diff --git a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
index c270cb6054bd3a850514bdb24467d36b68cae620..2b4b8cc8c413c870c3908406175ecaea7db4c7b9 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ class apache2_plugin {
 				$success = false;
 				$letsencrypt = array_shift( explode("\n", shell_exec('which letsencrypt certbot /root/.local/share/letsencrypt/bin/letsencrypt')) );
 				if(is_executable($letsencrypt)) {
-					$success = $this->_exec($letsencrypt . " auth --text --agree-tos --authenticator webroot --server https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory --rsa-key-size 4096 --email postmaster@$domain --domains $lddomain --webroot-path /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/acme");
+					$success = $this->_exec($letsencrypt . " certonly --text --agree-tos --authenticator webroot --server https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory --rsa-key-size 4096 --email postmaster@$domain --domains $lddomain --webroot-path /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/acme");
 				}
 				if(!$success) {
 					// error issuing cert