diff --git a/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py b/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
index 8d713729b..5309a4b22 100644
--- a/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
+++ b/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def set_autologin(username, displaymanagers, root_mount_point):
         # Systems with Sddm as Desktop Manager
         sddm_conf_path = os.path.join(root_mount_point, "etc/sddm.conf")
         if sddm_conf_path != os.path.join(root_mount_point, "etc/sddm.conf")
-            check_chroot_call(["sddm", "--example-config"])
+            check_chroot_call("sddm --example-config > etc/sddm.conf", shell=True)
         text = []
         if os.path.exists(sddm_conf_path):
             with open(sddm_conf_path, 'r') as sddm_conf: