diff --git a/install/vst-install-debian.sh b/install/vst-install-debian.sh
index ad9599e3f..1f7914a20 100644
--- a/install/vst-install-debian.sh
+++ b/install/vst-install-debian.sh
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ rm -rf $VESTA > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 # Excluding packages
 if [ "$nginx" = 'no'  ]; then
-    software=$(echo "$software" | sed -e "s/^nginx//")
+    software=$(echo "$software" | sed -e "s/ nginx/ /")
 fi
 if [ "$apache" = 'no' ]; then
     software=$(echo "$software" | sed -e "s/apache2 //")