diff --git a/scripts/configure_Rprofile.sh b/scripts/configure_Rprofile.sh
index 68b3844ff538bce31fb345c094cd66e8a820359f..e66965020ca5af9f53f7121d9750da86cca21ff3 100755
--- a/scripts/configure_Rprofile.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure_Rprofile.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 R_HOME=${R_HOME:-"/usr/local/lib/R"}
-DEFAULT_MIRRORS='"https://cran.r-project.org"' 
+DEFAULT_MIRRORS='CRAN="cran.r-project.org"' 
 
 cat <<EOF >"${R_HOME}/etc/Rprofile.site"
 options(