<=', $end->format('Y-m-d'))
                                   ->groupBy('transaction_journals.date')
-                                  ->get(['transaction_journals.date', DB::raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) as `modified`')]);
+                                  ->get(['transaction_journals.date', DB::raw('SUM(transactions.amount) AS modified')]);
         $currentBalance = $startBalance;
         foreach ($set as $entry) {
             $modified               = is_null($entry->modified) ? '0' : strval($entry->modified);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class Steam
                                ->where('transaction_journals.date', '<=', $date->format('Y-m-d'))
                                ->groupBy('transactions.account_id')
                                ->whereIn('transactions.account_id', $ids)
-                               ->get(['transactions.account_id', DB::raw('sum(`transactions`.`amount`) as aggregate')]);
+                               ->get(['transactions.account_id', DB::raw('sum(transactions.amount) AS aggregate')]);
 
         $result = [];
         foreach ($balances as $entry) {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class Steam
         $set = auth()->user()->transactions()
                      ->whereIn('transactions.account_id', $accounts)
                      ->groupBy(['transactions.account_id', 'transaction_journals.user_id'])
-                     ->get(['transactions.account_id', DB::raw('MAX(`transaction_journals`.`date`) as `max_date`')]);
+                     ->get(['transactions.account_id', DB::raw('MAX(transaction_journals.date) AS max_date')]);
 
         foreach ($set as $entry) {
             $list[intval($entry->account_id)] = new Carbon($entry->max_date);