diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-irc b/src/freedombone-app-irc
index e025ce79..b3bc5f70 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-irc
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-irc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function add_user_irc_bouncer {
 
     stop_irc_bouncer
 
-    ZNC_SALT="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=16c count=1 | md5sum | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')"
+    ZNC_SALT="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=16c count=1 | md5sum | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}' | cut -c1-20)"
     new_user_hash=$(echo "${new_user_password}${ZNC_SALT}" | sha256sum | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')
 
     echo "<User ${new_username}>" >> /home/znc/.znc/configs/znc.conf