diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index bd558ab7..d48efd7c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8432,7 +8432,7 @@ function install_rss_reader {
     mysql -u root --password="$MARIADB_PASSWORD" -D ttrss < $RSS_READER_PATH/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
 
     # change the password from the default
-    RSS_READER_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=$(echo -n "${RSS_READER_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" | sha1)
+    RSS_READER_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=$(echo -n "${RSS_READER_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" | sha1sum | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')
     mysql -u root --password="$MARIADB_PASSWORD" -e "update ttrss_users set pwd_hash = 'SHA1:${RSS_READER_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH}', salt= '' WHERE login = 'admin';" ttrss
 
     # ensure that socks5 proxy is used