diff --git a/debian/alternc.config b/debian/alternc.config
index 35ea3f4f..5544818e 100644
--- a/debian/alternc.config
+++ b/debian/alternc.config
@@ -108,8 +108,28 @@ while [ "$QUEST_STATE" != 0 -a "$QUEST_STATE" != 14 ]; do
     if [ -r /etc/alternc/local.sh ]; then
       # source the current config
       . /etc/alternc/local.sh
-      # and push it into debconf (its values have priority over anything
-      
+      # and push it into debconf (its values have priority over anything!)
+      db_set alternc/hostingname "$HOSTING"
+      db_set alternc/desktopname "`echo $FQDN | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`"
+      db_set alternc/public_ip "$PUBLIC_IP"
+      db_set alternc/internal_ip "$INTERNAL_IP"
+      db_set alternc/ns1 "$NS1_HOSTNAME"
+      db_set alternc/ns2 "$NS2_HOSTNAME"
+      db_set alternc/default_mx "$DEFAULT_MX"
+      db_set alternc/alternc_html "$ALTERNC_HTML"
+      db_set alternc/alternc_mail "$ALTERNC_MAIL"
+      db_set alternc/alternc_logs "$ALTERNC_LOGS"
+      db_set alternc/monitor_ip "$MONITOR_IP"
+      db_set alternc/default_mx2 "$DEFAULT_SECONDARY_MX"
+      db_set alternc/mysql/host "$MYSQL_HOST"
+      db_set alternc/mysql/db "$MYSQL_DATABASE"
+      db_set alternc/mysql/user "$MYSQL_USER"
+      db_set alternc/mysql/password "$MYSQL_PASS"
+      db_set alternc/mysql/client "$MYSQL_CLIENT"
+      db_set alternc/sql/backup_type "$SQLBACKUP_TYPE"
+      db_set alternc/sql/backup_overwrite "$SQLBACKUP_OVERWRITE"
+      db_set alternc/mysql/alternc_mail_user "$MYSQL_MAIL_USER"
+      db_set alternc/mysql/alternc_mail_password "$MYSQL_MAIL_PASS"
     fi
     # upgrade <= 3.0 to >= 3.1
     if [ "x$ALTERNC_LOC" != "x" ]; then