diff --git a/data/scripts/cleanup_digikamdb/cleanup_digikamdb b/data/scripts/cleanup_digikamdb/cleanup_digikamdb
--- a/data/scripts/cleanup_digikamdb/cleanup_digikamdb
+++ b/data/scripts/cleanup_digikamdb/cleanup_digikamdb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 {
     local config_file="digikamrc"
     local config_group="Database Settings"
-    local db_dir=$(kreadconfig --file "${config_file}" --group "${config_group}" --key "$1")
+    local db_dir=$(kreadconfig5 --file "${config_file}" --group "${config_group}" --key "$1")
     echo "${db_dir}"
 }