diff --git a/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py b/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
index 05ef382dc849814c2c0366f140f9d3eeb4145c8d..b6d72bf733cb797fd23dcb317a972cfcb7e76c98 100644
--- a/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
+++ b/src/modules/displaymanager/main.py
@@ -135,18 +135,19 @@ def set_autologin(username, displaymanagers, root_mount_point):
     if "sddm" in displaymanagers:
         # Systems with Sddm as Desktop Manager
         sddm_conf_path = os.path.join(root_mount_point, "etc/sddm.conf")
-        text = []
-        if os.path.exists(sddm_conf_path):
-            with open(sddm_conf_path, 'r') as sddm_conf:
-                text = sddm_conf.readlines()
-            with open(sddm_conf_path, 'w') as sddm_conf:
-                for line in text:
-                    if 'User=' in line:
-                        line = 'User={}\n'.format(username)
-                    sddm_conf.write(line)
+        if os.path.isfile(sddm_conf_path):
+            print('SDDM config file exists')
         else:
-            return "Cannot write SDDM configuration file", "SDDM config file %s does not exist" % sddm_conf_path
-
+            check_chroot_call("sddm --example-config > etc/sddm.conf", shell=True)
+        text = []
+        with open(sddm_conf_path, 'r') as sddm_conf:
+            text = sddm_conf.readlines()
+        with open(sddm_conf_path, 'w') as sddm_conf:
+            for line in text:
+                if 'User=' in line:
+                    line = 'User={}\n'.format(username)
+                sddm_conf.write(line)
+       
     return None