diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.joinmarket.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.joinmarket.sh
index a238a8e38..b169913ba 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.joinmarket.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.joinmarket.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
     /home/joinmarket/joinmarket-clientserver/jmvenv/bin/python -c \'import PySide2\'\
     #g" install.sh
     # don't install PySide2 - using the system-site-package instead 
-    sudo -u joinmarket sed -i "s#^PySide2##g" requirements/gui.txt 
+    sudo -u joinmarket sed -i "s#^PySide2##g" requirements/gui.txt
+    # don't install PyQt5 - using the system package instead 
+    sudo -u joinmarket sed -i "s#^PyQt5==5.14.2##g" requirements/gui.txt
+    sudo apt-get install -y python3-pyqt5
     sudo -u joinmarket ./install.sh --with-qt
     echo "# installed JoinMarket $version"