diff --git a/applications/bitwarden/_bitwarden_sync_module.nix b/applications/bitwarden/_bitwarden_sync_module.nix
index 31c8eeb..75a977e 100644
--- a/applications/bitwarden/_bitwarden_sync_module.nix
+++ b/applications/bitwarden/_bitwarden_sync_module.nix
@@ -7,57 +7,51 @@
 with lib; let
   cfg = config.services.bitwarden_directory_connector;
 
-  ldap_data = ''
-    {
-      "ssl": ${boolToString cfg.ldap.ssl},
-      "startTls": ${boolToString cfg.ldap.startTls},
-      "sslAllowUnauthorized": ${boolToString cfg.ldap.sslAllowUnauthorized},
-      "port": ${toString cfg.ldap.port},
-      "currentUser": false,
-      "ad": ${boolToString cfg.ldap.ad},
-      "pagedSearch": true,
-      "password": "to_be_replaced",
-      "hostname": "${cfg.ldap.hostname}",
-      "rootPath": "${cfg.ldap.root}",
-      "username": "${cfg.ldap.username}"
-    }
-  '';
+  ldap_data = builtins.toJSON {
+    ssl = cfg.ldap.ssl;
+    startTls = cfg.ldap.startTls;
+    sslAllowUnauthorized = cfg.ldap.sslAllowUnauthorized;
+    port = cfg.ldap.port;
+    currentUser = false;
+    ad = cfg.ldap.ad;
+    pagedSearch = true;
+    password = "to_be_replaced";
+    hostname = cfg.ldap.hostname;
+    rootPath = cfg.ldap.root;
+    username = cfg.ldap.username;
+  };
 
-  sync_data = ''
-    {
-      "removeDisabled": ${boolToString cfg.sync.removeDisabled},
-      "overwriteExisting": ${boolToString cfg.sync.overwriteExisting},
-      "largeImport": ${boolToString cfg.sync.largeImport},
-      "creationDateAttribute": "${cfg.sync.creationDateAttribute}",
-      "memberAttribute": "${cfg.sync.memberAttribute}",
+  sync_data =
+    builtins.toJSON
+    ({
+        removeDisabled = cfg.sync.removeDisabled;
+        overwriteExisting = cfg.sync.overwriteExisting;
+        largeImport = cfg.sync.largeImport;
+        creationDateAttribute = cfg.sync.creationDateAttribute;
+        memberAttribute = cfg.sync.memberAttribute;
+        interval = 5;
+        useEmailPrefixSuffix = cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.enable;
+        users = cfg.sync.users.enable;
+        groups = cfg.sync.groups.enable;
+      }
+      // optionalAttrs cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.enable {
+        emailPrefixAttribute = cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.prefixAttribute;
+        emailSuffix = cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.suffix;
+      }
+      // optionalAttrs cfg.sync.users.enable {
+        userPath = cfg.sync.users.path;
+        userObjectClass = cfg.sync.users.objectClass;
+        userEmailAttribute = cfg.sync.users.emailAttribute;
+        userFilter = cfg.sync.users.filter;
+      }
+      // optionalAttrs cfg.sync.groups.enable {
+        groupPath = cfg.sync.groups.path;
+        groupObjectClass = cfg.sync.groups.objectClass;
+        groupNameAttribute = cfg.sync.groups.nameAttribute;
+        groupFilter = cfg.sync.groups.filter;
+      });
 
-      "useEmailPrefixSuffix": ${boolToString cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.enable},
-      ${optionalString cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.enable ''
-      "emailPrefixAttribute": "${cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.prefixAttribute}",
-      "emailSuffix": "${cfg.sync.emailPrefixSuffix.suffix}",
-    ''}
-
-      "users": ${boolToString cfg.sync.users.enable},
-      ${optionalString cfg.sync.users.enable ''
-      "userPath": "${cfg.sync.users.path}",
-      "userObjectClass": "${cfg.sync.users.objectClass}",
-      "userEmailAttribute": "${cfg.sync.users.emailAttribute}",
-      "userFilter": "${cfg.sync.users.filter}",
-    ''}
-
-      "groups": ${boolToString cfg.sync.groups.enable},
-      ${optionalString cfg.sync.groups.enable ''
-      "groupPath": "${cfg.sync.groups.path}",
-      "groupObjectClass": "${cfg.sync.groups.objectClass}",
-      "groupNameAttribute": "${cfg.sync.groups.nameAttribute}",
-      "groupFilter": "${cfg.sync.groups.filter}",
-    ''}
-
-      "interval": 5
-    }
-  '';
-
-  sed_string = string: builtins.replaceStrings ["." "/" "\n"] ["\\." "\\/" "\\n"] string;
+  json_string = string: builtins.replaceStrings ["\""] ["\\\""] string;
 in {
   imports = [];
 
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ in {
       type = types.package;
       default = pkgs.bitwarden-directory-connector;
       defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.bitwarden-directory-connector";
-      description = lib.mdDoc "Reference to the Ditwarden Directory Connector package";
+      description = lib.mdDoc "Reference to the Bitwarden Directory Connector package";
       example = literalExpression "pkgs.bitwarden-directory-connector-example";
     };
 
@@ -295,6 +289,7 @@ in {
         wantedBy = ["multi-user.target"];
         after = ["network-online.target"];
         wants = [];
+        path = [pkgs.jq];
 
         environment = {
           BITWARDENCLI_CONNECTOR_APPDATA_DIR = cfg.directory;
@@ -315,18 +310,26 @@ in {
             ${cfg.package}/bin/${cfg.binary_name} login
 
             # set the ldap details
-            sed -i 's/"ldap": null/"ldap": ${sed_string ldap_data}/' ${cfg.directory}/data.json
+            account=$(jq '.authenticatedAccounts[0]?' ${cfg.directory}/data.json)
+            jq ".[$account].directoryConfigurations.ldap |= ${json_string ldap_data}" ${cfg.directory}/data.json > ${cfg.directory}/data1.json
+
+            # remove the original
+            rm -f ${cfg.directory}/data.json
 
             # set the client id
             orgID=$(echo $BW_CLIENTID | sed 's/organization\.//g')
-            sed -i "s/\"organizationId\": null/\"organizationId\": \"$orgID\"/" ${cfg.directory}/data.json
+            jq ".[$account].directorySettings.organizationId |= \"$orgID\" " ${cfg.directory}/data1.json > ${cfg.directory}/data2.json
 
             # and sync data
-            sed -i 's/"sync": null/"sync": ${sed_string sync_data}/' ${cfg.directory}/data.json
+            jq ".[$account].directorySettings.sync |= ${json_string sync_data}" ${cfg.directory}/data2.json > ${cfg.directory}/data.json
 
             # final config
             ${cfg.package}/bin/${cfg.binary_name} config directory 0
             ${cfg.package}/bin/${cfg.binary_name} config ldap.password --secretenv ${cfg.ldap.pw_env}
+
+            # cleanup temp files
+            rm -f ${cfg.directory}/data1.json
+            rm -f ${cfg.directory}/data2.json
           '';
 
           ExecStart = ''${cfg.package}/bin/${cfg.binary_name} sync'';