diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
index cdde575..68c0776 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ ldap_base = "cn=users,dc=kosmos,dc=org"
 admin_users = ejabberd_credentials['admins']
 
 hosts.each do |host|
-  ldap_rootdn = "uid=xmpp,ou=#{host[:name]},cn=applications,dc=kosmos,dc=org"
+  ldap_rootdn = "uid=service,ou=#{host[:name]},cn=applications,dc=kosmos,dc=org"
 
   template "/opt/ejabberd/conf/#{host[:name]}.yml" do
     source    "vhost.yml.erb"