diff --git a/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba b/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
index 1b3475be6a..62ea24a57f 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
+++ b/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
-OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/os.openelec.settings/settings.xml"
-
 (
-  if [ -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
-    SAMBA_START=`grep SAMBA_START $OPENELEC_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3 }' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+  if [ -f /var/config/settings.conf ]; then
+    . /var/config/settings.conf
 
     if [ "$SAMBA_START" = "true" ]; then