diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/KeyGenerateCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/KeyGenerateCommand.php
index ca6f3ffbd359..2bd384d45da0 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/KeyGenerateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/KeyGenerateCommand.php
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ public function fire()
 	{
 		$contents = $this->files->get($path = $this->laravel['path'].'/config/app.php');
 
-		$contents = str_replace('YourSecretKey!!!', $key = $this->getRandomKey(), $contents, $count);
+		$content = explode("'key' => '", $contents);
+		$content = explode("',", $content[1]);
+
+		$contents = str_replace($content[0], $key = $this->getRandomKey(), $contents, $count);
 
 		if ($count == 0)
 		{
@@ -67,4 +70,4 @@ protected function getRandomKey()
 		return substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($pool, 5)), 0, 32);
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}