diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 47a5cf0..7194a63 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ sed -i "s@MY_SECRET_KEY@$secret_key@" ../conf/settings.py
 sed -i "s/MY_EMAIL/$mails_sender/" ../conf/settings.py
 sed -i "s@MY_MYSQL_PW@$db_pwd@" ../conf/settings.py
 sed -i "s@MY_PATH@$path@" ../conf/settings.py
+# Remove the conf directive if served at root
+sed -i "/APPLICATION_ROOT='\/'/d" ../conf/settings.py
 sudo install -o ihatemoney -g ihatemoney -m 640 \
      ../conf/settings.py /etc/ihatemoney/settings.py
 # The settings have to be stored here (on python path)