diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-matrix b/src/freedombone-app-matrix
index 2624903a..9c93cd7b 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-matrix
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-matrix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function matrix_configure_homeserver_yaml {
         sub(/turn_shared_secret: "YOUR_SHARED_SECRET"/, TURNSHAREDSECRET);
         sub(/turn_uris: \[\]/, TURNURIES);
         sub(/pid_file: \/homeserver.pid/, PIDFILE);
-        sub(${MATRIX_DATA_DIR}base: "\/homeserver.db"/, DATABASE);
+        sub(/database: "\/homeserver.db"/, DATABASE);
         sub(/log_file: "\/homeserver.log"/, LOGFILE);
         sub(/media_store_path: "\/media_store"/, MEDIASTORE);
         print;