diff --git a/src/freedombone-client b/src/freedombone-client
index 98fa4b08..011dc4bc 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-client
+++ b/src/freedombone-client
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ function mesh_batman {
   echo '    sed -i "s|hosts:.*|hosts:          files mdns4_minimal dns mdns4 mdns|g" /etc/nsswitch.conf' >> $batman_script
   echo '    if ! grep -q "avahi-daemon" /etc/crontab; then' >> $batman_script
   echo '        if [ -f /bin/systemctl ]; then' >> $batman_script
-  echo "            echo '* *\t* * *\troot\tsystemctl restart avahi-daemon > /dev/null' >> /etc/crontab" >> $batman_script
+  echo "            echo '* *     * * *   root    systemctl restart avahi-daemon > /dev/null' >> /etc/crontab" >> $batman_script
   echo '        else' >> $batman_script
-  echo "            echo '* *\t* * *\troot\tservice avahi-daemon restart > /dev/null' >> /etc/crontab" >> $batman_script
+  echo "            echo '* *     * * *   root    service avahi-daemon restart > /dev/null' >> /etc/crontab" >> $batman_script
   echo '        fi' >> $batman_script
   echo '    fi' >> $batman_script
   echo 'fi' >> $batman_script