diff --git a/bunsen/test b/bunsen/test
index d9ee1be2..ed4a34a7 100755
--- a/bunsen/test
+++ b/bunsen/test
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 export DONT_CHANGE_SHELL
 export DONT_START_TOR
 
-cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
-echo "APT::Acquire::Retries=16" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf
-cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
+echo "APT::Acquire::Retries=16" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99_retries
 
 apt-get update
 apt-get install sudo