diff --git a/bin/v-add-mail-account-forward b/bin/v-add-mail-account-forward
index ba1f3de10..5b2720a13 100755
--- a/bin/v-add-mail-account-forward
+++ b/bin/v-add-mail-account-forward
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ fi
 
 # Adding forward to exim
 if [[ "$MAIL_SYSTEM" =~ exim ]]; then
-    sed -i "/^$account@$domain:/ d" $HOMEDIR/$user/conf/mail/$domain/aliases
-    echo "$account@$domain:$fwd" >> $HOMEDIR/$user/conf/mail/$domain/aliases
+    sed -i "/^$account@$domain_idn:/ d" $HOMEDIR/$user/conf/mail/$domain/aliases
+    echo "$account@$domain_idn:$fwd" >> $HOMEDIR/$user/conf/mail/$domain/aliases
 fi