diff --git a/INSTALL/INSTALL.kali.txt b/INSTALL/INSTALL.kali.txt
index 2a76db5eb..21f58d1ce 100644
--- a/INSTALL/INSTALL.kali.txt
+++ b/INSTALL/INSTALL.kali.txt
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ echo 'PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/ga
 sed -i "s/^misp_url\ =/misp_url\ =\ http:\/\/localhost/g" ~/.viper/viper.conf
 sed -i "s/^misp_key\ =/misp_key\ =\ $AUTH_KEY/g" ~/.viper/viper.conf
 
-while [ ! -e  ~/.viper/admin.db ]; do
-  sleep 3
-  sqlite3 ~/.viper/admin.db 'UPDATE auth_user SET password="pbkdf2_sha256$100000$iXgEJh8hz7Cf$vfdDAwLX8tko1t0M1TLTtGlxERkNnltUnMhbv56wK/U="'
+while [ "$(sqlite3 ~/.viper/admin.db 'UPDATE auth_user SET password="pbkdf2_sha256$100000$iXgEJh8hz7Cf$vfdDAwLX8tko1t0M1TLTtGlxERkNnltUnMhbv56wK/U="'; echo $?)" -ne "0" ]; do
+  echo "Updating viper-web admin password, giving process time to start-up, sleeping 5, 4, 3,…"
+  sleep 6
 done
 
 sudo chown -R www-data:www-data $PATH_TO_MISP