diff --git a/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py b/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
index b6d72bf73..ffee4b253 100644
--- a/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
+++ b/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def set_autologin(username, displaymanagers, root_mount_point):
         if os.path.isfile(sddm_conf_path):
             print('SDDM config file exists')
         else:
-            check_chroot_call("sddm --example-config > etc/sddm.conf", shell=True)
+            subprocess.call("sddm --example-config > etc/sddm.conf", shell=True)
         text = []
         with open(sddm_conf_path, 'r') as sddm_conf:
             text = sddm_conf.readlines()