diff --git a/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-off b/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-off
index 00054812a..ebd04eeb2 100755
--- a/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-off
+++ b/roles/network/templates/network/iiab-hotspot-off
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ if grep -qi raspbian /etc/*release; then
     ip link set dev wlan0 promisc on
 fi
 
-sed -i -e "s/hostapd_enabled.*/hostapd_enabled = False/" /etc/iiab/iiab.ini
+sed -i -e "s/^hostapd_enabled.*/hostapd_enabled = False/" /etc/iiab/iiab.ini