diff --git a/scripts/0-preinstall.sh b/scripts/0-preinstall.sh
index a53e09c..1f42c59 100755
--- a/scripts/0-preinstall.sh
+++ b/scripts/0-preinstall.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ timedatectl set-ntp true
 pacman -S --noconfirm archlinux-keyring #update keyrings to latest to prevent packages failing to install
 pacman -S --noconfirm --needed pacman-contrib terminus-font
 setfont ter-v22b
-sed -i '/^#ParallelDownloads/s/^.//' /etc/pacman.conf
+sed -i '/^#ParallelDownloads/s/^#//' /etc/pacman.conf
 pacman -S --noconfirm --needed reflector rsync grub
 cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup
 echo "
diff --git a/scripts/1-setup.sh b/scripts/1-setup.sh
index 4ca3db2..a52ea53 100755
--- a/scripts/1-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/1-setup.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sed -i '/^# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/s/^# //' /etc/sudoers
 sed -i '/^# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/s/^# //' /etc/sudoers
 
 #Add parallel downloading
-sed -i '/^#ParallelDownloads/s/^.//' /etc/pacman.conf
+sed -i '/^#ParallelDownloads/s/^#//' /etc/pacman.conf
 
 #Enable multilib
 sed -i "/\[multilib\]/,/Include/"'s/^#//' /etc/pacman.conf