diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1af57615ca..6cb07db6ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1608,8 +1608,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.17.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/ring.git?branch=redox-0.17.8#fce20f12b6aad164a1a7e13ae1dcb46422b171c0"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ef9d6d75a4..f187aa64ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ uuid = { version = "1.4", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 cc-11 = { git = "https://github.com/tea/cc-rs", branch="riscv-abi-arch-fix", package = "cc" }
+# https://github.com/briansmith/ring/issues/1999
+ring = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/ring.git", branch = "redox-0.17.8" }
diff --git a/config/default.toml b/config/default.toml
index fef03c7b6e..5982898a10 100644
--- a/config/default.toml
+++ b/config/default.toml
@@ -141,9 +141,7 @@ data = "https://static.redox-os.org/pkg"
 
 [[files]]
 path = "/etc/hostname"
-data = """
-redox
-"""
+data = "redox"
 
 [[files]]
 path = "/etc/issue"