diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service
index 7c99fd7b9e..d85395c605 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.service
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
 OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$ADDON_HOME/settings.xml"
 
 if [ ! -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
-  cp settings.xml $OPENELEC_SETTINGS
+  cp $ADDON_DIR/settings.xml $OPENELEC_SETTINGS
 fi
 
 TRANSMISSION_START=`grep TRANSMISSION_START $OPENELEC_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3 }' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`