diff --git a/transmission/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/20-config b/transmission/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/20-config
index 0916965c2..175682fd6 100644
--- a/transmission/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/20-config
+++ b/transmission/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/20-config
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ else
 fi
 CONFIG=$(bashio::jq "${CONFIG}" ".\"rpc-authentication-required\"=${BOOLEAN}")
 CONFIG=$(bashio::jq "${CONFIG}" ".\"rpc-username\"=\"${USER}\"")
-CONFIG=$(bashio::jq "${CONFIG}" ".\"rpc-username\"=\"${PASS}\"")
+CONFIG=$(bashio::jq "${CONFIG}" ".\"rpc-password\"=\"${PASS}\"")
 echo "${CONFIG}" >$CONFIGDIR/settings.json &&
   jq . -S $CONFIGDIR/settings.json | cat >temp.json && mv temp.json $CONFIGDIR/settings.json