diff --git a/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/80-configuration.sh b/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/80-configuration.sh
index 054405df9..d1d61f4a0 100644
--- a/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/80-configuration.sh
+++ b/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/80-configuration.sh
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ fi
 if bashio::config.has_value 'PASSWORD'; then
   bashio::log.info "Setting password to the value defined in options"
   PASSWORD=$(bashio::config 'PASSWORD')
-  usermod --password $(echo "$PASSWORD") | openssl passwd -1 -stdin) abc
+  passwd -d abc
+  echo -e "$PASSWORD\n$PASSWORD" | passwd abc
 fi