diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-searx b/src/freedombone-app-searx
index ec2073af..afa4eaa3 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-searx
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-searx
@@ -200,7 +200,15 @@ function install_interactive_searx {
 function change_password_searx {
     new_username="$1"
     new_user_password="$2"
-    add_user_searx "$new_username" "$new_user_password"
+
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}-pass -u $new_username -a searx -p "$new_user_password"
+
+    if grep -q "$new_username:" /etc/nginx/.htpasswd; then
+        sed -i "/$new_username:/d" /etc/nginx/.htpasswd
+        echo "$new_user_password" | htpasswd -i -s -c /etc/nginx/.htpasswd $new_username
+        echo '0'
+    fi
+    echo '1'
 }
 
 function reconfigure_searx {