diff --git a/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in b/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in
index 00d01843..dd0b915a 100755
--- a/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in
+++ b/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ fi
 [ -d ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR} ] || mkdir -p ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}
 grep -q '^[[]Daemon[]]' ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf 2> /null || echo '[Daemon]' >> ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf
 sed -i -e '/^Theme[[:blank:]]*=.*/d' ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf
-sed -i -e "s/\([[]Daemon[]]\)\n*/\1\nTheme=${THEME_NAME}/" ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf
+sed -i -e "s/^\([[]Daemon[]]\)\n*/\1\nTheme=${THEME_NAME}/" ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf
 
 [ $DO_INITRD_REBUILD -ne 0 ] && (${PLYMOUTH_LIBEXECDIR}/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd)