diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 5eba306e..03197c20 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8557,7 +8557,7 @@ function install_gnu_social {
     fi
 
     # This improves performance
-    sed -i "s|\\\$config['db']['schemacheck'].*|\$config['db']['schemacheck'] = 'script';|g" $microblog_config_file
+    sed -i "s|\\\\$config['db']['schemacheck'].*|\$config['db']['schemacheck'] = 'script';|g" $microblog_config_file
 
     MICROBLOG_ONION_HOSTNAME=$(add_onion_service microblog 80 ${MICROBLOG_ONION_PORT})