diff --git a/jupyterhub_config.py b/jupyterhub_config.py
index 5a8eb3305ff5e43703e27f7385a5e12269c52f41..dd1a624259fa63dd29f7a712842ce55c6263fa3e 100644
--- a/jupyterhub_config.py
+++ b/jupyterhub_config.py
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ c.JupyterHub.public_url = 'https://jupyterhub.ub.unibas.ch/'
 #    - localprocess: jupyterhub.spawner.LocalProcessSpawner
 #    - simple: jupyterhub.spawner.SimpleLocalProcessSpawner
 #  Default: 'jupyterhub.spawner.LocalProcessSpawner'
-c.JupyterHub.spawner_class = 'jupyterhub.spawner.DockerSpawner'
+c.JupyterHub.spawner_class = 'dockerspawner.DockerSpawner'
 
 ## Path to SSL certificate file for the public facing interface of the proxy
 #