diff --git a/app/src/main/res/raw/default_assistant_create.rc b/app/src/main/res/raw/default_assistant_create.rc
index 42be37710..b96506737 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/raw/default_assistant_create.rc
+++ b/app/src/main/res/raw/default_assistant_create.rc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <entry name="x3dh_server_url" overwrite="true"></entry>
   </section>
   <section name="assistant">
+    <entry name="algorithm" overwrite="true">MD5</entry>
     <entry name="password_max_length" overwrite="true">-1</entry>
     <entry name="password_min_length" overwrite="true">0</entry>
     <entry name="username_length" overwrite="true">-1</entry>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/raw/linphone_assistant_create.rc b/app/src/main/res/raw/linphone_assistant_create.rc
index c2810fa6d..0025e2f00 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/raw/linphone_assistant_create.rc
+++ b/app/src/main/res/raw/linphone_assistant_create.rc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <entry name="x3dh_server_url" overwrite="true">https://lime.linphone.org/lime-server/lime-server.php</entry>
   </section>
   <section name="assistant">
+    <entry name="algorithm" overwrite="true">SHA-256</entry>
     <entry name="password_max_length" overwrite="true">-1</entry>
     <entry name="password_min_length" overwrite="true">1</entry>
     <entry name="username_length" overwrite="true">-1</entry>