diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse16/profiles/server/autoinstall.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse16/profiles/server/autoinstall.sh
index 8b44a896..99a0153a 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse16/profiles/server/autoinstall.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse16/profiles/server/autoinstall.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ systemctl restart sshd > $serialcons 2>&1
 profile=$(grep ^profile: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg|awk '{print $2}')
 python3 /opt/confluent/bin/apiclient /confluent-public/os/$profile/autoinstall.json > /tmp/autoinstall.json 2> $serialcons
 sed -i s/%%ROOTPASSWORD%%/$(grep ^rootpassword: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg|awk '{print $2}')/g /tmp/autoinstall.json
-sed -i s/%%TIMEZONE%%/$(grep ^timezone: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg|awk '{print $2}')/g /tmp/autoinstall.json
 sed -i s/%%NODENAME%%/$(hostname)/g /tmp/autoinstall.json
 python3 /opt/confluent/bin/apiclient /confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/getinstalldisk > /tmp/getinstalldisk 2> $serialcons
 python3 /tmp/getinstalldisk > $serialcons 2>&1
@@ -26,14 +25,14 @@ if [ -z "$installdisk" ]; then
     sleep inf
 fi
 echo "Installing to $installdisk" > $serialcons
-sed -i s/%%DISK%%/$installdisk/g /tmp/autoinstall.json
+sed -i 's!%%INSTALLDISK%%!'$installdisk'!g' /tmp/autoinstall.json
 locale=$(grep ^locale: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
 locale=${locale#locale: }
 keymap=$(grep ^keymap: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
 keymap=${keymap#keymap: }
 tz=$(grep ^timezone: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg)
 tz=${tz#timezone: }
-sed -i s/%%TIMEZONE%%/$tz/g /tmp/autoinstall.json
+sed -i 's!%%TIMEZONE%%/'$tz'!g' /tmp/autoinstall.json
 sed -i s/%%LOCALE%%/$locale/g /tmp/autoinstall.json
 sed -i s/%%KEYMAP%%/$keymap/g /tmp/autoinstall.json
 agama config load /tmp/autoinstall.json > $serialcons 2>&1