diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
index 98cc5856e..32d0eb710 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ _set_config_from_vps() {
 	mptcp_scheduler="$(echo "$vps_config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@.mptcp.scheduler')"
 	mptcp_checksum="$(echo "$vps_config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@.mptcp.checksum')"
 	mptcp_syn_retries="$(echo "$vps_config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@.mptcp.syn_retries')"
-	congestion="$(echo "$vps_config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@.network.congestion')"
+	congestion="$(echo "$vps_config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@.network.congestion_control')"
 	uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
 		set network.globals.mptcp_path_manager=$mptcp_path_manager
 		set network.globals.mptcp_scheduler=$mptcp_scheduler