diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
index 2993a522..1361aba0 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ function install_pleroma {
 
     # We need to set up the url option again because it somehow gets
     # lost during mix compile
-    if ! grep -q 'watchers: [],' $pleroma_secret; then
+    if ! grep -q 'watchers: \[],' $pleroma_secret; then
         sed -i 's|watchers: \[\]|watchers: \[\],|g' $pleroma_secret
     fi
     if ! grep -q 'url:' $pleroma_secret; then