diff --git a/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/discourse-affiliate-linker.js b/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/discourse-affiliate-linker.js
index 8d31309..0fa3ed4 100644
--- a/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/discourse-affiliate-linker.js
+++ b/javascripts/discourse/api-initializers/discourse-affiliate-linker.js
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ export function decorateInlineLink(element) {
   containers.forEach((container) => {
     const href = container.href;
 
+    let linkMap = settings.affiliate_link_map;
+    if (linkMap,split(",") === "example.com") {
+      console.error("Please configure the affiliate_link_map setting. Affilliate_link_map is deprecated");
+      linkMap = settings.affilliate_link_map;
+    }
     settings.affilliate_link_map.split("|").forEach((linkMap) => {
-      const [hostname, link] = linkMap.split(",").map(item => item.trim());
+      const [hostname, link] = linkMap.split(",").map((item) => item.trim());
 
       if (!hostname || !link) {
         console.error("Invalid affiliate link map entry:", linkMap);
diff --git a/settings.yml b/settings.yml
index 48041a0..731730d 100644
--- a/settings.yml
+++ b/settings.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 affilliate_link_map:
   default: "digitalocean.com,https://m.do.co/c/a5bf212d9a92"
   type: "list"
+  description: "Deprecated. Use affiliate_link_map instead."
+affiliate_link_map:
+  default: "example.com,https://example.com/affilliate/1234"
+  type: "list"
   description: "hostname,referal link"