diff --git a/config.example b/config.example
index 2aba361..7464bb5 100644
--- a/config.example
+++ b/config.example
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ _rofi () {
     rofi -i -no-auto-select "$@"
 }
 
+# default command to generate passwords
+_pwgen () {
+	pwgen -y "$@"
+}
+
 # image viewer to display qrcode of selected entry
 # qrencode is needed to generate the image and a viewer
 # that can read from pipes. Known viewers to work are feh and display
diff --git a/rofi-pass b/rofi-pass
index 5a54cca..3834030 100755
--- a/rofi-pass
+++ b/rofi-pass
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ insertPass () {
 	pw=$(printf '%s' "Generate" | _rofi -dmenu -p "Password > " -mesg "Type Password or hit Enter to generate one")
 
 	if [[ $pw == "Generate" ]]; then
-		pw=$(pwgen "${password_length}")
+		pw=$(_pwgen "${password_length}")
 	fi
 
 	clear