diff --git a/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php
index 9a05891ffa86cecba1d0bfe8ab02a33f53c478f6..07c0332d41443b703902bf6a825b4da03bed2433 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ class nginx_plugin {
 			}
 
 			//* add the nginx user to the client group
-			$app->system->add_user_to_group($groupname, escapeshellcmd($web_config['user']));
+			$app->system->add_user_to_group($groupname, escapeshellcmd($web_config['nginx_user']));
 
 			$this->_exec('chown '.$username.':'.$groupname.' '.escapeshellcmd($data['new']['document_root']));