diff --git a/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-on b/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-on
index 5d1cb8faa..9c17a4828 100755
--- a/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-on
+++ b/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-on
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ if grep -qi raspbian /etc/*release; then
     ip link set dev wlan0 promisc off
 fi
 
-sed -i -e "s/hostapd_enabled.*/hostapd_enabled = True/" /etc/iiab/iiab.ini
+sed -i -e "s/^hostapd_enabled.*/hostapd_enabled = True/" /etc/iiab/iiab.ini