diff --git a/searx/install.sh b/searx/install.sh
index ba7af9b..7f6687a 100755
--- a/searx/install.sh
+++ b/searx/install.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ systemctl start docker
 cd /usr/local/
 git clone https://github.com/searx/searx-docker.git
 cd searx-docker/
-sed -i "/SEARX_HOSTNAME/ s/^#//" .env
+sed -iE "/SEARX_HOSTNAME/ s/^#\s*//" .env
 sed -i "/SEARX_HOSTNAME/ s/=.*/=searx.codehal.de/" .env
-sed -i "/LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL/ s/^#//" .env
+sed -iE "/LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL/ s/^#\s*//" .env
 sed -i "/LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL/ s/=.*/=webmaster@codehal.de/" .env
 key=$(openssl rand -hex 22)
 sed -i "/MORTY_KEY/ s/=.*/=$key/" .env