diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index dc3380b9..b71dd37f 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.4.4:
+------
+
+Renamed "group" table to "usergroup"
+Be sure to run util/db-upgrade.sql on the mysql piler database
+
+
 1.4.3:
 ------
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 428b770e..1c99cf0e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.3
+1.4.4
diff --git a/config.php.in b/config.php.in
index 71bbe68e..e9a12fa1 100644
--- a/config.php.in
+++ b/config.php.in
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ foreach ($config as $k => $v) {
 
 
 define('TABLE_USER', 'user');
-define('TABLE_GROUP', 'group');
+define('TABLE_GROUP', 'usergroup');
 define('TABLE_GROUP_USER', 'group_user');
 define('TABLE_GROUP_EMAIL', 'group_email');
 define('TABLE_FOLDER', 'folder');
diff --git a/util/db-upgrade.sql b/util/db-upgrade.sql
index cd1feef9..9d146741 100644
--- a/util/db-upgrade.sql
+++ b/util/db-upgrade.sql
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ alter table sph_index change column todomain todomain blob(512) default null;
 
 
 alter table metadata change column subject `subject` blob(512) default null;
+
+
+SELECT Count(*) INTO @exists FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'piler' AND table_type = 'BASE TABLE' AND table_name = 'group';
+SET @query = If(@exists>0, 'RENAME TABLE `group` TO usergroup', 'SELECT 1 from dual');
+PREPARE stmt FROM @query;
+EXECUTE stmt;