diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-hubzilla b/src/freedombone-app-hubzilla
index 577228ff..6cd290f8 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-hubzilla
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-hubzilla
@@ -202,6 +202,18 @@ function reconfigure_hubzilla {
 }
 
 function upgrade_hubzilla {
+    # ensure that repos are no longer pointing to github
+    read_config_param HUBZILLA_REPO
+    if [[ "$HUBZILLA_REPO" == *'github'* ]]; then
+        HUBZILLA_REPO="https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core"
+        write_config_param HUBZILLA_REPO "$HUBZILLA_REPO"
+    fi
+    read_config_param HUBZILLA_ADDONS_REPO
+    if [[ "$HUBZILLA_ADDONS_REPO" == *'github'* ]]; then
+        HUBZILLA_ADDONS_REPO="https://framagit.org/hubzilla/addons"
+        write_config_param HUBZILLA_ADDONS_REPO "$HUBZILLA_ADDONS_REPO"
+    fi
+
     CURR_HUBZILLA_COMMIT=$(get_completion_param "hubzilla commit")
     if [[ "$CURR_HUBZILLA_COMMIT" == "$HUBZILLA_COMMIT" ]]; then
         return