diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index ead94ab7b9..cf6e089715 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if [ "$ENABLE_EPGSEARCH" == "true" ] ; then
   VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P epgsearch"
 fi
 if [ "$ENABLE_XMLTV2VDR" == "true" ] ; then
-  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P xmltv2vdr"
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P 'xmltv2vdr --epgfile=$ADDON_CACHE_DIR/epg.db'"
 fi
 
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