diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
index 4811be75b5dbb5c5ce6e8cbae39979ac0827d824..76779e193ee60c5324a53559021c4e4407493618 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
@@ -322,19 +322,9 @@ EOF
     systemctl daemon-reload
     systemctl start scuttlebot.service
 
-    # wait for the config to be created
-    scuttlebot_ctr=10
-    until [  $scuttlebot_ctr -gt 0 ]; do
-        if [ -d /etc/scuttlebot/.ssb ]; then
-            break
-        fi
-        sleep 3
-        scuttlebot_ctr=$((scuttlebot_ctr-1))
-    done
-
     if [ ! -d /etc/scuttlebot/.ssb ]; then
-        echo $'Scuttlebot config not generated'
-        exit 73528
+        mkdir /etc/scuttlebot/.ssb
+        chown -R scuttlebot:scuttlebot /etc/scuttlebot/.ssb
     fi
 
     SCUTTLEBOT_ONION_HOSTNAME=$(add_onion_service scuttlebot 80 ${SCUTTLEBOT_ONION_PORT})