diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_octodns.sh b/dnsapi/dns_octodns.sh
index 5d2caf60..2bbec6fc 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_octodns.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_octodns.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dns_octodns_add() {
   fi
 
   #save the providers list to the account conf file.
-  _saveaccountconf OCTODNS_PROVIDERS "$OCTODNS_PROVIDERS"
+  _saveaccountconf_mutable OCTODNS_PROVIDERS "$OCTODNS_PROVIDERS"
 
   for element in $(echo "$OCTODNS_PROVIDERS" | tr "_" ' '); do
     _debug element "$element"