diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index c025759..9639d75 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ sed -i "s@NAMETOCHANGE@noalyss@g" ../conf/php-fpm.conf
 
 db_pwd=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=200 2> /dev/null | tr -c -d '[A-Za-z0-9]' | sed -n 's/\(.\{24\}\).*/\1/p')
 
-su postgres -c "echo -e \"$db_pwd\n$db_pwd\n\" | createuser -P -S -R --createdb noalyss"
+su postgres -c "createuser -S -R --createdb noalyss"
+su postgres -c "psql -c \"ALTER USER noalyss with PASSWORD \'$db_pwd\';\""
 
 sed -i "s@DATABASE_PASSWORD@$db_pwd@g" ../conf/noalyss.conf
 finalphpconf=/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/noalyss.conf