diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/mozilla-sync-database b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/mozilla-sync-database
index ed42902..4f57025 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/mozilla-sync-database
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/migrate/mozilla-sync-database
@@ -2,26 +2,8 @@
     my $rec = $DB->get('mozilla-sync')
         || $DB->new_record('mozilla-sync', {type => 'service'});
     my $pw = $rec->prop('DbPassword');
-    if (not $pw or length($pw) < 57){   
-        use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);
-
-        $pw = "not set due to error";
-        if ( open( RANDOM, "/dev/urandom" ) ){
-            my $buf;
-            # 57 bytes is a full line of Base64 coding, and contains
-            # 456 bits of randomness - given a perfectly random /dev/random
-            if ( read( RANDOM, $buf, 57 ) != 57 ){
-                warn("Short read from /dev/random: $!");
-            }
-            else{
-                $pw = encode_base64($buf);
-                chomp $pw;
-            }
-            close RANDOM;
-        }
-        else{
-            warn "Could not open /dev/urandom: $!";
-        }
+    if (not $pw){
+        $pw=`/usr/bin/openssl rand -base64 15 | tr -c -d '[:graph:]'`;
         $rec->set_prop('DbPassword', $pw);
     }
 }