diff --git a/debian_install.sh b/debian_install.sh
index 08d3af6..a812c85 100755
--- a/debian_install.sh
+++ b/debian_install.sh
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ printf "|> adding user '$user' to group 'sudo'...\n" && addgroup "$user" sudo >
 printf "|> modifying sudoers...\n"
 sed -i "s/# %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL/%sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL/" "/etc/sudoers"
 
-#printf "|> disabling root login via ssh...\n"
-#sed -i "s/DROPBEAR_OPTS.*/DROPBEAR_OPTS=\"-w\"/" "/etc/conf.d/dropbear"
+printf "|> disabling root login via ssh...\n"
+sed -i "s/DROPBEAR_EXTRA_ARGS.*/DROPBEAR_EXTRA_ARGS=\"-w\"/" "/etc/default/dropbear"
 
 [[ -r "$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys" ]] && printf "|> moving authorized ssh keys from '$USER' to '$user'...\n" && mkdir -p "/home/$user/.ssh" &> /dev/null && mv "$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys" "/home/$user/.ssh/authorized_keys" && chown -R "$user":users "/home/$user/.ssh"
 
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ printf "|> disabling sshd...\n"
 systemctl disable sshd
 
 printf "|> enabling and starting dropbear...\n"
+sed -i "s/NO_START.*/NO_START=\"0\"/" "/etc/default/dropbear"
 systemctl enable dropbear --now
 
 [[ "$swappiness" ]] && printf "|> tuning swappiness...\n" && printf "vm.swappiness="$swappiness"" > "/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf"