diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
index f4fb1b60..9ccc92b1 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ function xmpp_update_e2e_policy {
 
     if [[ "$ONION_ONLY" != 'no' ]]; then
         XMPP_ONION_HOSTNAME=$(cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_service_xmpp/hostname)
-        sed -i "s|VirtualHost \".*.onion.*|VirtualHost \"${XMPP_ONION_HOSTNAME}\"|g" /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
+        sed -i "s|VirtualHost \".*.onion.*|VirtualHost \"${XMPP_ONION_HOSTNAME}\"|g" "$filename"
         # TLS is not strictly needed for onion transport security
-        sed -i 's|c2s_require_encryption =.*|c2s_require_encryption = false|g' /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
-        sed -i 's|s2s_require_encryption =.*|s2s_require_encryption = false|g' /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
+        sed -i 's|c2s_require_encryption =.*|c2s_require_encryption = false|g' "$filename"
+        sed -i 's|s2s_require_encryption =.*|s2s_require_encryption = false|g' "$filename"
     fi
 }