diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-irc b/src/freedombone-app-irc
index 1da9eca6..4c389d64 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-irc
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-irc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function add_user_irc_bouncer {
 
     new_user_salt_base2=$(echo "$IRC_PASSWORD" | sed "s|#|.|g")
     new_user_salt=$(echo "$new_user_salt_base2" | sed "s|#|.|g")
-    new_user_hash=$(echo "${new_user_password}${new_user_salt}" | sha256sum)
+    new_user_hash=$(echo "${new_user_password}${new_user_salt}" | sha256sum | awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')
     new_user_pass="sha256#${new_user_hash}#${new_user_salt}#"
 
     echo "<User ${new_username}>" >> /home/znc/.znc/configs/znc.conf