diff --git a/nginx/config/entrypoint.sh b/nginx/config/entrypoint.sh
index e2488ba8..2c802d55 100644
--- a/nginx/config/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/nginx/config/entrypoint.sh
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ if [ ! -f /etc/nginx/conf.d/kibana.htpasswd ]; then
     do
       IFS=':' read -r -a credentials <<< "${users[index]}"
       if [ $index -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo ${credentials[1]}|htpasswd -i -c /etc/nginx/conf.d/kibana.htpasswd ${credentials[0]} >/dev/null
+        htpasswd -b -c /etc/nginx/conf.d/kibana.htpasswd ${credentials[0]} ${credentials[1]} >/dev/null
       else
-        echo ${credentials[1]}|htpasswd -i /etc/nginx/conf.d/kibana.htpasswd  ${credentials[0]} >/dev/null
+        htpasswd -b /etc/nginx/conf.d/kibana.htpasswd  ${credentials[0]} ${credentials[1]} >/dev/null
       fi
     done
   else
     # NGINX_PWD and NGINX_NAME are declared in nginx/Dockerfile 
-    echo $NGINX_PWD|htpasswd -i -c /etc/nginx/conf.d/kibana.htpasswd $NGINX_NAME >/dev/null
+    htpasswd -b -c /etc/nginx/conf.d/kibana.htpasswd $NGINX_NAME $NGINX_PWD >/dev/null
   fi
 else
   echo "Kibana credentials already configured"