diff --git a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py
index bfcb52d39ebebe2bc0e016448155cdbe90396427..40650b464301708f1aa4427684465f394a291e83 100644
--- a/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py
+++ b/libs/lib/xaal/lib/tools.py
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ def load_cfg_or_die(app_name: str) -> ConfigObj:
 def new_cfg(app_name: str) -> ConfigObj:
     filename = get_cfg_filename(app_name)
     cfg = ConfigObj(filename, indent_type="  ")
-    cfg['config'] = {}
-    cfg['config']['addr'] = get_random_uuid().str
+    cfg['config'] = {'addr' : get_random_uuid().str}
     return cfg